Cerebritis (n.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.
Cerebroid (a.) Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
Cerebrology (n.) The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.
Cerebropathy (n.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.
Cerebroscopy (n.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).
Cerebrose (n.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
Cerebro-spinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Cerebrums (pl. ) of Cerebrum
Cerebra (pl. ) of Cerebrum
Cerebrum (n.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.
Cerecloth (n.) A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.
Cerement (n.) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.
Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
Ceremonial (a.) Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
Ceremonial (a.) Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.]
Ceremonial (n.) A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.
Ceremonial (n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
Ceremonialism (n.) Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.
Ceremonially (adv.) According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.
Ceremonialness (n.) Quality of being ceremonial.
Ceremonious (a.) Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
Ceremonious (a.) According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
Ceremoniously (adv.) In a ceremonious way.
Ceremoniousness (n.) The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.
Ceremonies (pl. ) of Ceremony
Ceremony (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
Ceremony (n.) Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.
Ceremony (n.) A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.
Ceremony (n.) A sign or prodigy; a portent.
Cereous (a.) Waxen; like wax.
Ceres (n.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.
Ceres (n.) The first discovered asteroid.
Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.
Cereus (n.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.
Cerial (a.) Same as Cerrial.
Ceriferous (a.) Producing wax.
Cerin (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Cerin (n.) A variety of the mineral allanite.
Cerinthian (n.) One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.
Ceriph (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.
Cerise (a.) Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
Cerite (n.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.
Cerite (n.) A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.
Cerium (n.) 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.
Cernuous (a.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
Cero (n.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
Cerograph (n.) A writing on wax.
Cerographic (a.) Alt. of Cerographical
Cerographical (a.) Of or pertaining to cerography.
Cerographist (n.) One who practices cerography.
Cerography (n.) The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
Cerography (n.) A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
Ceroma (n.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.
Ceroma (n.) The cere of birds.
Ceromancy (n.) Divination by dropping melted wax in water.
Ceroon (n.) A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
Ceroplastic (a.) Relating to the art of modeling in wax.
Ceroplastic (a.) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.
Ceroplastics (n.) Alt. of Ceroplasty
Ceroplasty (n.) The art of modeling in wax.
Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.
Cerote (n.) See Cerate.
Cerotene (n.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
Cerotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
Cerotin (n.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to the cerris.
Cerris (n.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
Certain (a.) Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
Certain (a.) Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
Certain (a.) Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
Certain (a.) Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Certain (a.) Unfailing; infallible.
Certain (a.) Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
Certain (a.) Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
Certain (n.) Certainty.
Certain (n.) A certain number or quantity.
Certain (adv.) Certainly.
Certainly (adv.) Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
Certainness (n.) Certainty.
Certainties (pl. ) of Certainty
Certainty (n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
Certainty (n.) A fact or truth unquestionable established.
Certainty (n.) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
Certes (adv.) Certainly; in truth; verily.
Certificate (n.) A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.
Certificate (n.) A written declaration legally authenticated.
Certificated (imp. & p. p.) of Certificate
Certificating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Certificate
Certificate (v. t.) To verify or vouch for by certificate.
Certificate (v. t.) To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.
Certification (n.) The act of certifying.
Certifier (n.) One who certifies or assures.
Certified (imp. & p. p.) of Certify
Certifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Certify
Certify (v. t.) To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
Certify (v. t.) To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.
Certify (v. t.) To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.
Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.