<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>
<B>cenacle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dining room, especially the "upper room" in which the Last Supper was eaten. (In the Bible, Mark 14:15, Luke 22:12). <DD><B> 2. </B>a close social circle; clique; coterie. <BR> <I>Ex. Afterwards, the representatives of ... the literary cenacles walked over to the dingy ex-clubhouse (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cencerro">
<B>cencerro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the leading mule in a pack train. </DL>
<A NAME="cenesthesia">
<B>cenesthesia, </B>noun. =coenesthesia.</DL>
<A NAME="cenesthesis">
<B>cenesthesis, </B>noun. =coenesthesis.</DL>
<A NAME="cenobite">
<B>cenobite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a religious group living in a monastery or convent. Also, <B>coenobite.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cenobitic">
<B>cenobitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a cenobite or cenobitism. <DD><B> 2. </B>living in community, as women in a convent. </DL>
<A NAME="cenobitical">
<B>cenobitical, </B>adjective. =cenobitic.</DL>
<A NAME="cenobitism">
<B>cenobitism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state, system, or practices of cenobites. </DL>
<A NAME="cenoby">
<B>cenoby, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a conventual establishment; a religious community. Also, <B>coenoby.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cenogenesis">
<B>cenogenesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the stages in the development of an embryo which do not repeat the racial history of its stock, often associated with special embryonic environment. Also, <B>caenogenesis,</B> <B>kenogenesis.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cenogenetic">
<B>cenogenetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or relating to cenogenesis. </DL>
<A NAME="cenogonous">
<B>cenogonous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of insects) oviparous at one season of the year and ovoviviparous or viviparous at another. </DL>
<A NAME="cenotaph">
<B>cenotaph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a monument erected in memory of a person who is buried elsewhere. </DL>
<A NAME="cenote">
<B>cenote, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a natural underground reservoir of water; sinkhole. Cenotes typically occur in the limestone of the Yucatan peninsula. </DL>
<A NAME="cenozoic">
<B>Cenozoic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the most recent era of geological history; Age of Mammals. The Cenozoic began about 60 or 70 million years ago, when mammals began to dominate the animal kingdom, and includes the present time. <DD><B> 2. </B>the group of rocks formed during this era. <DD><I>adj. </I> of this era or its rocks. Also, <B>Caenozoic,</B> <B>Cainozoic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cense">
<B>cense, </B>transitive verb, <B>censed,</B> <B>censing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to burn incense near or in front of; offer incense to; perfume with incense. </DL>
<A NAME="censer">
<B>censer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a container in which incense is burned, especially during religious ceremonies; thurible. </DL>
<A NAME="censor">
<B>censor, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who examines books, newspapers and news reports, plays, motion pictures, and letters, and, if necessary, changes or prohibits them to make them acceptable to the government or the organization that employs him. <BR> <I>Ex. The novel was banned by the censor as likely to stir up suspicion of the government among the students.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who tells others how they ought to behave; a person who exercises supervision over the morals or behavior of others. (SYN) monitor. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who likes to find fault; adverse critic. (SYN) faultfinder. <DD><B> 4. </B>a magistrate in ancient Rome who took the census, supervised the conduct of citizens, and gave out public contracts. <BR> <I>Ex. Cato the Censor.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Psychoanalysis.) the influence of the ego, ego ideal, or superego that tends to exclude unwelcome memories or impulses from the consciousness, unless suitably disguised. <DD><B> 6. </B>an official in some British universities responsible for the studies and conduct of nonboarding students. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to examine or change as a censor; take out parts of (news reports, books, letters, plays, or motion pictures). <BR> <I>Ex. The foreign government censored the reporter's story of a revolt. Two scenes in the movie were censored for having too much violence.</I> adj. <B>censorable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="censorate">
<B>censorate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a governmental or other body responsible for censorship. </DL>
<A NAME="censorial">
<B>censorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a censor. <DD><B> 2. </B>suitable for a censor; censorious. </DL>
<A NAME="censorian">
<B>censorian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a censor; censorial. </DL>
<A NAME="censorious">
<B>censorious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> too ready to find fault; severely critical. (SYN) hypercritical, carping. adv. <B>censoriously.</B> noun <B>censoriousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="censorship">
<B>censorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or system of censoring. <BR> <I>Ex. Censorship of news is common in time of war.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the position or work of a censor. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Psychoanalysis.) the exclusion by the ego, ego ideal, or superego, of unpleasant memories or impulses from consciousness unless suitably disguised. </DL>
<A NAME="censurability">
<B>censurability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being censurable. </DL>
<B>censure, </B>noun, verb, <B>-sured,</B> <B>-suring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of blaming; expression of unfavorable opinion; blame. <BR> <I>Ex. Censure is sometimes harder to bear than punishment.</I> (SYN) <I>criticism, disapproval.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>(Archaic.) a judgment. <DD><B> b. </B>a penalty, as a public rebuke or a suspension from office, especially one imposed on a church official. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to express disapproval of; find fault with; blame; criticize. <BR> <I>Ex. His employer censured him for neglecting his work.</I> (SYN) condemn, reprove. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to give censure or adverse criticism; express disapproval; blame. <BR> <I>Ex. Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss (Alexander Pope).</I> noun <B>censurer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="census">
<B>census, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an official count of the people of a country or district. It is taken to find out the number of people, their age, sex, what they do to make a living, and often many other facts about them. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Roman history) a registration or count of citizens and their property to determine taxation. </DL>
<A NAME="censustaker">
<B>census taker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who collects from the residents of a locality data for a census. </DL>
<A NAME="censustract">
<B>census tract,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a statistical area, containing an average population of 4000, set up as a unit by the Bureau of the Census for the study of small metropolitan sections. <BR> <I>Ex. Four of the census tracts will be in the Watts area; the other four in Avalon (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cent">
<B>cent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a coin of the United States and Canada, usually an alloy of copper; penny. 100 cents make one dollar. <DD><B> 2. </B>the value of this coin; 1/100 of a dollar. <DD><B> 3. </B>one hundredth part of the basic unit of money in certain other countries. (Abbr:) c., ct. </DL>
<A NAME="cent">
<B>cent.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>centered. <DD><B> 2. </B>centigrade. <DD><B> 3. </B>centimeter. <DD><B> 4. </B>central. <DD><B> 5. </B>century. </DL>
<A NAME="cental">
<B>cental, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a weight of 100 pounds. </DL>
<A NAME="centare">
<B>centare, </B>noun. =centiare.</DL>
<A NAME="centaur">
<B>centaur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek Legend.) any one of a race of monsters from Thessaly with the head, arms, and chest of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a hybrid; double-natured person or thing. <DD><B> 3. </B>an excellent horseback rider. </DL>
<A NAME="centaur">
<B>Centaur, </B>noun. =Centaurus.</DL>
<A NAME="centaurea">
<B>centaurea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the genus of composite plants that includes the cornflower and the star thistle. </DL>
<A NAME="centauri">
<B>Centauri, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Centaurus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="centaurus">
<B>Centaurus, </B>noun, genitive <B>Centauri.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Southern constellation containing the third brightest star in the sky, excluding the sun, and faintly resembling a centaur in shape; Centaur. </DL>
<A NAME="centaury">
<B>centaury, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of several Old World herbs of the gentian family, whose medicinal properties were said to have been discovered by Chiron the centaur. </DL>
<A NAME="centavo">
<B>centavo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-vos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small coin of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines. 100 centavos make one peso. <DD><B> 2. </B>a coin of Portugal, worth 1/100 of an escudo. <DD><B> 3. </B>a coin of Brazil, worth 1/100 of a cruzado. <DD><B> 4. </B>a coin of Argentina, worth 1/100 of an austral. <DD><B> 5. </B>one hundredth part of the basic unit of money in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, and Ecuador. </DL>
<A NAME="centenarian">
<B>centenarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who is 100 years old or more. <BR> <I>Ex. As doctors and scientists learn more about the body, people will have a better chance of living to be centenarians.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>100 years old or more. <DD><B> 2. </B>of 100 years; of a centenary celebration. </DL>
