| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| celebrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Celebrate |
| celebration | noun | The act, process, or time of celebrating. |
| celebrities | plural | of Celebrity |
| celestially | adverb | In a celestial manner. |
| celestinian | noun | A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry. |
| celliferous | adjective | Bearing or producing cells. |
| celtiberian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus)., An inhabitant of Celtiberia. |
| cementation | noun | The act or process of cementing., A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand. |
| cementatory | adjective | Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly. |
| cenobitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a cenobite. |
| centenarian | adjective | Of or relating to a hundred years., A person a hundred years old. |
| centenaries | plural | of Centenary |
| centerboard | noun | Alt. of Centreboard |
| centreboard | noun | A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States |
| centerpiece | noun | Alt. of Centrepiece |
| centrepiece | noun | An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. |
| centifidous | adjective | Divided into a hundred parts. |
| centigramme | noun | The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram. |
| centralized | imp. & past participle | of Centralize |
| centrifugal | adjective | Tending, or causing, to recede from the center., Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster., Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos., A centrifugal machine. |
| centripetal | adjective | Tending, or causing, to approach the center., Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit., Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos., Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. |
| centriscoid | adjective | Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example. |
| centrobaric | adjective | Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. |
| centumviral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir. |
| centuriator | noun | Alt. of Centurist |
| cephalalgia | noun | Alt. of Cephalalgy |
| cephalalgic | adjective | Relating to, or affected with, headache., A remedy for the headache. |
| cephalaspis | noun | A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points. |
| cephalology | noun | The science which treats of the head. |
| cephalomere | noun | One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. |
| cephalopode | noun | One of the Cephalopoda. |
| cephalopoda | noun pl. | The highest class of Mollusca. |
| cephalosome | noun | The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. |
| cephalotome | noun | An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery. |
| cephalotomy | noun | Dissection or opening of the head., Craniotomy; — usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw. |
| cerargyrite | noun | Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver). |
| cerebellous | adjective | Pertaining to the cerebellum. |
| cerebellums | plural | of Cerebellum |
| cerebralism | noun | The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only. |
| cerebralist | noun | One who accepts cerebralism. |
| cerebration | noun | Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious. |
| cerebricity | noun | Brain power. |
| cerebriform | adjective | Like the brain in form or substance. |
| cerebrology | noun | The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain. |
| ceremonious | adjective | Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.], According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. |
| cerographic | adjective | Alt. of Cerographical |
| ceroplastic | adjective | Relating to the art of modeling in wax., Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure. |
| certainness | noun | Certainty. |
| certainties | plural | of Certainty |
| certificate | noun | A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior., A written declaration legally authenticated., To verify or vouch for by certificate., To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher. |
| cestraciont | noun | A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples., Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion. |
| cetological | adjective | Of or pertaining to cetology. |