Circumstantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Circumstantiate
Circumstantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumstantiate
Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
Circumstantiate (v. t.) To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
Circumterraneous (a.) Being or dwelling around the earth.
Circumundulate (v. t.) To flow round, as waves.
Circumvallate (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.
Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.
Circumvallation (n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
Circumvection (n.) The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.
Circumvented (imp. & p. p.) of Circumvent
Circumventing (p. pr. vb. n.) of Circumvent
Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
Circumventive (a.) Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.
Circumventor (n.) One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.
Circumvest (v. t.) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
Circumvolant (a.) Flying around.
Circumvolation (n.) The act of flying round.
Circumvolution (n.) The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
Circumvolution (n.) A thing rolled round another.
Circumvolution (n.) A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
Circumvolved (imp. & p. p.) of Circumvolve
Circumvolving (p. pr. vb. n.) of Circumvolve
Circumvolve (v. t.) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.
Circumvolve (v. i.) To roll round; to revolve.
Circuses (pl. ) of Circus
Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
Circus (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.
Circus (n.) Circuit; space; inclosure.
Cirl bunting () A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
Cirque (n.) A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
Cirrate (a.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.
Cirrhiferous (a.) See Cirriferous.
Cirrhose (a.) Same as Cirrose.
Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.
Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.
Cirrhous (a.) See Cirrose.
Cirrhus (n.) Same as Cirrus.
Cirri (n. pl.) See Cirrus.
Cirriferous (a.) Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals.
Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.
Cirrigerous (a.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.
Cirrigrade (a.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.
Cirriped (n.) One of the Cirripedia.
Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.
Cirrobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.
Cirro-cumulus (n.) See under Cloud.
Cirrose (a.) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf.
Cirrose (a.) Resembling a tendril or cirrus.
Cirrostomi (n. pl.) The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
Cirro-stratus (n.) See under Cloud.
Cirrous (a.) Cirrose.
Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
Cirri (pl. ) of Cirrus
Cirrus (n.) A tendril or clasper.
Cirrus (n.) 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.
Cirrus (n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
Cirrus (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
Cirrus (n.) See under Cloud.
Cirsocele (n.) The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.
Cirsoid (a.) Varicose.
Cirsotomy (n.) Any operation for the removal of varices by incision.
Cis- () A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.
Cisalpine (a.) On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Cisatlantic (a.) On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.
Cisco (n.) 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.
Ciselure (n.) The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.
Cisleithan (a.) On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
Cismontane (a.) On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
Cispadane (a.) On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.
Cissoid (n.) 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.
Cist (n.) 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.
Cist (n.) See Cyst.
Cisted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.
Cistercian (n.) 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.
Cistercian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
Cistern (n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
Cistern (n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
Cistic (a.) See Cystic.
Cit (n.) A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously.
Citable (a.) Capable of being cited.
Citadel (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.
Cital (n.) Summons to appear, as before a judge.
Cital (n.) Citation; quotation
Citation (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Citation (n.) The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
Citation (n.) Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
Citation (n.) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
Citator (n.) One who cites.
Citatory (a.) Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.
Cited (imp. & p. p.) of Cite
Citing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cite
Cite (v. t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
Cite (v. t.) To urge; to enjoin.
Cite (v. t.) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
Cite (v. t.) To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.