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- English Word Cetacean Definition One of the Cetacea.
- English Word Cetaceous Definition Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.
- English Word Cete Definition One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.
- English Word Cetene Definition An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
- English Word Ceterach Definition A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).
- English Word Cetewale Definition Same as Zedoary.
- English Word Cetic Definition Of or pertaining to a whale.
- English Word Cetin Definition A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.
- English Word Cetological Definition Of or pertaining to cetology.
- English Word Cetologist Definition One versed in cetology.
- English Word Cetology Definition The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.
- English Word Cetraric Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).
- English Word Cetrarin Definition 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.
- English Word Cetyl Definition A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.
- English Word Cetylic Definition Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.
- English Word Ceylanite Definition A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste.
- English Word Ceylonese Definition Of or pertaining to Ceylon.
- English Word Ceylonese Definition A native or natives of Ceylon.
- English Word Chab Definition The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
- English Word Chabasite Definition Alt. of Cabazite
- English Word Chablis Definition A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.
- English Word Chablis Definition a white wine resembling Chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in California.
- English Word Chabouk Definition Alt. of Chabuk
- English Word Chabuk Definition A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.
- English Word Chace Definition See 3d Chase, n., 3.
- English Word Chace Definition To pursue. See Chase v. t.
- English Word Chachalaca Definition The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
- English Word Chacma Definition A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
- English Word Chaconne Definition 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.
- English Word Chad Definition See Shad.