CYCLOPEAN
CYCLOPEAN, adjective [from Cyclops.] Pertaining to the Cyclops; vast; terrific.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CYCLOPEDIA
CYCLOPEDIA, CYCOPEDE, noun [Gr., circle, discipline, erudition.] The circle or compass of the arts and sciences; circle of human knowledge. Hence, the book or books that contain...
CYCLOPIC
CYCLOPIC, adjective Pertaining to the Cyclops; gigantic; savage.
CYCLOPS
CYCLOPS, noun [Gr., a circle, an eye.] In fabulous history, certain giants, the sons of Neptune and Amshitrite, who had but one circular eye in the midst of the forehead. They i...
CYCOPEDE
CYCLOPEDIA, CYCOPEDE noun [Gr., circle, discipline, erudition.] The circle or compass of the arts and sciences; circle of human knowledge. Hence, the book or books that contain ...
CYDER
CYDER. [See Cider.]
CYGNET
CYGNET, noun [Latin, a swan; Gr.] A young swan.
CYLINDER
CYLINDER, noun [Gr. To roll; Latin] In geometry, a solid body supposed to be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one of its sides; or a long circular body of unif...
CYLINDRACEOUS
CYLINDRACEOUS, adjective Cylindrical. [Little used.]
CYLINDRIC
CYLINDRIC, CYLINDRICAL, adjective Having the form of a cylinder; or partaking of its properties.
CYLINDRICAL
CYLINDRIC, CYLINDRICAL adjective Having the form of a cylinder; or partaking of its properties.
CYLINDRIFORM
CYLINDRIFORM, adjective [cylinder and form.] Having the form of a cylinder.
CYLINDROID
CYLINDROID, noun [cylinder and form.] A solid body, approaching to the figure of a cylinder, but differing in some respects, as having the bases elliptical, but parallel and equal.
CYMA
CYMATIUM, cymanoun [Latin, Gr., a little wave.] In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is waving, that is, concave at the top and convex at bo...
CYMAR
CYMAR, noun A slight covering; a scarf; properly, simar.
CYMATIUM
CYMATIUM, CYMA, noun [Latin, Gr., a little wave.] In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is waving, that is, concave at the top and convex at ...
CYMBAL
CYMBAL, noun [Latin, Gr.]1. A musical instrument used by the ancients, hollow and made of brass, somewhat like a kettle-drum; but the precise form is not ascertained.2. A mean i...
CYMBIFORM
CYMBIFORM, adjective [Latin, a boat, form.] Shaped like a boat.
CYME
CYME, CYMA, noun [Gr., fetus, to swell.] Literally, a sprout, particularly of the cabbage. Technically, an aggregate flower composed of several florets sitting on a receptacle, ...
CYMLING
CYMLING, noun A squash.
CYMOPHANE
CYMOPHANE, noun [Gr., a wave, to appear.] A mineral, called also chrysoberyl. Its color is green of different shades; its fracture conchyoidal or undulated, and in hardness it r...
CYMOPHANOUS
CYMOPHANOUS, adjective Having a wavy floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
CYMOSE
CYMOSE, CYMOUS, adjective Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme.
CYMOUS
CYMOSE, CYMOUS adjective Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme.
CYNANCHE
CYNANCHE, noun [Gr., a dog-collar, angina; a dog, to press or bind, to suffocate.] A disease of the throat, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and...
CYNANTHROPY
CYNANTHROPY, noun [Gr., a dog, man.] A kind of madness in which men have the qualities of dogs.
CYNARCTOMACHY
CYNARCTOMACHY, noun [Gr., a dog, a bear, a fight.] Bear-baiting with a dog. [A barbarous word.]