Ceaseless
Cease´less, a. Without pause or end; incessant.

Ceaseless
Cease´less, adv. Without intermission or end.

Cecidomyia
Cec•i•do•my´i•a, n. [Nl., fr. Gr. khki•s,, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

Cecutiency
Ce•cu´tien•cy, n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cedar
Ce´dar (se"der), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke•dros.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar ( Cupressus thyoides) is now called Chamœcyparis sphaeroidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. Cedar bird (Zoöl.), a species of chatterer ( Ampelis cedrorum), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; — called also cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing.

Cedar
Ce´dar, a. Of or pertaining to cedar.

Cedared
Ce´dared, a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

Cedarn
Ce´darn, a. Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]

Cede, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. ceder.] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
"The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights." - Jay.

Cedrat
Ce´drat (se"drat), n. [Cf. F. cedrat. See Cedar.] (Bot.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

Cedrine
Ce´drine (se"drin; 277), a. [L. cedrinus, Gr. . See Cedar.] Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.

Cedule
Ced´ule, n. [F. cedule, fr. L. shedula. See Shedule.] A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [Obs.]

Ceil (sel), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ceiled (seld); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. koi^los hollow.]
1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as to ceil a room.
"The greater house he ceiled with fir tree." - 2 Chron. iii. 5
2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Celadon
Cel´a•don, n. [F.] A pale sea-green color; also porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

Celandine
Cel´an•dine (sel"an•din), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. chelidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. chelido•nios, fr. chelidw•n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a swallow.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant ( Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; — called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort ( Ranunculus Ficaria).

Celature
Cel´a•ture, n. [L. caelatura, fr. caelare to engrave in relief.]
1. The act or art of engraving or embossing.
2. That which is engraved. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Celebrant
Cel´e•brant, n. [L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare. See Celebrate.] One who performs a public religious rite; — applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

Celebrator
Cel´e•bra•tor, n. [L.] One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle.

Celebrious
Ce•le´bri•ous, a. Famous. [Obs.] Speed.

Celebrity
Ce•leb´ri•ty, n. ; pl. Celebrities (#). [L. celebritas: cf. F. celebrite.]
1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]
"The celebrity of the marriage." - Bacon.
2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as the celebrity of Washington.
"An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy." - Whewell.
3. A person of distinction or renown; — usually in the plural; as he is one of the celebrities of the place.

Celeriac
Ce•le´ri•ac, n. (Bot.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

Celerity
Ce•ler´i•ty, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm speedy: sf. F. celerite.] Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
"Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight." - Johnson.

Celery
Cel´er•y, n. [F. celeri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. C. . Parsley.] (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family ( Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Celestialize
Ce•les´tial•ize, v. t. To make celestial. [R.]

Celestially
Ce•les´tial•ly, adv. In a celestial manner.

Celestify
Ce•les´ti•fy, v. t. [L. caelestis heavenly + -fly.] To make like heaven. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. { Cel´es•tine, Cel´es•tite }, n. [LL. caelestinus bine.] (Min.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms. { Cel´es•tine, Cel•es•tin´i•an } n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

Celiac
Ce´li•ac, a. (Anat.) See Cœllac.

Celibacy
Ce•lib´a•cy, n. [See Celibate, n. ] The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.

Celibatist
Ce•lib´a•tist, n. One who lives unmarried. [R.]

Celidography
Cel•i•dog´ra•phy, n. [Gr., stain, spot + -graphy: cf. F. celidographie.] A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Cell, n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]
1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
"The heroic confessor in his cell." - Macaulay.
2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." Milman.
3. Any small cavity, or hollow place.
4. (Arch.) (a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. (b) Same as Cella.
5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the amœba, and in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting. See Illust. of Bipolar. Air cell. See Air cell. — Cell development (called also cell genesis, cell formation, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc. — Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular.

Cell (sel), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Celled (seld).] To place or inclose in a cell. "Celled under ground." [R.] Warner.

Cellar
Cel´lar, n. [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell.] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

Cellarer
Cel´lar•er, n. [LL. cellararius, equiv. to L. cellarius steward: cf. F. cellerier. See Cellar.] (Eccl.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Cellarist
Cel´lar•ist, n. Same as Cellarer.

Cellepore
Cel´le•pore, n. [L. cella cell + porus, Gr., passage.] (Zoöl.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.

Celliferous
Cel•lif´er•ous, a. [ Cell + -ferous.] Bearing or producing cells.

Cello
Cel´lo (chel"lo), n. ; pl. E. Cellos (chel"loz), It. Celli (chel"le). A contraction for Violoncello.

Cellule
Cel´lule (sel"ul), n. [L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf. F. cellule. See Cell.] A small cell.

Cellulitis
Cel•lu•li´tis, n. [NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis.] An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

Celluloid
Cel´lu•loid (sel"u•loid), n. [ Cellulose + -oid.] A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; — originally called xylonite.

Cellulose
Cel´lu•lose (sel"u•los•), a. Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Cellulose
Cel´lu•lose, n. (Chem.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.
"Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose." - Goodale.
Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.

Celsiture
Cel´si•ture, n. [L. celstudo, from celsus high: cf. celsitude.] Height; altitude. [Obs.]

Celsius
Cel´si•us, n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

Celt (selt), n. [L. Celtae, Gr. Keltoi•, Ke•ltai, pl.: cf. W. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Celt, n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Archaeol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

Celtiberian
Celt•i•be´ri•an, a. [L. Celtiber, Celtibericus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). — n. An inhabitant of Celtiberia.

Celtic
Celt´ic (selt"ik), a. [L. Celticus, Gr. Keltiko•s. See Celt.] Of or pertaining to the Celts; as Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

Celtic
Celt´ic, n. The language of the Celts. The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.

Celticism
Celt´i•cism (sel"ti•siz’m), n. A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.

Celticize
Celt´i•cize, v. t. To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

Celtium
Cel´ti•um, n. [NL.] (Chem.) A supposed new element of the rare-earth group, accompanying lutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths. Symbol, C. (no period).

Cembalo
Cem´ba•lo, n. [It. See Cymbal.] An old name for the harpsichord.

Cement steel
Ce•ment" steel. Steel produced by cementation; blister steel.

Cemental
Ce•ment´al, a. Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as cemental tubes. R. Owen.

Cementation
Cem•en•ta´tion, n.
1. The act or process of cementing.
2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.

Cementatory
Ce•ment´a•to•ry, a. Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.

Cementer
Ce•ment´er, n. A person or thing that cements.

Cementitious
Cem•en•ti´tious, a. [L. caementitius pertaining to quarry stones. See Cement, n. ] Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth.

Cemetery
Cem´e•ter•y, n. ; pl. Cemeteries . [L. cemeterium, Gr. a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. to put to sleep.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Cenanthy
Ce•nan´thy, n. [Gr. empty + a flower.] (Bot.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Cenation
Ce•na´tion, n. [L. cenatio.] Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cenatory
Cen´a•to•ry, a. [L. cenatorius, fr. cenare to dine, sup, fr. cena, coena, dinner, supper.] Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.]
"The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment." - Sir T. Browne.

Cenobite
Cen´o•bite, n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino•bios; koino•s common + bi•os life: cf. F. cenobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon. { Cen•o•bit´ic, Cen•o•bit´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. cenobitique.] Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

Cenobitism
Cen´o•bi•tism, n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.

Cenogamy
Ce•nog´a•my (se•nog"a•my), n. [Gr. koino•s common + ga•mos marriage.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Cenotaph
Cen´o•taph (sen"o•taf), n. [Gr. kenota•fion; keno•s empty + ta•fos burial, tomb: cf. F. cenotaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden.
"A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey." - Macaulay.

Cenotaphy
Cen´o•taph•y, n. A cenotaph. [R.]
"Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy." - Macaulay.

Cenozoic
Ce•no•zo´ic, a. [Gr. recent + life.] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also caenozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology. This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.

Censer
Cen´ser, n. [For incenser, fr. OF. encensier, F. encensoir, fr. LL. incensarium, incensorium, fr. L. incensum incense. See Incense, and cf. Incensory.] A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned. The ecclesiastical censer is usually cup-shaped, has a cover pierced with holes, and is hung by chains. The censer bearer swings it to quicken the combustion.
"Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense Which from a golden censer forth doth rise." - Spenser.

Censorial
Cen•so´ri•al, a.
1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius.
2. Full of censure; censorious.
"The censorial declamation of Juvenal." - T. Warton.

Censorian
Cen•so´ri•an, a. Censorial. [R.] Bacon.

Censorious
Cen•so´ri•ous, a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See Censor.]
1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
"A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors." - Watts.
2. Implying or expressing censure; as censorious remarks.
Syn. — Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical. — Cen•so´ri•ous•ly, adv. — Cen•so´ri•ous•ness, n.

Censual
Cen´su•al, a. [L. censualis, fr. census.] Relating to, or containing, a census.
"He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll." - Sir R. Baker.

Censurable
Cen´sur•a•ble, a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as a censurable person, or censurable conduct. — Cen´sur•a•bleness, n. — Cen´sur•a•bly, adv.

Censure
Cen´sure, n. [L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor.]
1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.]
"Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment." - Shak.
2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
"Both the censure and the praise were merited." - Macaulay.
3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
"Excommunication or other censure of the church." - Bp. Burnet.
Syn. — Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.

Censure
Cen´sure, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Censured p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring.] [Cf. F. ensurer.]
1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] "Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer." Beau. & Fl.
2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
"I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty." - Shak.
3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak.
Syn. — To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.

Censure
Cen´sure, v. i. To judge. [Obs.] Shak.

Censurer
Cen´sur•er, n. One who censures. Sha.

Census
Cen´sus, n. [L. census, fr. censere. See Censor.]
1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; — usually made once in five years.
2. An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. A general census of the United States was first taken in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten years since.

Cental
Cen´tal, n. [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; — called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

Cental
Cen´tal, n. Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

Centare
Cen´tare, n. [F. centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are.] A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1⅕ square yards.

Centaur
Cen´taur (sen"tar), n. [L. centaurus, Gr. Ke•ntayros.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

Centaurea
Cen•tau•re´a, n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle ( Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle ( C. Calcitrapa).

Centaury
Cen´tau•ry (sen"ta•ry), n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay•rion, kentay•reion, and kentayri•h, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheraea Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Centenarian
Cen•te•na´ri•an, a. Of or relating to a hundred years. — n. A person a hundred years old.

Centenary
Cen´te•na•ry, a. [L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.]
1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. "Centenary solemnities." Fuller.

Centenary
Cen´te•na•ry, n. ; pl. Centenaries .
1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. "Every centenary of years." Hakewill.
2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.

Centennial
Cen•ten´ni•al, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.]
1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as a centennial ode.
2. Happening once in a hundred years; as centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.
3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
"That opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines." - Longfellow.

Centennial
Cen•ten´ni•al, n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.]

Centennial State. Colorado; — a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. { Cen´ter, or Cen´tre, seal }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. { Center, or Centre, punch }. (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.

Centennially
Cen•ten´ni•al•ly, adv. Once in a hundred years.

Center
Cen´ter, n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr. to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.
2. The middle or central portion of anything.
3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as a center of attaction.
4. The earth. [Obs.] Shak.
5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.
6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. In a lathe the live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the dead center is on the tail stock. Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis. Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. — Center of acurve or surface (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar coördinates. See Coördinates. — Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle. — Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. — Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. — Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation. — Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. — Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. — Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. — Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. — Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid. { Cen´ter, Cen´tre } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Centered or Centred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Centering or Centring.]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
"Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men’s fancies." - Dr. H. More.
"Our hopes must center in ourselves alone." - Dryden.
{ Cen´ter, Cen´tre }, v. t.
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton.
2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
"Thy joys are centered all in me alone." - Prior.
3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. { Cen´ter•bit•, Cen´tre•bit• } n. An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n. , 3. { Cen´ter•board•, Cen´tre•board }, n. (Naut.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

Centesimation
Cen•tes•i•ma´tion, n. [L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

Centesimo
Cen•tes´i•mo (sen"tes"i•mo), n. ; pl. -mi (- me). [It. & Sp.] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

Centesm
Cen´tesm (sen"tez’m), n. [L. centesima.] Hundredth.

Centiare
Cen´ti•are, n. [F. See Centare.] See centare.

Centifidous
Cen•tif´i•dous, a. [L. centifidus; centum + findere to split.] Divided into a hundred parts.

Centifolious
Cen•ti•fo´li•ous, a. [L. centifolius; centum + folium leaf.] Having a hundred leaves.

Centigrade
Cen´ti•grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as 10° centigrade (or 10° C. ). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale. { Cen´ti•gram, Cen´ti•gramme } n. [F. centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.] The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram. { Cen´ti•li•ter, Cen´ti•li•tre }, n. [F. centilitre; centi (L. centum) + litre. See Liter.] The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

Centime
Cen•time´, n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal.] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. { Cen´ti•me•ter, Cen´ti•me•tre }, n. [F. centimètre; centi- (L. centum) + mètre. See Meter.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.

Centinody
Cen•tin´o•dy, n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints ( Illecebrum verticillatum); also the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.

Centiped
Cen´ti•ped, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centipède.] (Zoöl.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede .]

Centistere
Cen´ti•stere, n. [F. centistère; centi- (l. centum) + stère.] The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.

Centner
Cent´ner, n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.]
1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each of these into two drams. But the assayers use different weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the other parts are proportioned.
2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.

Cento
Cen´to, n. ; pl. Centos (#). [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

Centonism
Cen´to•nism, n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

Central
Cen´tral, a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F. central. See Center.] Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. — Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body about which Mädler supposed the solar system together with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such a body. { Cen´tral, Cen•tra´le } n. [NL. centrale, fr. L. centralis.] (Anat.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

Centrality
Cen•tral´i•ty, n. ; pl. Centralities . The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
"Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence." - R. W. Emerson.

Centralization
Cen•tral•i•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. centralisation.] The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

Centralize
Cen´tral•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Centralized p. pr. & vb. n. Centralizing.] [Cf. F. centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
"[To] centralize the power of government." - Bancroft.

Centre
Cen´tre, n. & v. See Center. { Cen´tric, Cen´tric•al } a. Placed in the center or middle; central.
"At York or some other centrical place." - Sir W. Scott.
— Cen´tric•al•ly, adv. — Cen´tric•al•ness, n.

Centrifugal
Cen•trif´u•gal, a. [L. centrum center + fugere to flee.]
1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. (b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center. When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a force must act on the body to keep it in the circle without change of velocity. The direction of this force is towards the center of the circle. If this force is applied by means of a string to the body, the string will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the other end of the string, this tension will appear to be directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency to move away from the center of the circle which it is describing. Hence this latter force is often called centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the body being directed towards the center of the circle is called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely the different aspects of the same stress. Clerk Maxwell. Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced. — Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table. — Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.

Centrifugal
Cen•trif´u•gal, n. A centrifugal machine.

Centrifugal filter
Cen•trif"u•gal fil"ter. A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous or foraminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off liquid by centrifugal action.

Centrifugence
Cen•trif´u•gence, n. The property or quality of being centrifugal. R. W. Emerson.

Centring
Cen´tring, n. See Centring.

Centripetency
Cen•trip´e•ten•cy, n. Tendency toward the center.

Centriscoid
Cen•tris´coid, a. [NL. Centriscus (r. Gr. a kind of fish) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

Centrobaric
Cen•tro•bar´ic, a. [Gr. a treatise of Archimedes on finding the center of gravity, fr. gravitating toward the center; center + weight.] Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has for measure the product of the line or surface by the length of the path of its center of gravity; — sometimes called theorem of Pappus, also incorrectly, Guldinus’s properties. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Centroid
Cen´troid, n. [L. centrum + -oid.] The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

Centrolecithal
Cen•tro•lec´i•thal, a. [Gr. center + yolk of an egg.] (Biol.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal. Balfour.

Centrolinead
Cen•tro•lin´e•ad, n. An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

Centrolineal
Cen•tro•lin´e•al, a. [L. centrum + linea line.] Converging to a center; — applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

Centrosome
Cen´tro•some, n. [Gr. center + - the body.] (Biol.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

Centrosphere
Cen´tro•sphere, n. [Gr. centre + sphere.]
1. (Geol.) The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; — disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc.
2. (Biol.) The central mass of an aster from which the rays extend and within which the centrosome lies when present; the attraction sphere. The name has been used both as excluding and including the centrosome, and also to designate a modified mass of protoplasm about a centrosome whether aster rays are developed or not.

Centrostaltic
Cen•tro•stal´tic, a. [Gr. center + checking.] (Physiol.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

Centrum
Cen´trum, n. ; pl. E. Centrums (#), L. Centra (#). [L., center.] (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Centumviral
Cen•tum´vi•ral, a. [L. centumvitalis.] Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.

Centumvirate
Cen•tum´vi•rate, n. [Cf. F. centumvirat.] The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

Centuple
Cen´tu•ple, a. [L. centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F. centuple.] Hundredfold.

Centuple
Cen´tu•ple, v. t. To increase a hundredfold.

Centuplicate
Cen•tu´pli•cate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Centuplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Centuplicating.] [L. centuplicare. See Centuple, a. ] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell.

Cepevorous
Ce•pev´o•rous, a. [L. cepa an onion + varare to devour.] Feeding upon onions. [R.] Sterling.

Cephalad
Ceph´a•lad, adv. [Gr. kefalh• head + L. a. toward.] (Zoöl.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad. { Ceph•a•lal´gi•a, Ceph´a•lal•gy, } n. [L. cephalalgia, Gr. ; + pain: cf. F. cephalalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the head; headache.

Cephalalgia
Ceph•a•lal´gi•a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ; head + pain.] (Med.) Headache.

Cephalalgic
Ceph•a•lal´gic, a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. .] (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. — n. A remedy for the headache.

Cephalalgic
Ceph•a•lal´gic, a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. .] (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. — n. A remedy for the headache.

Cephalanthium
Ceph•a•lan´thi•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + flower.] (Bot.) Same as Anthodium.

Cephalata
Ceph•a•la´ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh• head.] (Zoöl.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; — so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cephalate
Ceph´a•late, a. (Zoöl.) Having a head.

Cephalic
Ce•phal´ic, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr., fr. kefalh• head: cf. F. cephalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior. Cephalic index (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index. — Cephalic vein, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; — so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. Dunglison.

Cephalic
Ce•pha´lic, n. A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

Cephalism
Ceph´a•lism, n. [Gr. head.] (Anthropol.) Form or development of the skull; as the races of man differ greatly in cephalism.

Cephalitis
Ceph•a•li´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh• head + -itis.] (Med.) Same as Phrenitis.

Cephalo-
Ceph´a•lo- [Gr. kefalh• head.] A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as cephalosome, cephalopod.

Cephalocercal
Ceph•a•lo•cer´cal, a. [ Cephalo- + Gr. tail.] (Zoöl.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Cephaloid
Ceph´a•loid, a. [ Cephalo- + -oid.] Shaped like the head. Craing.

Cephalology
Ceph•a•lol´o•gy, n. [ Cephalo- + -logy.] The science which treats of the head.

Cephalomere
Ceph´a•lo•mere, n. [ Cephalo- + -mere.] (Zoöl.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard.

Cephalometer
Ceph•a•lom´e•ter, n. [ Cephalo- + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

Cephalometry
Ceph•a•lom´e•try, n. (Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. — Ceph•a•lo•met´ric (#), a.

Cephalon
Ceph´a•lon, n. (Zoöl.) The head.

Cephalophora
Ceph•a•loph´o•ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh• head + to bear.] (Zoöl.) The cephalata. { Ceph´a•lo•pod, Ceph´a•lo•pode }, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Cephalopoda.

Cephalopoda
Ceph•a•lop´o•da, n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kefalh• head + -poda: cf. F. cephalopode.] (Zoöl.) The highest class of Mollusca. They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks. The head is highly developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears, and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot’s beak, and a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, thus clouding the water in order to escape from their enemies. They are divided into two orders, the Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The latter are all extinct except the Nautilus. See Octopus, Squid, Nautilus. { Ceph•a•lo•pod´ic, Ceph•a•lop´o•dous, } a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

Cephalosome
Ceph´a•lo•some, n. [ Cephalo- + -some body.] (Zoöl.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard.

Cephalostyle
Ceph´a•lo•style, n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. a pillar.] (Anat.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

Cephalothorax
Ceph•a•lo•tho´rax, n. [ Cephalo- + thorax.] (Zoöl.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.

Cephalotome
Ceph´a•lo•tome, n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. to cut.] (Med.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.

Cephalotomy
Ceph•a•lot´o•my, n.
1. Dissection or opening of the head.
2. (Med.) Craniotomy; — usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Cephalotribe
Ceph´a•lo•tribe, n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. to rub, grind.] An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

Cephalotripsy
Ceph´a•lo•trip•sy, n. [See Cephalotribe.] (Med.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

Cephalous
Ceph´a•lous, a. [Gr. kefalh• head.] (Zoöl.) Having a head; — applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

Cepheus
Ce´pheus, n. (Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

Cerago
Ce•ra´go, n. [L. cera wax.] Beebread.

Ceramic
Ce•ram´ic, a. [Gr., fr. earthenware. Cf. Keramic.] Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

Cerasin
Cer´a•sin, n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; — called also meta-arabinic acid.
2. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; — called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.

Cerasinous
Ce•ras´i•nous, a.
1. Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.
2. Of a cherry color.

Cerastes
Ce•ras´tes, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. kera•sths horned, fr. ke•ras horn.] (Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.

Cerate
Ce´rate, n. [L. ceratum, ceratm, fr. cera wax.] (Med.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard.

Cerated
Ce´ra•ted, p. a. [L. ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera wax.] Covered with wax.

Ceratine
Cer´a•tine, a. [Gr. the fallacy called "the horns." fr. ke•ras a horn.] (Logic.) Sophistical.

Ceratobranchia
Cer•a•to•bran´chi•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ke•ras, ke•ratos, horn + bra•gchia, n. pl., gills.] (Zoöl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

Ceratobranchial
Cer•a•to•bran´chi•al, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. — n. A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.

Ceratodus
Ce•rat´o•dus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke•ras, ke•ratos horn + tooth.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Ceratosaurus
Cer•a•to•sau´rus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke•ras a horn + lizard.] (Paleon.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Ceratospongiae
Cer•a•to•spon´gi•ae, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ke•ras, ke•ratos horn + sponge.] (Zoöl.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.

Ceraunics
Ce•rau´nics, n. [Gr. thunder and lightning.] That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. R. Park.

Ceraunoscope
Ce•rau´no•scope, n. [Gr. thunder and lightning + -scope.] An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore.

Cerberean
Cer•be´re•an, a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus. [Written also Cerberian.]
"With wide Cerberean mouth." - Milton.

Cerberus
Cer´be•rus, n. [L. Cerberus (in sense 1), gr. .]
1. (Class. Myth.) 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.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

Cercal
Cer´cal, a. [Gr. tail.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tail.

Cercaria
Cer•ca´ri•a, n. ; pl. Cercarle [NL., fr. Gr. tail.] (Zoöl.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Cercarian
Cer•ca´ri•an, a. (Zoöl.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae. — n. One of the Cercariae.

Cercopod
Cer´co•pod, n. [Gr. tail + -pod.] (Zoöl.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects. Packard.

Cercus
Cer´cus, n. ; pl. Cerci . [NL., fr. Gr. tail.] (Zoöl.) See Cercopod.

Cerealia
Ce•re•a´li•a, n. pl. [L. See Cereal.]
1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
2. The cereals. Crabb.

Cerebel
Cer´e•bel, n. The cerebellum. Derham. { Cer•e•bel´lar, Cer•e•bel´lous } a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Cerebellum
Cer•e•bel´lum, n. ; pl. E. Cerebellums, L. Cerebella . [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.] (Anat.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Cerebralist
Cer´e•bral•ist, n. One who accepts cerebralism.

Cerebrate
Cer´e•brate, v. i. (Physiol.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Cerebration
Cer•e•bra´tion, n. Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

Cerebric
Cer´e•bric, a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain. Cerebric acid (Physiol. Chem.), a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin.

Cerebricity
Cer•e•bric´i•ty, n. Brain power. [R.]

Cerebriform
Ce•reb´ri•form, a. [ Cerebrum + -form.] Like the brain in form or substance.

Cerebrifugal
Cer•e•brif´u•gal, a. [ Cerebrum + L. fugere to flee.] (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

Cerebrin
Cer´e•brin, n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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.

Cerebritis
Cer•e•bri´tis, n. [NL., fr. E. cerebrum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Cerebroid
Cer´e•broid, a. [ Cerebrum + -oid.] Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebrology
Cer•e•brol´o•gy, n. [ Cerebrum + -logy.] The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebropathy
Cer•e•brop´a•thy, n. [ Cerebrum + Gr. suffering.] (Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; — called also brain fag.

Cerebroscopy
Cer•e•bros´co•py, n. [ Cerebrum + -scopy.] (Med.) 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). Buck.

Cerebrose
Cer•e•brose´, n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Cerebrum
Cer´e•brum, n. ; pl. E. Cerebrums (#), L. Cerebra (#). [L., the brain.] (Anat.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

Cerement
Cere´ment, n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.] (a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed. (b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

Ceremonial
Cer•e•mo´ni•al, a. [L. caerimonialis: cf. F. cerimonial. See Ceremony.]
1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
"Ceremonial observances and outward show." - Hallam.
2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] Donne.
"He moves in the dull ceremonial track." - Druden.

Ceremonial
Cer•e•mo´ni•al, n.
1. 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.
"The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court." - Prescott.
2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

Ceremonialism
Cer•e•mo´ni•al•ism, n. Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

Ceremonially
Cer•e•mo´ni•al•ly, adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as a person ceremonially unclean.

Ceremonialness
Cer•e•mo´ni•al•ness, n. Quality of being ceremonial.

Ceremonious
Cer•e•mo´ni•ous, a. [Cf. F. ceremonieux, L. Caerimoniosus.]
1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
"The ceremonious part of His worship." - South.
2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." Addison.
"Too ceremonious and traditional." - Shak.
Syn. — Formal; precise; exact. See Formal.

Ceremoniousness
Cer•e•mo´ni•ous•ness, n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

Ceremony
Cer´e•mo•ny, n. ; pl. Ceremonies (#). [F. ceremonie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.]
1. 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.
"According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]." - Numb. ix. 3
"Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake." - Spenser.
"[The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet’s sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council." - Milton.
2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.
"Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on … hollow welcomes … But where there is true friendship there needs none." - Shak.
"Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them." - Chesterfield.
3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs.]
"Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. … Let no images Be hung with Caesar’s trophies." - Shak.
4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs.]
"Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me." - Shak.
Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. — Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

Cereous
Ce´re•ous, a. [L. cereus, fr. cera was.] Waxen; like wax. [Obs.] Gayton.

Ceres
Ce´res, n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. create.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.
2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.

Ceresin
Cer´e•sin, n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

Cereus
Ce´re•us, n. [L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas etc.

Cerevis
Cer´e•vis (ser"e•vis; G. tser•e•ves"), n. [G., fr. L. cerevisia, cervisia, beer.] 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.

Ceria
Ce´ri•a (se"ri•a), n. (Chem.) Cerium oxide, CeO₂, a white infusible substance constituting about one per cent of the material of the common incandescent mantle.

Cerial
Cer´i•al, a. Same as Cerrial. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cerin
Ce´rin, n. [L. cera wax + -in: cf. L. cerinus wax-colored.]
1. (Chem.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol. Watts.
2. (Min.) A variety of the mineral allanite.

Cerinthian
Ce•rin´thi•an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. Hook.

Ceriph
Cer´iph, n. (Type Founding) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters. [Spelt also seriph.] Savage.

Cerise
Ce•rise´, a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.] Cherry-colored; a light bright red; — applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Cernuous
Cer´nu•ous, a. [L. cernuus with the face turned toward the earth.] (Bot.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; — said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

Cero
Ce´ro, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zoöl.) 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 ( S. regalis).

Cerograph
Ce´ro•graph, n. [Gr. khro•s wax + -graph.] A writing on wax. Knight. { Ce•ro•graph´ic, Ce•ro•graph´ic•al, } a. Of or pertaining to cerography.

Cerographist
Ce•rog´ra•phist, n. One who practices cerography.

Cerography
Ce•rog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. khro•s wax + -graphy.]
1. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
2. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.

Cerolite
Cer´o•lite, n. [Gr. khro•s wax + -lite.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

Ceroma
Ce•ro´ma, n. [L., fr. Gr. ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, fr. khroy^n to wax over, fr. khro•s wax.]
1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
2. (Anc. Arch.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.
3. (Zoöl.) The cere of birds.

Ceromancy
Cer´o•man•cy, n. [Gr. khro•s wax + -mancy.] Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

Ceroon
Ce•roon´, n. [See Seroon.] A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

Cerosin
Cer´o•sin, n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.

Cerote
Ce´rote, n. [ Obs.] See Cerate.

Cerrial
Cer´ri•al, a. [L. cerreus, fr. cerrus a kind of oak.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the cerris.
"Chaplets green of cerrial oak." - Dryden.

Cerris
Cer´ris, n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.) A species of oak ( Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; — called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

Certain
Cer´tain, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. to decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.]
1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
"To make her certain of the sad event." - Dryden.
"I myself am certain of you." - Wyclif.
2. Determined; resolved; — used with an infinitive.
"However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom." - Milton.
3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
"The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure." - Dan. ii. 45.
4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
"Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise." - Dryden.
"Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all." - Shak.
5. Unfailing; infallible.
"I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper." - Mead.
6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
"The people go out and gather a certain rate every day." - Ex. xvi. 4.
7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; — sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
"It came to pass when he was in a certain city." - Luke. v. 12.
"About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum." - Macaulay.
For certain, assuredly. — Of a certain, certainly.
Syn. — Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.

Certain
Cer´tain, n.
1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower.
2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Certain
Cer´tain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] Milton.

Certainly
Cer´tain•ly, adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

Certainness
Cer´tain•ness, n. Certainty.

Certainty
Cer´tain•ty, n. ; pl. Certainties (#). [OF. certainete.]
1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
"The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes." - Fisher Ames.
2. A fact or truth unquestionable established.
"Certainties are uninteresting and sating." - Landor.
3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly.

Certes
Cer´tes, adv. [F. certes, for à certes, fr. L. certus. See Certain.] Certainly; in truth; verily. [Archaic]
"Certes it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface." - Spenser.

Certifier
Cer´ti•fi•er, n. One who certifies or assures.

Certify
Cer´ti•fy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Certified p. pr. & vb. n. Certifying.] [F. certifier, LL. certificare; L. certus certain + facere to make. See Certain, and cf. Certificate, v. t.]
1. To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
"We certify the king, that … thou shalt have no portion on this side the river." - Ezra iv. 16.
2. To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify. Hammond.
"The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation." - I. Taylor.
3. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.
"The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded." - Blackstone.
Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

Certitude
Cer´ti•tude, n. [LL. certitudo, fr. L. certus: cf. F. certitude. See Certain.] Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty. J. H. Newman.

Cerulean
Ce•ru´le•an, a. [L. caeruleus.] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper.
"Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall"
"A flower from its cerulean wall." - Bryant.

Cerulein
Ce•ru´le•in, n. [L. caeruleus sky-blue.] (Chem.) A fast dyestuff, C₂₀H₈O₆, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.

Ceruleous
Ce•ru´le•ous, a. Cerulean. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Cerulescent
Ce•ru•les´cent, a. [L. caeruleus sky-blue + -escent.] Tending to cerulean; light bluish.

Ceruleum
Ce•ru´le•um, n. [NL.] A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight.

Cerulific
Cer•u•lif´ic, a. [L. caerulus dark blue + facere to make.] Producing a blue or sky color. [R.]

Cerumen
Ce•ru´men, n. [NL., fr. L. cera wax.] (Physiol.) The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.

Ceruminous
Ce•ru´mi•nous, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as the ceruminous glands.

Ceruse
Ce´ruse, n. [F. ceruse, L. cerussa.]
1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
2. A cosmetic containing white lead.
"To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom." - Macaulay.
3. (Min.) The native carbonate of lead.

Cervantite
Cer´van•tite, n. [Named from Cervantes a town in Spain.] (Min.) See under Antimony.

Cervical
Cer´vi•cal, a. [L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as the cervical vertebrae.

Cervicide
Cer´vi•cide, n. [L. cervus deer + caedere to kill.] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]

Cervine
Cer´vine, a. [L. cervinus, fr. cervus deer: cf. F. cervin.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae.

Cervix
Cer´vix, n. ; pl. E. Cervixes (#), L. Cervices (#). [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

Ceryl
Ce´ryl, n. [L. cera wax + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C₂₇H₅₅ supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc. { Ce•sa´re•an, Ce•sa´ri•an } a. Same as Caesarean, Caesarian.

Cespititious
Ces´pi•ti•tious, a. [L. caespiticius, fr. caespes turf.] Same as Cespitious. [R.] Gough.

Cespitous
Ces´pi•tous, a. [See Cespitose.] Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.
"A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting." - Martyn.

Cesser
Ces´ser, n. [From Cess, v. i.] (Law) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.

Cesspool
Cess´pool (-pool•), n. [See Sesspol.] A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth. [Written also sesspool.]

Cestode
Ces´tode (ses"tod), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. — n. One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoid
Ces´toid (ses"toid), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. — n. One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoidea
Ces•toid´e•a (ses•toid"e•a), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto•s girdle + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A class of parasitic worms ( 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. [Written also Cestoda.]

Cestraciont
Ces•tra´ci•ont, n. [Gr. a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

Cestraciont
Ces•tra´ci•ont, a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.

Cestus
Ces´tus, n. [L. cestus girdle, Gr., lit., stitched, embroidered.]
1. (Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species ( Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

Cestus
Ces´tus, n. [L. caestus, and cestus.] (Antiq.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron. { Ces´tuyCes´tui } pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust [norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. Wharton. — Cestuy que use [Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.

Cesura
Ce•su´ra, n. See Caesura.

Cetaceous
Ce•ta´ceous, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Cete
Ce´te, n. [L., pl.] (Zoöl.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.

Cetene
Ce´tene, n. [See Cete.] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon, C₁₆H₃₂, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Cetewale
Cet´e•wale, n. [OF. citoal, F. zedoaire. See Zedoary.] Same as Zedoary. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cetin
Ce´tin, n. [L. cetus whale.] (Chem.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

Cetological
Ce•to•log´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to cetology.

Cetologist
Ce•tol´o•gist, a. One versed in cetology.

Cetology
Ce•tol´o•gy, n. [Gr. whale + -logy: cf. F. cetologie.] The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Cetraric
Ce•trar´ic, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss ( Cetaria Islandica). Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin.

Cetyl
Ce´tyl, n. [Gr. whale + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C₁₆H₃₃, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

Cetylic
Ce•tyl´ic, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; — called also cetyl alcohol.

Ceylanite
Cey´lan•ite, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]

Ceylonese
Cey•lon•ese´, a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon. — n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon.