<B>Cepheus, </B>noun, genitive (def. 2) <B>Cephei.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek Legend.) an Ethiopian king, husband of Cassiopeia, and father of Andromeda. <DD><B> 2. </B>a northern constellation between Cassiopeia and Draco, near the North Star. </DL>
<A NAME="ceraceous">
<B>ceraceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the nature of wax; waxy. </DL>
<A NAME="ceramic">
<B>ceramic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with pottery, earthenware, or porcelain, or with making them. Ceramic articles are usually made of fired clay. <DD><I>noun </I> an article made of pottery, earthenware, or porcelain. Also, <B>keramic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ceramicengineering">
<B>ceramic engineering,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of engineering concerned with the development, design, and production of heat-resistant, insulating, and other specialized materials mainly for industrial use, such as glass, porcelain, enamels, structural clay products, abrasives, and cements, from nonmetallic minerals. </DL>
<A NAME="ceramicist">
<B>ceramicist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an expert in ceramics. <DD><B> 2. </B>a manufacturer of ceramics. </DL>
<A NAME="ceramicmagnet">
<B>ceramic magnet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a magnet made of ferrite. </DL>
<A NAME="ceramics">
<B>ceramics, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(sing. in use) the art of making pottery, earthenware, and porcelain. <BR> <I>Ex. Ceramics is taught in some colleges.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(pl. in use) articles made of pottery, earthenware, or porcelain. <BR> <I>Ex. The ceramics in this exhibit were outstanding.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ceramist">
<B>ceramist, </B>noun. <B>=ceramicist.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ceramoplastic">
<B>ceramoplastic, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any heat-resistant inorganic plastic made by combining synthetic mica and glass. </DL>
<A NAME="cerargyrite">
<B>cerargyrite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> native chloride of sliver; horn silver. </DL>
<A NAME="cerastes">
<B>cerastes, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous snake found in deserts of Africa and of Asia Minor, having a projecting hornlike scale above each eye; horned viper. </DL>
<A NAME="cerastium">
<B>cerastium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of chickweed with horn-shaped capsules. </DL>
<A NAME="cerate">
<B>cerate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) a firm ointment made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin. </DL>
<A NAME="cerated">
<B>cerated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered with wax; waxed. </DL>
<B>ceratitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) inflammation of the cornea. </DL>
<A NAME="ceratodus">
<B>ceratodus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of Australian freshwater lungfishes (a genus so called from the hornlike ridges of the teeth), especially the barramunda. </DL>
<A NAME="ceratoid">
<B>ceratoid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>horny. <DD><B> 2. </B>shaped like a horn. </DL>
<A NAME="ceratops">
<B>ceratops, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant-eating, Cretaceous dinosaur bearing a horn over each eye. </DL>
<A NAME="ceratopsian">
<B>ceratopsian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a group of horned, herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period, including the triceratops. <BR> <I>Ex. Ceratopsians looked much like rhinoceroses, but many ... were larger (S. P. Welles).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with ceratopsians or the ceratops. </DL>
<B>ceratosaurus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of bipedal dinosaurs of the Jurassic period, about twenty feet in length, and characterized by a large skull bearing a horn. </DL>
<A NAME="ceraunograph">
<B>ceraunograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for recording electric disturbances in the atmosphere due to thunderstorms or lightning. </DL>
<A NAME="cerberean">
<B>Cerberean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating to or resembling Cerberus. </DL>
<A NAME="cerberus">
<B>Cerberus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek and Roman Mythology.) a dog with three heads that guarded the entrance to Hades. <DD><B> 2. </B>a surly, watchful guard. <BR> <I>Ex. ... give that Cerberus a sop [bribe] (William Congreve).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cercaria">
<B>cercaria, </B>noun, pl. <B>-iae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a second larval stage of trematode worms, in which the body is usually shaped like a tadpole. </DL>
<B>cercarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a trematode worm or fluke in its second larval stage; cercaria. <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or having the characteristics of a cercaria. </DL>
<A NAME="cercis">
<B>cercis, </B>noun. <B>=Judas tree.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cercle">
<B>cercle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) an administrative district, especially one in a French colony or former French colony, such as Mali (a country in western Africa). </DL>
<A NAME="cercus">
<B>cercus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ci.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small sensory appendage of insects, one of a pair extending from the posterior tip of the abdomen. </DL>
<A NAME="cere">
<B>cere</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a waxy-looking membrane through which the nostrils open near the beak of certain birds, especially birds of prey and parrots. </DL>
<A NAME="cere">
<B>cere</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>cered,</B> <B>cering.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to wrap in a cerecloth. </DL>
<A NAME="cereal">
<B>cereal, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>any grass that produces a grain which is used for food. Wheat, rice, corn, oats, and barley are cereals. Cereals provide the basic food of most of mankind. <DD><B> 2. </B>the grain. <DD><B> 3. </B>any food made from the grain. Oatmeal and cornflakes are breakfast cereals. <DD><I>adj. </I> of grain; having to do with grain or the grasses producing it. <BR> <I>Ex. cereal crops, cereal products.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerealist">
<B>cerealist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in the study of cereals. </DL>
<A NAME="cerealleafbeetle">
<B>cereal leaf beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small leaf beetle that feeds on grain, particularly oats, causing severe damage to crops. <BR> <I>Ex. It was feared that a cereal leaf beetle, found to be spreading through grain belt areas in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, would develop into a major pest (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerebellar">
<B>cerebellar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or relating to the cerebellum. <BR> <I>Ex. The folds of the outer surface elaborate into subfolds deep within the organ; only 15 per cent of the cerebellar cortex can be seen without dissection (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerebellum">
<B>cerebellum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bellums,</B> <B>-bella.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the brain that controls the coordination of the muscles. It consists of a middle lobe and two lateral lobes and is located below the back part of the cerebrum. <BR> <I>Ex. Each side of the cerebellum acts on muscles on the same side of the body (A. Franklin Shull).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerebral">
<B>cerebral, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the brain. <BR> <I>Ex. A cerebral concussion may cause a person to faint.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the cerebrum. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) characterized by thought and reason rather than emotion or action; requiring intellectual analysis. <BR> <I>Ex. cerebral poetry. Chess is a cerebral game.</I> (SYN) mental, rational, logical. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Phonetics.) cacuminal. <DD><I>noun </I> (Phonetics.) a cacuminal sound. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralaccident">
<B>cerebral accident,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an apoplectic stroke; cerebrovascular accident. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralcortex">
<B>cerebral cortex,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the layer of gray matter that covers the cerebrum; cortex. <BR> <I>Ex. The largest part of the cerebral cortex is concerned with complex mental processes such as memory, speech, and thought (H. H. Jasper).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerebraldeath">
<B>cerebral death,</B> <B>=brain death.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cerebralganglia">
<B>cerebral ganglia,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ganglia of the nervous system situated in the head, or a part of the body considered as the head, in many invertebrates. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralhemisphere">
<B>cerebral hemisphere,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either of the two lobes of the cerebrum. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralhemorrhage">
<B>cerebral hemorrhage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> bleeding that results from a broken blood vessel in the brain. Blood escapes into the brain and destroys or damages the surrounding tissue, causing the victim to suffer a stroke. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralism">
<B>cerebralism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the belief that consciousness is a function of the brain and may be explained only in this way. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) intellectualism, especially abstractionism, in art, music, literature, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralletters">
<B>cerebral letters,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a class of consonants recognized in Sanskrit and other Indian languages, developed from the dentals by retracting the tongue and applying its tip to the palate. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebrally">
<B>cerebrally, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>due to brain damage. <BR> <I>Ex. A machine ... will allow cerebrally palsied children to communicate with their teachers (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) in a cerebral manner; intellectually. <BR> <I>Ex. Koun talks about the play with insight but not, as he says, "cerebrally" (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralpalsy">
<B>cerebral palsy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disabling condition caused by damage to the brain, usually before or at birth. Persons suffering from cerebral palsy have trouble coordinating their muscles and tend to make involuntary jerky movements. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralthrombosis">
<B>cerebral thrombosis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the formation of a clot, or thrombus, in one of the blood vessels of the brain, causing a stroke. </DL>
<A NAME="cerebralvesicles">
<B>cerebral vesicles,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the three primitive, hollow dilations into which the embryonic brain of vertebrates is divided. </DL>
