<B>celluloid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hard, transparent substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor. It catches fire easily. Combs, toilet articles, and camera films are often made of celluloid. <BR> <I>Ex. While hot, celluloid can be rolled into sheets or molded into almost any desired shape (Monroe M. Offner).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Celluloid,</B> a trademark for this substance. <DD><B> 3. </B>motion picture; film. <BR> <I>Ex. The work they [Hollywood people] do is to produce on celluloid the dreams they live by (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. No sooner have the ashes of last season's Broadway bonfires been hauled away than the torches are lit for their celluloid incarnation (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>cellulose, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a substance that forms the walls of plant cells; the woody part of trees and plants. Wood, cotton, flax, and hemp are largely cellulose. Cellulose is used to make paper, rayon, plastics, and explosives. <BR> <I>Ex. Cellulose, one of the commonest of all components of cell walls, is a carbohydrate closely related to starch (Fred W. Emerson). Cellulose is used as a base for 70 per cent of the better plastics on the market today (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> containing cells. </DL>
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<B>cellulose acetate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several compounds, insoluble in water, formed from cellulose in the presence of acetic acid. It is used in making textiles, camera films, lacquers, varnishes, and the like. </DL>
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<B>cellulose acetate butyrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cellulose plastic that stands up well under all weather conditions, used in street-light globes, automobile tail-light covers, and outdoor signs. </DL>
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<B>cellulose nitrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of certain esters of nitric acid and cellulose, used in making lacquers and varnishes and explosives; nitrocellulose. </DL>
<A NAME="cellulosepropionate">
<B>cellulose propionate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an easily molded plastic used in toys, automobile steering wheels, and telephones. </DL>
<A NAME="cellulosexanthate">
<B>cellulose xanthate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a deep-orange viscous substance formed when cellulose is treated with carbon disulfide, a step in the making of rayon. </DL>
<A NAME="cellulosic">
<B>cellulosic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any plastic manufactured from cellulose. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like cellulose. </DL>
<A NAME="cellulosity">
<B>cellulosity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or property of consisting of cells or of having a cellular structure. </DL>
<A NAME="cellulous">
<B>cellulous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of cells. <DD><B> 2. </B>made of cells. </DL>
<A NAME="cellwall">
<B>cell wall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the hard, transparent outer covering of a plant cell, made up mostly of cellulose and surrounding the cell membrane. <BR> <I>Ex. The cell wall is generally present in plant cells where it serves to support the cells and the plant as a whole, but in animals it is frequently lacking (A. M. Winchester).</I> </DL>
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<B>celom, </B>noun. <B>=coelom.</B></DL>
<A NAME="celotex">
<B>Celotex, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a fiberboard made of the fiber of cane. </DL>
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<B>Cels.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Celsius. </DL>
<A NAME="celsius">
<B>Celsius, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or on the Celsius scale; centigrade. <BR> <I>Ex. The unit of temperature is the degree Celsius or Kelvin (Scientific American).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) C., Cels. </DL>
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<B>Celsius scale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the official name of the scale used in centigrade thermometers, in which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point 100 degrees. (Abbr:) C., Cels. </DL>
<B>celt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an implement with chisel-shaped edge, of bronze or stone, but sometimes iron, found among the remains of prehistoric man, apparently having served as a hoe, chisel, ax, and perhaps as an implement of war. </DL>
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<B>Celt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a people to which the Irish, Scottish Highlanders, Welsh, Bretons, and Manx belong. The ancient Gauls and Britons were Celts. Also, <B>Kelt.</B> </DL>
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<B>Celt.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Celtic. </DL>
<A NAME="celtic">
<B>Celtic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of the Celts or their language or customs. <BR> <I>Ex. Of the Celtic languages ... only four retain any vitality (H. A. Gleason).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the group of languages spoken by the Celts, including Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, and Manx. It is a subdivision of the Indo-European family of languages. Also, <B>Keltic.</B> </DL>
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<B>Celtic cross,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of cross, common in the work of Celts and later settlers in Celtic parts, having a circle, or concentric circles, at the joint, touching the four projecting arms. </DL>
<A NAME="celticism">
<B>Celticism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Celtic idiom or mode of expression. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Celtic custom. <DD><B> 3. </B>adherence to Celtic manners, speech, and the like. </DL>
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<B>Celticize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cized,</B> <B>-cizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to render Celtic. </DL>
<A NAME="celtist">
<B>Celtist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is engaged in or versed in the study of Celtic language and literature. </DL>
<A NAME="celtium">
<B>celtium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a substance for a time considered to be a new rare-earth element (<I>at. no.:</I> 72), later superseded by hafnium, an element of the carbon group (<I>at. no.:</I> 72). </DL>
<A NAME="celtophil">
<B>Celtophil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is fond of the Celts or is devoted to Celtic studies and interests. </DL>
<A NAME="celtoroman">
<B>Celto-Roman, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with the mixed population of Celts and Romans in southern and western Europe. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with a mixture of Celtic and Latin. </DL>
<A NAME="celtuce">
<B>celtuce, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crisp, leafy type of lettuce with an edible stem that combines the flavors of celery and lettuce. </DL>
<A NAME="cembalist">
<B>cembalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a performer upon a cembalo. <DD><B> 2. </B>the player of the piano in an orchestra. </DL>
<B>cement, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a fine, gray powder made by burning a mixture of clay and limestone. <BR> <I>Ex. Cement is, in essence, a mixture of the silicates and aluminates of calcium, and is one of the most important of the modern-day silicon-bearing products (W. N. Jones).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>this substance mixed with water, sand, and gravel or crushed stone to form concrete, used to make sidewalks, streets, floors, and walls. <DD><B> c. </B>this substance mixed with water, sand, and lime to form mortar, used to hold stones and bricks together in the walls of buildings. Cement is applied in a soft state and becomes hard like stone. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything applied soft that hardens to make things stick together. See also <B>rubber cement.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything that joins together or unites. <BR> <I>Ex. Custom was in the early days the cement of society (Walter Bagehot).</I> (SYN) bond. <DD><B> 4a. </B>a substance used to fill cavities in teeth or to fasten fillings into them. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=cementum.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Metallurgy.) the powdery substance used during cementation. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Geology.) the groundmass of a clastic rock. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fasten together with cement. <BR> <I>Ex. A broken plate can be cemented.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to spread cement over. <BR> <I>Ex. The workmen were cementing the sidewalk.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to join firmly; unite. <BR> <I>Ex. The marriage of my son to their daughter cemented the friendship of our two families.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become joined firmly with cement; stick. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) They will ... cement and form one mass with us (Thomas Jefferson).</I> (SYN) cohere. noun <B>cementer.</B> adj. <B>cementlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cemental">
<B>cemental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with cement, as of a tooth. </DL>
<A NAME="cementation">
<B>cementation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the action or process of cementing, or producing cohesion. <DD><B> b. </B>the state of cohesion thus produced. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Metallurgy.) a process in which two substances are heated in contact for the purpose of bringing about a chemical change in one of them, as when iron is heated in powdered charcoal to form steel by chemical combination with the charcoal, or when glass is heated in sand to form some kinds of porcelain. </DL>
<A NAME="cementatory">
<B>cementatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the quality of uniting firmly. </DL>
<A NAME="cementcananchor">
<B>cement-can anchor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cylinder-shaped mass of cement with a ring on top, used for anchoring small boats. </DL>
<A NAME="cementgland">
<B>cement gland,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gland that secretes the sticky substance by which a barnacle or other cirriped attaches itself to an object. </DL>
<A NAME="cementgun">
<B>cement gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine used to apply a mixture of cement, sand, and water under pneumatic pressure, used especially in construction and repair of masonry. </DL>
<A NAME="cementite">
<B>cementite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hard, brittle carbide of iron, a constituent of steel. </DL>
<A NAME="cementitious">
<B>cementitious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the nature of cement. </DL>
<A NAME="cementmixer">
<B>cement mixer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine consisting of a drum mounted on its side and revolved by a motor, used for mixing cement. </DL>
<A NAME="cementum">
<B>cementum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the bony tissue forming the outer crust of the root of a tooth; cement. </DL>
<A NAME="cemeterial">
<B>cemeterial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging or relating to a cemetery. </DL>
<A NAME="cemetery">
<B>cemetery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-teries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place for burying the dead; graveyard. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a flock of mourners dispersing in a desolate cementery (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) necropolis. </DL>
