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- English Word Ceratospongiae Definition An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
- English Word Ceraunics Definition That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity.
- English Word Ceraunoscope Definition An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
- English Word Cerberean Definition Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.
- English Word Cerberus Definition A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
- English Word Cerberus Definition A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
- English Word Cercal Definition Of or pertaining to the tail.
- English Word Cercaria Definition The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
- English Word Cercarian Definition Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae.
- English Word Cercarian Definition One of the Cercariae.
- English Word Cercarle Definition of Cercaria
- English Word Cerci Definition of Cercus
- English Word Cercopod Definition One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.
- English Word Cercus Definition See Cercopod.
- English Word Cere Definition The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
- English Word Cere Definition To wax; to cover or close with wax.
- English Word Cereal Definition Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
- English Word Cereal Definition Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Cerealia Definition Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
- English Word Cerealia Definition The cereals.
- English Word Cerealin Definition A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.
- English Word Cerebel Definition The cerebellum.
- English Word Cerebella Definition of Cerebellum
- English Word Cerebellar Definition Alt. of Cerebellous
- English Word Cerebellous Definition Pertaining to the cerebellum.
- English Word Cerebellum Definition The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
- English Word Cerebellums Definition of Cerebellum
- English Word Cerebra Definition of Cerebrum
- English Word Cerebral Definition Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.
- English Word Cerebral Definition One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.