crystallizing

the formation of crystals ;

crystallographer

a specialist in crystallography ;

crystallography

the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals ;

cs

a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal ;

cs gas

a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema ;

cse

Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies ;

csis

Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government ;

cst

standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States ;

ct

a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis ; a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies ;

ctc

an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage ;

ctene

a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused ;

ctenidium

comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks ;

ctenizidae

large burrowing spiders ;

ctenocephalides

an arthropod genus of fleas ;

ctenocephalides canis

flea that attacks dogs and cats ;

ctenocephalides felis

flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats ;

ctenocephalus

a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides ;

ctenophora

comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata ;

ctenophore

biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb ;

ctenophore family

a family of ctenophores ;

ctenophore genus

a genus of ctenophores ;

cu

a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor ;

cu ft

the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side ;

cu in

the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side ;

cub

the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion ; a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) ; an awkward and inexperienced youth ;

cub scout

a junior boy scout ;

cub shark

a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous ;

cuba

the largest island in the West Indies ; a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba ;

cubage unit

a unit of measurement of volume or capacity ;

cuban

a native or inhabitant of Cuba ;

cuban bast

erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks ;

cuban capital

capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas ;

cuban heel

a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes ;

cuban itch

a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus ;

cuban mahogany

mahogany tree of West Indies ;

cuban monetary unit

monetary unit in Cuba ;

cuban peso

the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos ;

cuban revolution

the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959 ;

cuban sandwich

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States ;

cuban spinach

succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America ;