An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebr/.

The act of killing deer; deer-slaying.

any member of the family Cervidae, a type of deer distinguished from the Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

a natural family of deer including the reindeer, moose, elks, muntjacs, and roe deer.

Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervid/.

The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.

the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C/sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.

Same as C/sarean, C/sarian.

Same as cesarean section.

See C/sarism.

the chemical element of atomic number 55. It is a univalent element, the most electropositive metal. Symbol Cs; atomic weight 132.905. IT has a melting point of 28.4/ C.

An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.

Same as Cespitious.

Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.

Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.

To cease; to neglect.

Inactive; dormant

A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.

A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.

Giving way; yielding.

A yielding to physical force.

Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.

An assessment or tax.

An assessor.

A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.

A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.

A woman's girdle; a cestus.

A family of invertebrates coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body.

A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea. In some classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent class.

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. One of the Cestoidea.

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. One of the Cestoda.

A class of parasitic worms of the phylum Platyhelminthes (formerly Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm.

One of the Cestoda.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.

He; the one.

A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

See C/sura.

See C/sural.

An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

One of the Cetacea.

Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.

An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

Same as Zedoary.

Of or pertaining to a whale.

A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

Of or pertaining to cetology.

One versed in cetology.

The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).

A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste.

the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka. It is an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a population of about 14 million people.

Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.

a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; it uses two slow steps followed by three quick small steps, with swaying movements of the hips, and has many variations of movements based on that rhythm.

same as cha-cha.

The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.

A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.

To pursue. See Chase v. t.

The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).

To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

See Shad.

a genus of clinid fishes consisting of the pikeblennies.

either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).

a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.

of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).

A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

Bearing set/.

Of or pertaining to the Ch/todonts or the family Ch/todontid/.

a natural family comprising the butterfly fishes.

Of or pertaining to the Ch/tognatha.

any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth.

a phylum consisting of the arrowworms, a group of small active transparent free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.

Pertaining to the Ch/topoda. One of the Ch/topoda.

A very extensive order of Annelida (segmented worms), characterized by the presence of lateral set/, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligoch/ta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polych/ta, including most of the marine species.

The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

Heat excited by friction.

A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

To buy or sell; to trade in.

One who chaffers; a bargainer.

A vessel for heating water.

Traffic; bargaining.

A bird of Europe (Fringilla c/lebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

Without chaff.

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.

a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with Trypamosoma cruzi, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other domestic and wild mammals.

See Shagreen.

Chagrined.

feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book.

To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

bound with chains; as, prisoners chained together to prevent escape.

Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.

A small chain.

having a form resembling a chain; as, chainlike clusters of bacteria.

metal shackles connected by chains, used to bind hands or legs; as, he was kept two weeks in chains.

a portable power saw having teeth that are linked to form an endless chain, rotated about two pivot points by a power mechanism, such as an electric motor or a gasoline engine.

Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

To place in a chair.

a ski lift on which riders are seated.

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.

a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.