Civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation without due process.
definition : ciliate The ciliates are a group of protozoans characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different undulating pattern than flagella.
Noun. 1. cilium-a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms. cell organ, cell organelle, organelle-a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus.. short, hairlike, rhythmically beating organelles on the surface of certain cells that provide mobility, as in protozoans, or move fluids and particles along ducts in multicellular forms. 2. the eyelashes. [1705â15; New Latin, pl. of cilium eyelash, perhaps from Latin supercilium eyebrow; see superciliary ].