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Cistrons
- noun - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
Citadels
- noun - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
Citation
- noun - (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
- an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
- thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
Citatory
- - Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.
Citellus
- noun - typical ground squirrels
Citherns
- noun - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Citicism
- - The manners of a cit or citizen.
Citified
- adjective - accustom to urban ways; "Immigration will citify the country?"
- being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
Citifies
- verb - accustom to urban ways; "Immigration will citify the country?"
Citizens
- noun - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community