<B>cirriform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> formed like a curl or tendril; cirrose. <BR> <I>Ex. cirriform clouds.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cirrigerous">
<B>cirrigerous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing cirri or a cirrus; cirrate; cirriferous. </DL>
<A NAME="cirrigrade">
<B>cirrigrade, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) moving by means of cirri. </DL>
<A NAME="cirriped">
<B>cirriped, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) <DD><I>noun </I> any animal of a subclass of crustaceans having six, or fewer, pairs of threadlike appendages about the mouth, used in getting food, instead of legs. Cirripeds are parasitic as adults. Barnacles belong to this subclass. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with this subclass. <DD><B> 2. </B>having appendages resembling cirri. Also, <B>cirripede.</B> </DL>
<B>cirro-cumulus</B> or <B>cirrocumulus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cloud formation consisting of very small, globular masses of white, fleecy clouds arranged in wavelike rows or groups, occurring at heights of 20,000 feet and above; mackerel sky. (Abbr:) Cc (no period). </DL>
<A NAME="cirrose">
<B>cirrose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Zoology, Botany.) having or resembling a cirrus or cirri. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or resembling cirrus clouds. Also, <B>cirrous.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cirrostrative">
<B>cirro-strative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or resembling a cirro-stratus. </DL>
<A NAME="cirrostratus">
<B>cirro-stratus</B> or <B>cirrostratus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thin, veillike cloud formation of ice crystals occurring at heights of 20,000 feet and above, consisting of a horizontal hazy layer, or in some instances inclined sheets thinning upward into light curls. (Abbr:) Cs (no period). </DL>
<A NAME="cirrous">
<B>cirrous, </B>adjective. <B>=cirrose.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cirrus">
<B>cirrus, </B>noun, pl. <B>cirri.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thin, fleecy white cloud of ice crystals formed very high in the air. It gives the appearance of diverging filaments or wisps, and often resembles curls or locks of hair or wool. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Zoology.) any one of various slender or filamentary processes or appendages, such as: <DD><B> a. </B>one of those about the mouth of a barnacle. <DD><B> b. </B>a barbel of certain fishes. <DD><B> c. </B>one of the small, armlike processes of a crinoid, growing from the cup-shaped head. <DD><B> 3. </B>a group of hairlike processes on the appendages of certain insects. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Botany.) a tendril. </DL>
<A NAME="cirsoid">
<B>cirsoid, </B>adjective. <B>=varicose.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cirsotomy">
<B>cirsotomy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> surgical incision into a varicose vein. </DL>
<A NAME="cis">
<B>cis, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) of or having to do with an isomeric compound that has certain atoms on the same side of a plane. <BR> <I>Ex. cis configurations.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cis">
<B>cis-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) <DD><B> 1. </B>on this side of; on the near side of. <BR> <I>Ex. Cisatlantic = on this side of the Atlantic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) having certain atoms on the same side of a plane. <BR> <I>Ex. a cisisomeric compound.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cisalpine">
<B>cisalpine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on the southern side of the Alps. </DL>
<A NAME="cisatlantic">
<B>cisatlantic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the Atlantic. </DL>
<A NAME="cisborder">
<B>cisborder, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this side of the border. <BR> <I>Ex. cisborder traffic.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ciscaucasian">
<B>ciscaucasian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this (the European) side of the Caucasus Mountains. </DL>
<A NAME="cisco">
<B>cisco, </B>noun, pl. <B>-coes</B> or <B>-cos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) any one of certain whitefish of the northern United States, especially of the Great Lakes area; lake herring. </DL>
<A NAME="cishti">
<B>Cishti, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the Cishtiya. </DL>
<A NAME="cishtiya">
<B>Cishtiya, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very influential Moslem order of India, whose members practice mystic contemplation and spiritual confinement to establish union with Allah. </DL>
<A NAME="cislunar">
<B>cislunar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in the moon's vicinity; on this (the earth's) side of the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. the path of cislunar rays.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with cislunar space. <BR> <I>Ex. cislunar phenomena, cislunar probes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cislunarspace">
<B>cislunar space,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the space between the earth and the moon, shaped like a frustum and moving like the hand of a clock as the moon revolves about the earth. <DD><B> 2. </B>the space between the earth and the moon's orbit. </DL>
<A NAME="cismontane">
<B>cismontane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this (the nearer) side of the mountains, especially on the northern side of the Alps; citramontane. </DL>
<A NAME="cispadane">
<B>cispadane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on the near (the Roman) side of the river Po. </DL>
<A NAME="cispolyisoprenerubber">
<B>cis-polyisoprene rubber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an artificial rubber prepared from isoprene, used especially to produce heavy truck tires and motor mountings. </DL>
<A NAME="cispontine">
<B>cispontine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this (the nearer) side of a bridge, especially on the northern side of the Thames in London. </DL>
<A NAME="cisrhenane">
<B>cisrhenane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> on this (the western) side of the river Rhine. </DL>
<A NAME="cissing">
<B>cissing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the moistening of wood with beer and rubbing it over with whiting so that the color may adhere. <DD><B> 2. </B>the appearance of small spots on a varnished surface due to grease stains or tiny holes in the wood. </DL>
<A NAME="cissoid">
<B>cissoid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) <DD><I>noun </I> a curve originating at one end of the diameter of a circle which has a tangent to the circle at its opposite end, and so constructed that an oblique line from the point of origin intersecting consecutively the circle, the curve, and the tangent will always have equal segments representing the distance from the origin to the intersection with the curve, and the distance from the intersection with the circle to the tangent. <DD><I>adj. </I> contained between the concave sides of two curves which intersect each other. </DL>
<A NAME="cissus">
<B>cissus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sus.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plant related to the grape, found mostly in the tropics. </DL>
<A NAME="cissy">
<B>cissy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies,</B> adjective, <B>-sier,</B> <B>-siest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a sissy. <BR> <I>Ex. They set out to prove that London forwards are not cissies (London Times).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> like a sissy; effeminate. <BR> <I>Ex. All I can do is get the boy to help with the washing up and to make his bed and tell him it isn't cissy (Harriet Chare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cist">
<B>cist</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wicker basket, box, or chest, especially for carrying sacred utensils in ancient Greece and Rome. </DL>
<A NAME="cist">
<B>cist</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaeology.) a prehistoric burial chamber excavated in rock or formed of stones or hollowed tree trunks, especially a stone coffin formed of slabs placed on edge, and covered on the top by one or more horizontal slabs; cistvaen. </DL>
<A NAME="cistaceous">
<B>cistaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a family of plants typified by the rockrose. </DL>
<A NAME="cistercian">
<B>Cistercian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of a Benedictine order of monks and nuns founded at Citeaux, France, in 1098. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with this order. </DL>
<A NAME="cistercianism">
<B>Cistercianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the religious system or spirit of the Cistercians. </DL>
<A NAME="cistern">
<B>cistern, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an artificial reservoir for storing water, especially a tank below ground. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Anatomy.) a cavity or vessel in the body, especially any of several spaces in the brain. </DL>
<A NAME="cisterna">
<B>cisterna, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) a cistern, as the cisterna magna. </DL>
<A NAME="cisternal">
<B>cisternal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a cistern or cisterns. </DL>
<A NAME="cisternamagna">
<B>cisterna magna,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large space in the brain enclosed by the arachnoid membrane, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata. </DL>
<A NAME="cisternbarometer">
<B>cistern barometer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a barometer in its simplest form, with the bottom end of the tube immersed in a cup of mercury. </DL>
<A NAME="cistron">
<B>cistron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the smallest unit of genetic material producing a phenotypic effect. <BR> <I>Ex. Cistrons ... correspond roughly to the genes of classical genetics. Each cistron controls the structure of a protein (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cistus">
<B>cistus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a genus native to Mediterranean regions, some species of which yield labdanum, while others are cultivated for their flowers; rockrose. </DL>
<A NAME="cistvaen">
<B>cistvaen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric stone coffin or burial chamber; a tomb made of slabs of stone; cist. Also, <B>kistvaen.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cit">
<B>cit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a city dweller or tradesman. <BR><I>expr. <B>cits,</B> </I>(Slang.) civilian clothes; civies. <BR> <I>Ex. They were in full dress uniform. Later they were joined by Maj. Judson of the engineers in 'cits' (Chicago Tribune).</I> </DL>
