| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ceasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cease |
| cedared | adjective | Covered, or furnished with, cedars. |
| cedilla | noun | A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade. |
| cedrene | noun | A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. |
| cedrine | adjective | Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree. |
| ceduous | adjective | Fit to be felled. |
| ceiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Ceil, The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor., The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done., The inner planking of a vessel. |
| celadon | noun | A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint. |
| cellule | noun | A small cell. |
| celsius | noun | The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale. |
| cembalo | noun | An old name for the harpsichord. |
| censing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cense |
| censual | adjective | Relating to, or containing, a census. |
| censure | noun | Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion., The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame., Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment., To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge., To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of., To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence., To judge. |
| centage | noun | Rate by the hundred; percentage. |
| centare | noun | A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards. |
| centaur | noun | A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse., A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. |
| centred | of Centre | |
| centesm | noun | Hundredth. |
| centime | noun | The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. |
| centner | noun | A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts., The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds. |
| central | adjective | Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points., Alt. of Centrale |
| centric | adjective | Alt. of Centrical |
| centrum | noun | The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra. |
| century | noun | A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things., A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago., A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers., One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. |
| cephalo | A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod. | |
| cepheus | noun | A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia. |
| ceramic | adjective | Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings. |
| cerasin | noun | A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; — called also meta-arabinic acid., A gummy mucilaginous substance; — called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc. |
| cerated | p. adjective | Covered with wax. |
| cerebel | noun | The cerebellum. |
| cerebra | plural | of Cerebrum |
| cereous | adjective | Waxen; like wax. |
| ceresin | noun | A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax. |
| cerosin | noun | A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae. |
| cerotic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol. |
| cerotin | noun | A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; — called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol. |
| cerrial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cerris. |
| certain | adjective | Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning., Determined; resolved; — used with an infinitive., Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact., Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable., Unfailing; infallible., Fixed or stated; regular; determinate., Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; — sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons., Certainty., A certain number or quantity., Certainly. |
| certify | verb t. | To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain., To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify., To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal. |
| cerumen | noun | The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax. |
| cerused | adjective | Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. |
| cervine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae. |
| cessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cess |
| cessant | adjective | Inactive; dormant |
| cession | noun | A yielding to physical force., Concession; compliance., A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding., The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation., The voluntary surrender of a person’s effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. |
| cestode | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea., One of the Cestoidea. |
| cestoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea., One of the Cestoidea. |
| cesural | adjective | See Caesural. |
| cetacea | noun pl. | An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: |
| cetylic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. |