| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cicada | noun | Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada. |
| cicala | noun | A cicada. See Cicada. |
| cicely | noun | Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc. |
| cicero | noun | Pica type; — so called by French printers. |
| cicuta | noun | a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. |
| cierge | noun | A wax candle used in religous rites. |
| cilice | noun | A kind of haircloth undergarment. |
| cilium | noun | See Cilia. |
| cimbal | noun | A kind of confectionery or cake. |
| cimbia | noun | A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. |
| cimiss | noun | The bedbug. |
| cinder | noun | Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct., A hot coal without flame; an ember., A scale thrown off in forging metal., The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano. |
| cingle | noun | A girth. |
| cinque | noun | Five; the number five in dice or cards. |
| cinter | noun | See Center. |
| cinura | noun pl. | The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma. |
| cipher | noun | A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold., One who, or that which, has no weight or influence., A character in general, as a figure or letter., A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter’s cipher, an engraver’s cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W., A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters., Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence., To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic., To write in occult characters., To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer., To decipher., To designate by characters. |
| cippus | noun | A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. |
| circar | noun | A district, or part of a province. See Sircar. |
| circle | noun | A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center., The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring., An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle., A round body; a sphere; an orb., Compass; circuit; inclosure., A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set., A circular group of persons; a ring., A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself., A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning., Indirect form of words; circumlocution., A territorial division or district., To move around; to revolve around., To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle., To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. |
| circus | noun | A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows., A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage., Circuit; space; inclosure. |
| cirque | noun | A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects., A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height. |
| cirrus | noun | A tendril or clasper., A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri., The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta., The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca., See under Cloud. |
| cisted | adjective | Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted. |
| cistic | adjective | See Cystic. |
| citing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cite |
| citess | noun | A city woman |
| citied | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, a city., Containing, or covered with, cities. |
| citole | noun | A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer. |
| citric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid. |
| citron | noun | A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce., A citron tree., A citron melon. |
| citrus | noun | A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia. |
| cities | plural | of City |
| civics | noun | The science of civil government. |
| civily | adverb | In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner. |
| civism | noun | State of citizenship. |
| cizars | noun pl. | Scissors. |