A natural family comprising the gall midges.

Blindness.

A natural family of insects, in some classifications included in family Moraceae.

The caecum, the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.

Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness.

The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

Of or pertaining to cedar.

a species of chatterer (Bombycilla cedrorum, formerly Ampelis cedrorum) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cedar bird, cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing. It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long, between the size of a robin and a sparrow, has a crest on the head, a black face mask, and a yellow-tipped tail. The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings, like that of a black sealing wax. They sometimes are seen in flocks.

Same as cedar waxwing.

Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood.

The durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar and cedarlike trees; especially the wood of the red cedar, often used for cedar chests.

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

A mark placed under the letter c [thus, /], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in fa/ade.

Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type.

Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.

Same as C/rulignone.

Of the nature of cedar.

A scroll; a writing; a schedule.

Fit to be felled.

a genus of tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-like flowers.

a small South American spiny tree (Erythrina crista-galli) with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.

To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.

The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

A girdle.

A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term.

A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.

the type genus of the Celastraceae, comprising the plants called climbing bittersweet; bittersweet and shrubby bittersweet; they are woody vines and shrubs native chiefly to Asia and Australia, bearing yellow to orange capsules which open to expose red-coated seeds. See also bittersweet{3b}.

The act or art of engraving or embossing.

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

One who celebrates; a praiser.

Famous.

Celebration; solemnization.

Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard.

An inhabitant of heaven.

To make celestial.

In a celestial manner.

To make like heaven.

A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

See C/llac.

Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.

The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

One who lives unmarried.

A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

To place or inclose in a cell.

resembling a cell.

The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.

A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Same as Cellarer.

Containing a cell or cells.

A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.

Bearing or producing cells.

A contraction for Violoncello.

a transparent paper-like product made of regenerated cellulose, produced in sheets and rolls, which is impervious to moisture and germs, and which is used to wrap candy, cigarettes, and a wide variety of other products for distribution and retail sale; as, a pack of cigarettes in a cellophane wrapper.

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

the state of having cells.

Cellular.

A small cell.

Bearing or producing little cells.

small lumpy deposits of body fat esp. on women's thighs and buttocks. Not used as a technical term.

An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.

The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, cotton, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.

of or containing or made from cellulose.

a genus of annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa.

The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.

Height; altitude.

The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). An inhabitant of Celtiberia.

The language of the Celts.

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.

To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

The first proposed name for a supposed new element of the rare-earth group, accompanying lutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths. It is now considered identical to Lutetium. The proposed symbol was Ct (no period), but this name and symbol are no longer used.

a type of lettuce (Lactuca sativa asparagina) valued especially for its edible stems.

An old name for the harpsichord.

To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes.

The act or process of cementing.

Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

A person or thing that cements.

Of the nature of cement.

Of or pertaining to a cemetery.

A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Meal-taking; dining or supping.

Of or pertaining to dinner or supper.

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.

The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

The introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution); a modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis.

of or pertaining to cenogenesis. Opposite of palingenetic.

An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

A cenotaph.

Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also c/nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.

To burn or scatter incense.

A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

suppressed or subjected to censorship; as, the censored press in some countries. Opposite of uncensored.

Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals.

Censorial.

Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.

Relating to, or containing, a census.

Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

To judge.

One who censures.