CEPHALIC
CEPHALIC, adjective Pertaining to the head; as cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders in the head. The cephalic vein, which runs along the arm, was so named because the anci...
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CEPHEUS
CEPHEUS, noun A constellation in the Northern hemisphere.
CEPHUS
CEPHUS, noun A fowl of the duck kind; also, a species of monkey, the mona.
CERASEE
CERASEE, noun The male balsam apple.
CERASIN
CERASIN, noun Any gummy substance which swells in cold water, but does not readily dissolve in it.
CERASITE
CERASITE, noun A petrifaction resembling a cherry.
CERASTES
CERASTES, noun In zoology, the name of a serpent, of the genus Coluber, which the ancients supposed to have horns.
CERATE
CERATE, noun A thick kind of ointment, composed of wax and oil, with other ingredients; applied externally in various diseases.
CERATED
CERATED, adjective Covered with wax.
CERE
CERE, noun The naked skin that covers the base of a hawks bill.CERE, verb transitive To wax or cover with wax.
CEREBEL
CEREBEL,CEREBELLUM, noun The hinder part of the head, or the little brain.
CEREBRAL
CEREBRAL,CEREBRINE, adjective Pertaining to the cerebrum or brain.
CERECLOTH
CERECLOTH, noun A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. [But the English word for a cloth used to cover wounds is sear-cloth.]
CEREMENT
CEREMENT, noun Cloths dipped in melted wax, with which dead bodies were infolded, when embalmed.
CEREMONIAL
CEREMONIAL, adjective [See Ceremony.]1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites; as ceremonial exactness. It is particularly ...
CEREMONIALLY
CEREMONIALLY, adverb According to rites and ceremonies; as a person ceremonially unclean; an act ceremonially unlawful.
CEREMONIOUS
CEREMONIOUS, adjective1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; as the ceremonious part of worship. [In this sense, ceremonial is now used.]2. Full of ceremony or solemn forms.3...
CEREMONIOUSLY
CEREMONIOUSLY, adverb In a ceremonious manner; formally; with due forms.
CEREMONIOUSNESS
CEREMONIOUSNESS, noun The use of customary forms; the practice of too much ceremony; great formality in manners.
CEREMONY
CEREMONY, noun1. Outward rite; external form in religion.2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.3. Outward forms of state; the forms...
CEREOLITE
CEREOLITE, noun A substance which in appearance and softness resembles wax; sometimes confounded with steatite.
CEREOUS
CEREOUS, adjective Waxen; like wax.
CERES
CERES, noun1. In mythology, the inventor or goddess of corn, or rather the name of corn deified.2. The name of a planet discovered by M. Piozzi, at Palermo in Sicily, in 1801.
CERIN
CERIN, noun1. A peculiar substance which precipitates on evaporation, from alcohol, which has been digested on grated cork.2. The part of common wax which dissolves in alcohol.3...
CERINTHIANS
CERINTHIANS, noun A set of heretics, so called from Cerinthus, one of the first heresiarchs in the church. They denied the divinity of Christ, but they held that, in his baptism...
CERITE
CERITE, noun [See Cerium.]1. The siliceous oxyd of Cerium, a rare mineral of a pale rose red color, with a tinge of yellow.2. A fossil shell.
CERIUM
CERIUM, noun A metal recently discovered in Sweden, in the mineral cerate, and so called rom the planet Ceres. It is of great specific gravity. Its color a grayish white and its...