CELT
CELT, noun One of the primitive inhabitants of the South of Europe. [see Celtic.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CELTIBERIAN
CELTIBERIAN, adjective Pertaining to Celtiberia, and its inhabitants, the Celtiberi, or Celts of the Iberus, a river in Spain.CELTIBERIAN, noun An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
CELTIC
CELTIC, adjective Pertaining to the primitive inhabitants of the South and West of Europe, or to the early inhabitants of Italy, Gaul, Spain and Britain. We say, celtic nations;...
CELTICISM
CELTICISM, noun The manners and customs of the Celts.
CELTIS
CELTIS, noun The nettle-tree, of several species; among which are the australis or southern, a native of Africa and the South of Europe; the oriental, growing an Armenia and Tau...
CEMENT
CEMENT, noun1. Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as mortar, glue, soder, etc. In building, cement denotes a stronger kind of mortar t...
CEMENTATION
CEMENTATION, noun1. The act of cementing; the act of uniting by a suitable substance.2. In chimistry, the act of applying cements to substances, or the corroding and changing of...
CEMENTATORY
CEMENTATORY, adjective Cementing; having the quality of uniting firmly.
CEMENTED
CEMENTED, participle passive United by cement; changed by cement; firmly united; consolidated.
CEMENTER
CEMENTER, noun The person or thing that cements.
CEMENTING
CEMENTING, participle present tense Uniting by cement; changing by means of a cement; uniting closely; consolidating.
CEMENTITIOUS
CEMENTITIOUS, adjective Having the quality of cementing.
CEMETERY
CEMETERY, noun A place where the dead bodies of human beings are buried.
CENATORY
CENATORY, adjective Pertaining or relating to supper.
CENCY
REJUVENES'CENCE, 'CENCY, noun [Latin re and juvenescens; juvenis, a youth.]
CENOBITE
CENOBITE, noun One of a religious order, who live in a convent, or in community; in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
CENOBITIC
CENOBITIC,CENOBITICAL, adjective Living in community, as men belonging to a convent.
CENOBITICAL
CENOBITICAL, a. Living in community, as men belonging to a convent.
CENOBY
CENOBY, noun A place where person live in community.
CENOTAPH
CENOTAPH, noun An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who is buried elsewhere.
CENSE
CENSE, noun1. A public rate or tax.2. Condition; rank.CENSE, verb transitive To perfume with odors from burning substances.
CENSER
CENSER, noun A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Among the Jews, a kind of chafing-dish, covered by a dome, and suspended by a chain, used to offer perfumes in sacrifices.
CENSING
CENSING, participle present tense Perfuming with odors.
CENSION
CENSION, noun A rate, tax, or assessment.
CENSOR
CENSOR, noun1. An officer, in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the citizens, to impose taxes according to the property which each man possessed, and t...
CENSORIAL
CENSORIAL,CENSORIAN, adjective1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, censorial power.2. Full of censure; See censorious, the proper word.
CENSORIOUS
CENSORIOUS, adjective1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; often implying ill-nature, illiberalit...