Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Centurion

Cen‐tu″ri‐on (?), n. [L. centurio, fr. centuria; cf. F. centurion. See Century.] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a...

2216

Century

Cen″tu‐ry (?), n.; pl.Centuries (#). [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent.] 1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a ...

2217

Ceorl

Ceorl (kĕôrl or chẽrl), n. [AS. See Churl, n.] (O. Eng. Hist.) A freeman of the lowest class; one not a thane or of the servile classes; a churl.

2218

Cepaceous

Ce‐pa″ceous (?), a. [L. cepa, caepa, onion.] Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous.

2219

Cepevorous

Ce‐pev″o‐rous (?), a. [L. cepa an onion + varare to devour.] Feeding upon onions. Sterling.

2220

Cephalad

Ceph″a‐lad (?), adv. [Gr. κεφαλή head + L. ad toward.] (Zoöl.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

2221

Cephalalgia

{ ‖Ceph′a‐lal″gi‐a (?), Ceph″a‐lal′gy (?), } n. [L. cephalalgia, Gr. �; � + � pain: cf. F. céphalalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the head; headache.

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Cephalalgia (2)

Ceph′a‐lal″gi‐a (?), n.(Med.) Headache.

2223

Cephalalgic

Ceph′a‐lal″gic (?), a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. �.] (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. — n. A remedy for the headache.

2224

Cephalalgic (2)

Ceph′a‐lal″gic (?), a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. �.] (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. — n. A remedy for the headache.

2225

Cephalanthium

‖Ceph′a‐lan″thi‐um (?), n.(Bot.) Same as Anthodium.

2226

Cephalaspis

‖Ceph′a‐las″pis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κεφαλή head + � a shield.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is larg...

2227

Cephalata

‖Ceph′a‐la″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. κεφαλή head.] (Zoöl.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; — so called because the head is distinctly develop...

2228

Cephalate

Ceph″a‐late (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a head.

2229

Cephalic

Ce‐phal″ic (?), a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. �, fr. κεφαλή head: cf. F. céphalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior.Cephalic index(Anat.), the ratio...

2230

Cephalic (2)

Ce‐pha″lic, n. A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

2231

Cephalism

Ceph″a‐lism (?), n.(Anthropol.) Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism.

2232

Cephalitis

‖Ceph′a‐li″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κεφαλή head + -itis.] (Med.) Same as Phrenitis.

2233

Cephalization

Ceph′a‐li‐za″tion (?), n. Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal ...

2234

Cephalo-

Ceph″a‐lo– (?). [Gr. κεφαλή head.] A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

2235

Cephalocercal

Ceph′a‐lo‐cer″cal (?), a. [Cephalo- + Gr. � tail.] (Zoöl.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

2236

Cephaloid

Ceph″a‐loid (?), a. [Cephalo- + -oid.] Shaped like the head. Craing.

2237

Cephalology

Ceph′a‐lol″o‐gy (?), n. [Cephalo- + -logy.] The science which treats of the head.

2238

Cephalomere

Ceph″a‐lo‐mere (?), n. [Cephalo- + -mere.] (Zoöl.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard.

2239

Cephalometer

Ceph′a‐lom″e‐ter (?), n. [Cephalo- + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

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Cephalometry

Ceph′a‐lom″e‐try (?), n.(Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. — Ceph′a‐lo‐met″ric (#),a.

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Cephalon

‖Ceph″a‐lon (?), n.(Zoöl.) The head.