CIRCUMTERRANEOUS
CIRCUMTERRANEOUS, adjective Around the earth.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CIRCUMVALLATE
CIRCUMVALLATE, verb transitive To surround with a rampart.
CIRCUMVALLATION
CIRCUMVALLATION, noun1. In the art of war, a surrounding with a wall or rampart; also, a wall, rampart, or parapet with a trench, surrounding the camp of a besieging army, to pr...
CIRCUMVECTION
CIRCUMVECTION, noun A carrying about.
CIRCUMVENT
CIRCUMVENT, verb transitive Literally, to come round; hence,To gain advantage over another, or to accomplish a purpose, by arts, stratagem, or deception; to deceive; to prevail ...
CIRCUMVENTED
CIRCUMVENTED, participle passive Deceived by craft or stratagem; deluded.
CIRCUMVENTING
CIRCUMVENTING, participle present tense Deceiving; imposing on.
CIRCUMVENTION
CIRCUMVENTION, noun1. The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.2. Prevention; preoccupation.
CIRCUMVENTIVE
CIRCUMVENTIVE, adjective Deceiving by artifices; deluding.
CIRCUMVEST
CIRCUMVEST, verb transitive To cover round, as with a garment.
CIRCUMVOLATION
CIRCUMVOLATION, noun The act of flying round.
CIRCUMVOLUTION
CIRCUMVOLUTION, noun1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled; also the thing rolled round another.2. In architecture, the torus of the spiral line of the Ionic order.
CIRCUMVOLVE
CIRCUMVOLVE, verb transitive To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.CIRCUMVOLVE, verb intransitive To roll round; to revolve.
CIRCUMVOLVED
CIRCUMVOLVED, participle passive Rolled round; moved in a circular manner.
CIRCUMVOLVING
CIRCUMVOLVING, participle present tense Rolling round; revolving.
CIRCUS
CIRCUS, noun1. In antiquity, a round or oval edifice, used for the exhibition of games and shows to the people. The Roman circus was encompassed with porticos, and furnished wit...
CIRL
CIRL, noun An Italian bird about the size of a sparrow.
CIRRIFEROUS
CIRRIFEROUS, adjective Producing tendrils or claspers, as a plant.
CIRROUS
CIRROUS, adjective Terminating in a cirrus, curl or tendril; as a cirrous leaf.
CISALPINE
CISALPINE, adjective On this side of the Alps, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south of the Alps; opposed to transalpine.
CISPADANE
CISPADANE, adjective On this side of the Po, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south side.
CISSOID
CISSOID, noun A curve of the second order, invented by Diocles.
CIST
CIST, noun A case. [See Cyst, the proper orthography.]
CISTED
CISTED, adjective Inclosed in a cyst. [See Cyst.]
CISTERCIAN
CISTERCIAN, noun A monk, a reformed Benedictine.
CISTERN
CISTERN, noun1. An artificial reservoir or receptacle for holding water, beer or other liquor, as in domestic uses, distilleries, and breweries.2. A natural reservoir; a hollow ...
CISTIC
CISTIC, adjective [See Cystic.]