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Cinura
- - The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.
Cipher
- noun - a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- a message written in a secret code
- a person of no influence
- a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
- a secret method of writing
- convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
Cippus
- - A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
Circar
- - A district, or part of a province. See Sircar.
Circle
- noun - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
- an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
- any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
- ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
- form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
- Group of friends/contacts
- move in circles
- movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
- something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
- street
Circus
- noun - (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
- a genus of haws comprising the harriers
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus"
- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
- an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
Cirios
- noun - candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Cirque
- noun - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Cirrus
- noun - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
- a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
- usually coiled
Cisted
- - Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.