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- English Word Cirrose Definition Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf.
- English Word Cirrose Definition Resembling a tendril or cirrus.
- English Word Cirrostomi Definition The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
- English Word Cirrous Definition Cirrose.
- English Word Cirrous Definition Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
- English Word Cirrus Definition A tendril or clasper.
- English Word Cirrus Definition A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
- English Word Cirrus Definition The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
- English Word Cirrus Definition The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
- English Word Cirrus Definition See under Cloud.
- English Word Cirsocele Definition The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.
- English Word Cirsoid Definition Varicose.
- English Word Cirsotomy Definition Any operation for the removal of varices by incision.
- English Word Cis- Definition A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.
- English Word Cisalpine Definition On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
- English Word Cisatlantic Definition On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.
- English Word Cisco Definition The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
- English Word Ciselure Definition The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.
- English Word Cisleithan Definition On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
- English Word Cismontane Definition On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
- English Word Cispadane Definition On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.
- English Word Cissoid Definition A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.
- English Word Cist Definition A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Cist Definition See Cyst.
- English Word Cisted Definition Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.
- English Word Cistercian Definition A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor.
- English Word Cistercian Definition Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
- English Word Cistern Definition An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
- English Word Cistern Definition A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
- English Word Cistic Definition See Cystic.