CENTIMETER
CENTIMETER, noun In French measure, the hundredth part of a meter, rather more than 39-100 of an inch. English measure.
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CENTINODY
CENTINODY, noun Knotgrass.
CENTIPED
CENTIPED, noun An insect having a hundred feet, but the term is applied to insects that have many feet, though not a hundred. Insects of this kind are called generically Scolope...
CENTIPEE
CENTIPEE, for centiped.
CENTNER
CENTNER, noun In metallurgy and assaying, a docimastic hundred; a weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. The metallurgists use a weight divide...
CENTO
CENTO, noun A composition formed by verses or passages from other authors, disposed in a new order.
CENTRAL
CENTRAL, adjective Relating to the center; placed in the center or middle; containing the center, or pertaining to the parts near the center.CENTRAL forces, in mechanics, the po...
CENTRALITY
CENTRALITY, noun The state of being central.
CENTRALLY
CENTRALLY, adverb With regard to the center; in a central manner.
CENTRIC
CENTRIC, adjective Placed in the center or middle.
CENTRICALLY
CENTRICALLY, adverb In a central position.
CENTRICALNESS
CENTRICALNESS, noun Situation in the center.
CENTRIFUGAL
CENTRIFUGAL, adjective Tending to recede from the center. The centrifugal force of a body, is that force by which all bodies moving round another body in a curve, tend to fly of...
CENTRIPETAL
CENTRIPETAL, adjective Tending towards the center. centripetal force is that force which draws or impels a body towards some point as a center; as in case of a planet revolving ...
CENTUMVIR
CENTUMVIR, noun One of a hundred and five judges, in ancient Rome, appointed to decide common causes among the people.
CENTUMVIRAL
CENTUMVIRAL, adjective Pertaining to the centumvirs.
CENTUPLE
CENTUPLE, adjective A hundred fold.CENTUPLE, verb transitive To multiply a hundred fold.
CENTUPLICATE
CENTUPLICATE, verb transitive To make a hundred fold.
CENTURIAL
CENTURIAL, adjective Relating to a century, or a hundred years; as a chanterelle sermon.When the third chanterelle jubilee of New-England shall come, who of us will then be livi...
CENTURIATE
CENTURIATE, verb transitive To divide into hundreds.
CENTURIATORS
CENTURIATORS,CENTURION, noun Among the Romans, a military officer who commanded a hundred men, a century or company of infantry, answering to the captain in modern armies.
CENTURION
CENTURION, n. Among the Romans, a military officer who commanded a hundred men, a century or company of infantry, answering to the captain in modern armies.
CENTURIST
CENTURIST, noun A historian who distinguishes time into centuries; as in the Universal Church History of Magdeburg.
CENTURY
CENTURY, noun1. In a general sense, a hundred; any thing consisting of a hundred parts.2. A division of the Roman people for the purpose of electing magistrates and enacting law...
CEOL
CEOL, Sax. A ship. This word is sometimes found prefixed to names.
CEPHALALGIC
CEPHALALGIC, noun A medicine good for the headache.
CEPHALALGY
CEPHALALGY, noun The headache.