A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.

Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.

a natural family coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum; the hornworts.

the sole genus constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae; the hornworts.

the type genus of the Ceratopogonidae.

a natural family of insects including the biting midges and sand flies.

a suborder of extinct animals including triceratops.

any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls, of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.

an extinct family of American ceratopsian dinosaurs.

a genus of water ferns.

the ceratosaurus.

A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.

a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico.

That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity.

An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.

Of or pertaining to the tail.

The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercari/. One of the Cercari/.

a natural family comprising the froghoppers or spittlebugs.

a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon, baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, and proboscis monkey.

type genus of the Cercopithecidae, consisting of one genus of guenons.

One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.

form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores.

form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores.

See Cercopod.

To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.

The cerebellum.

of or pertaining to the cerebellum; as, the cerebellar artery.

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

One who accepts cerebralism.

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain.

Brain power.

Like the brain in form or substance.

Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.

Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).

A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.

A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed. Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.

Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.

Quality of being ceremonial.

Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.

Waxen; like wax.

The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

Cerium oxide, CeO2, a white infusible substance constituting about one per cent of the material of the common incandescent mantle.

Same as Cerrial.

Producing wax.

A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.

One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.

One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.

A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air.

Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (Scomberomorus regalis).

A writing on wax.

Of or pertaining to cerography.

One who practices cerography.

A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.

Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

Relating to the art of modeling in wax. Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.

The art of modeling in wax.

A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white lamin/.

See Cerate.

A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.

Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.

A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.

Of or pertaining to the cerris.

A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

Certainly.

Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

Certainty.

The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

Certainly; in truth; verily.

a natural family of birds cosisting of several species of creepers, such as Certhia americana, the tree creeper.

presenting symptoms of mental illness sufficient for legal commitment to a mental institution.

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

officially documented; -- of people.

The act of certifying.

endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; guranteed; as, certified milk; certified mail; a certified check. Opposite of uncertified.

a check drawn on a bank and bearing marks from that bank guaranteeing that funds have been reserved for payment.

One who certifies or assures.

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.

Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.

Blue; cerulean.

Sky-colored; blue; azure.

A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.

an antifungal antibiotic, C12H17NO3. It inhibits the growth of yeasts by interfering with the synthesis of sterols and fatty acids.

Cerulean.

Tending to cerulean; light bluish.

A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight.

Producing a blue or sky color.

The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.