| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ceased | imp. & past participle | of Cease |
| cecity | noun | Blindness. |
| cedarn | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. |
| ceding | present participle & vb. noun | of Cede |
| cedrat | noun | Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume. |
| cedule | noun | A scroll; a writing; a schedule. |
| ceiled | imp. & past participle | of Ceil |
| celery | noun | A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad. |
| celiac | adjective | See Coellac., Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. |
| celled | imp. & past participle | of Cell, Containing a cell or cells. |
| cellar | noun | A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. |
| cellos | plural | of Cello |
| celtic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue., The language of the Celts. |
| cement | noun | Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc., A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water., The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2., Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society., The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; — called also cementum., To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement., To unite firmly or closely., To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom., To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. |
| censed | imp. & past participle | of Cense |
| censer | noun | A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned. |
| censor | noun | One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct., One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; — an official in some European countries., One given to fault-finding; a censurer., A critic; a reviewer. |
| census | noun | A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; — usually made once in five years., An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. |
| cental | noun | A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; — called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight., Relating to a hundred. |
| center | noun | A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place., The middle or central portion of anything., A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction., The earth., Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left., A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting., One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves., A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe., Alt. of Centre, Alt. of Centre |
| centre | verb i. | To be placed in a center; to be central., To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center., To place or fix in the center or on a central point., To collect to a point; to concentrate., To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center., See Center. |
| centos | plural | of Cento |
| centra | plural | of Centrum |
| centry | noun | See Sentry. |
| cerago | noun | Beebread. |
| cerate | noun | An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. |
| cercal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the tail. |
| cercus | noun | See Cercopod. |
| cering | present participle & vb. noun | of Cere |
| cereal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain., Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; — usually in the plural. |
| cereus | noun | A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. |
| cerial | adjective | Same as Cerrial. |
| ceriph | noun | One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters. |
| cerise | adjective | Cherry-colored; a light bright red; — applied to textile fabrics, especially silk. |
| cerite | noun | A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; — so called from its hornlike form., A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals. |
| cerium | noun | A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air. |
| ceroma | noun | The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans., That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves., The cere of birds. |
| ceroon | noun | A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc. |
| cerote | noun | See Cerate. |
| cerris | noun | A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; — called also bitter oak and Turkey oak. |
| certes | adverb | Certainly; in truth; verily. |
| cerule | adjective | Blue; cerulean. |
| ceruse | noun | White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White., A cosmetic containing white lead., The native carbonate of lead. |
| cervix | noun | The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird. |
| cervus | noun | A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species. |
| cessed | imp. & past participle | of Cess |
| cesser | verb i. | a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years. |
| cessor | verb i. | One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit., An assessor. |
| cestus | noun | A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love., A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form., A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron. |
| cestuy | pronoun | Alt. of Cestui |
| cestui | pronoun | |
| cesura | noun | See Caesura. |
| cetene | noun | An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti. |