CIRCLE
CIRCLE, noun1. In geometry, a plane figure comprehended by a single curve line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point called the center. ...
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CIRCLED
CIRCLED, participle passive Surrounded; encompassed; inclosed.CIRCLED, adjective Having the form of a circle; round; as the moons circled orb.
CIRCLER
CIRCLER, noun A mean poet, or circular poet.
CIRCLET
CIRCLET, noun A little circle; a circle; an orb.
CIRCLING
CIRCLING, participle present tense Surrounding; going round; inclosing.CIRCLING, adjective Circular; round.
CIRCOCELE
CIRCOCELE, noun A varix, or dilatation of the spermatic vein; a varicocele; hernia varicosa.
CIRCUIT
CIRCUIT, noun1. The act of moving or passing round; as the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun, or of the moon round the earth.2. The space inclosed in a circle, or wi...
CIRCUITEER
CIRCUITEER, noun One that travels a circuit.
CIRCUITION
CIRCUITION, noun The act of going round; compass; circumlocution.
CIRCUITOUS
CIRCUITOUS, adjective Going round in a circuit; not direct; as a circuitous road or course.
CIRCUITOUSLY
CIRCUITOUSLY, adverb In a circuit.
CIRCUITY
CIRCUITY, noun A going round; a course not direct.
CIRCULAR
CIRCULAR, adjective1. In the form of a circle; round; circumscribed by a circle; spherical; as, the sun appears to be circular2. Successive in order; always returning.3. Vulgar;...
CIRCULARITY
CIRCULARITY, noun A circular form.
CIRCULARLY
CIRCULARLY, adverb In a circular manner; in the formof a circle; in the form of going and returning.
CIRCULATE
CIRCULATE, verb intransitive1. To move in a circle; to move or pass round; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.2. To pass from place...
CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION, noun1. The act of moving round, or in a circle, or in a course which brings or tends to bring the moving body to the point where its motion began; as the circulatio...
CIRCULATORIOUS
CIRCULATORIOUS, adjective Travelling in a circuit, or from house to house.
CIRCULATORY
CIRCULATORY, adjective1. Circular; as a circulatory letter.2. Circulating.CIRCULATORY, noun A chimical vessel, in which that which rises from the vessel on the fire is collected...
CIRCUMAMBIENCY
CIRCUMAMBIENCY, noun The act of surrounding, or encompassing.
CIRCUMAMBIENT
CIRCUMAMBIENT, adjective Surrounding; encompassing; inclosing or being on all sides; used particularly of the air about the earth.
CIRCUMAMBULATE
CIRCUMAMBULATE, verb intransitive To walk round about.
CIRCUMAMBULATION
CIRCUMAMBULATION, noun The act of walking round.
CIRCUMCELLION
CIRCUMCELLION, noun In church history, a set of illiterate peasants that adhered to the Donatists in the fourth century.
CIRCUMCISE
CIRCUMCISE, verb transitive To cut off the prepuce or foreskin of males; a ceremony or rite in the Jewish and Mohammedan religions. The word is applied also to a practice among ...
CIRCUMCISER
CIRCUMCISER, noun The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin.
CIRCUMCURSATION
CIRCUMCURSATION, noun The act of running about.