Cedilla (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.
Cedrat (n.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.
Cedrene (n.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.
Cedriret (n.) Same as Coerulignone.
Cedry (a.) Of the nature of cedar.
Cedule (n.) A scroll; a writing; a schedule.
Ceduous (a.) Fit to be felled.
Ceiled (imp. & p. p.) of Ceil
Ceiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ceil
Ceil (v. t.) To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
Ceil (v. t.) To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Ceiling (v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
Ceiling (v. t.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
Ceiling (v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel.
Ceint (n.) A girdle.
Celadon (n.) A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.
Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.
Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
Celature (n.) That which is engraved.
Celebrant (n.) One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
Celebrated (imp. & p. p.) of Celebrate
Celebrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Celebrate
Celebrate (v. t.) To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
Celebrate (v. t.) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.
Celebrated (a.) Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
Celebration (n.) The act, process, or time of celebrating.
Celebrator (n.) One who celebrates; a praiser.
Celebrious (a.) Famous.
Celebrities (pl. ) of Celebrity
Celebrity (n.) Celebration; solemnization.
Celebrity (n.) The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
Celebrity (n.) A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.
Celeriac (n.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.
Celerity (n.) Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
Celestial (a.) Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.
Celestial (a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
Celestial (n.) A native of China.
Celestialize (v. t.) To make celestial.
Celestially (adv.) In a celestial manner.
Celestify (v. t.) To make like heaven.
Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestite
Celestite (n.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestinian
Celestinian (n.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
Celiac (a.) See Coellac.
Celibacy (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
Celibate (n.) Celibate state; celibacy.
Celibate (n.) One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
Celibate (a.) Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
Celibatist (n.) One who lives unmarried.
Celidography (n.) A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.
Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Cell (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place.
Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Cell (n.) Same as Cella.
Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.
Celled (imp. & p. p.) of Cell
Cell (v. t.) To place or inclose in a cell.
Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
Cellar (n.) A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
Cellarage (n.) The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.
Cellarage (n.) Chare for storage in a cellar.
Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Cellaret (n.) A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
Cellarist (n.) Same as Cellarer.
Celled (a.) Containing a cell or cells.
Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.
Celliferous (a.) Bearing or producing cells.
Cellos (pl. ) of Cello
Celli (pl. ) of Cello
Cello (n.) A contraction for Violoncello.
Cellular (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.
Cellulated (a.) Cellular.
Cellule (n.) A small cell.
Celluliferous (a.) Bearing or producing little cells.
Cellulitis (n.) An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
Cellulose (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells.
Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.
Celotomy (n.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
Celsiture (n.) Height; altitude.
Celsius (n.) 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.
Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.
Celt (n.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.
Celtiberian (a.) 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).
Celtiberian (n.) An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
Celtic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.
Celtic (n.) The language of the Celts.
Celticism (n.) A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.
Celticize (v. t.) To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.
Cembalo (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.
Cement (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
Cement (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.