<B>cerulean blue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>sky-blue; azure. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the cerulean blue mosaic-tiled dome (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a cobalt compound used as a pigment by artists and interior decorators, and in ceramics. </DL>
<A NAME="ceruleanwarbler">
<B>cerulean warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warbler of central North America, the male of which has blue and gray upper parts and white underparts. </DL>
<A NAME="ceruleum">
<B>ceruleum, </B>noun. <B>=cerulean blue </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="ceruloplasmin">
<B>ceruloplasmin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme in blood, blue in its purified state, which promotes the oxidation and circulation of copper. <BR> <I>Ex. In Science for January 18, 1957 (125,117) appeared evidence that ceruloplasmin runs high in serum of schizophrenic patients (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cerumen">
<B>cerumen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a waxlike substance in the ears; earwax. </DL>
<A NAME="ceruminous">
<B>ceruminous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating to or containing cerumen. </DL>
<B>cerussite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, carbonate of lead, a common ore of lead, found in whitish crystals; white lead. </DL>
<A NAME="cervelat">
<B>cervelat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of highly seasoned dry sausage, originally made of brains but now usually of young pork salted; saveloy. </DL>
<A NAME="cervical">
<B>cervical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the neck or cervix. <BR> <I>Ex. cervical vertebrae.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a cervix or necklike part, for example of the uterus. </DL>
<A NAME="cervices">
<B>cervices, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cervixes; a plural of <B>cervix.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cervicitis">
<B>cervicitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the cervix of the uterus. </DL>
<A NAME="cervicodorsal">
<B>cervicodorsal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating to or affecting both the neck and the back. </DL>
<A NAME="cervine">
<B>cervine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a deer. <DD><B> 2. </B>of a deep tawny or fawn color. </DL>
<A NAME="cervit">
<B>Cer-Vit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) an extremely heat-resistant glass made from fused silica. </DL>
<A NAME="cervix">
<B>cervix, </B>noun, pl. <B>-vixes</B> or <B>-vices.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the neck, especially the back of the neck. <DD><B> 2. </B>a necklike part of an organ, especially of the uterus or the bladder. <DD><B> 3. </B>a necklike part of a tooth. </DL>
<A NAME="cervoid">
<B>cervoid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a deer. </DL>
<A NAME="cesarean">
<B>Cesarean</B> or <B>Cesarian, </B>adjective, noun. =Caesarean.</DL>
<B>cesium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, silvery metallic chemical element that occurs as a minute part of various minerals. It is one of the alkali metals and is highly electropositive. Scientists use the rate of vibration of cesium atoms as a standard for measuring time. Cesium is also used in photoelectric cells. Also, <B>caesium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cesium137">
<B>cesium 137,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a radioactive isotope of cesium that occurs in fission products and in fallout from nuclear explosions. It has been used in cancer research and therapy. <BR> <I>Ex. Cesium 137 is a relatively long-lived radioactive material similar to phosphorus. When taken into the body, it accumulates in the muscles where it can cause a genetic hazard (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cesiumclock">
<B>cesium clock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an atomic clock which measures time by the frequency of the atomic vibrations of the element cesium. <BR> <I>Ex. He will match the rate of incoming pulses [from a pulsar] against a cesium clock, an atomic timer that is accurate to one part in 10 trillion (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cespitose">
<B>cespitose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> growing in dense tufts or clumps; turfy. Also, <B>caespitose.</B> adv. <B>cespitosely.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cespitous">
<B>cespitous, </B>adjective. <B>=cespitose.</B> <I>Ex. A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root (Thomas Martyn).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cess">
<B>cess</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><I>noun </I> a tax: <DD><B> a. </B>a rate or tax levied by a local authority. <BR> <I>Ex. the parish cess, the church cess.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(in Scotland) the land tax. <DD><B> c. </B>(in British India) a tax for a specified purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. the irrigation cess, the education cess.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to assess. </DL>
<A NAME="cess">
<B>cess</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anglo-Irish.) luck (only in <I>bad cess to</I>). <BR> <I>Ex. Sir Lancelot was bad cess to his women (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cessation">
<B>cessation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stopping; a ceasing; discontinuance. <BR> <I>Ex. Both armies agreed on a cessation of the fighting. The cessation of conversation caused the hostess to look up.</I> (SYN) stoppage, interruption, suspension. </DL>
<A NAME="cession">
<B>cession, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a handing over to another; ceding; giving up; surrendering. <BR> <I>Ex. the cession of territories. If the cession could not be avoided, it was of the utmost importance to secure some advance recognition from the French of the special American interests in Louisiana (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a right, territory, piece of property, or other thing ceded; concession. </DL>
<A NAME="cessionary">
<B>cessionary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-aries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person to whom something is ceded, assigned, or granted. </DL>
<A NAME="cesspipe">
<B>cesspipe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pipe for carrying off drainage from a cesspool, sink, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="cesspit">
<B>cesspit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pit for refuse. <BR> <I>Ex. The drainpipes were sloping inland toward cesspits (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cesspool">
<B>cesspool, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pool or pit for house drains to empty into. Cesspools usually retain solid matter and allow the liquid to escape into the surrounding soil or a drain. <BR> <I>Ex. In rural districts or in very small towns the common outdoor toilet or cesspool may be a very dangerous source of pollution of well water (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any filthy place or condition. <BR> <I>Ex. a cesspool of corruption. The magnitude of the [indictments] suggests a moral cesspool (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cest">
<B>cest, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) cestus, a belt or girdle. </DL>
<A NAME="cesta">
<B>cesta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wicker basket or racket worn on the hand to catch and throw the ball in the game of pelota or jai alai. <DD><B> 2. </B>a smooth, hard leather glove worn on each hand by Roman gladiators. </DL>
<A NAME="cestadire">
<B>c'est-a-dire,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) that is to say. </DL>
<A NAME="cestlaguerre">
<B>c'est la guerre,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>that is war; what happens in a war. <DD><B> 2. </B>it can't be helped, as of an inconvenience or discomfort. </DL>
<A NAME="cestlavie">
<B>c'est la vie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) that is life; that's how life is. </DL>
<A NAME="cestode">
<B>cestode, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a class of parasitic flatworms which, in the adult stage, may infest the intestine of man and various other vertebrates; tapeworm. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to this class. </DL>
<A NAME="cestoid">
<B>cestoid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> ribbonlike (applied to certain intestinal worms, such as the tapeworm). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=cestode.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cestselon">
<B>c'est selon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>that depends. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) that is according (as). </DL>
<A NAME="cestui">
<B>cestui, </B>pronoun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) he; the person. </DL>
<A NAME="cestus">
<B>cestus</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a belt or girdle for the waist, particularly that worn by a bride in ancient times. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Greek and Roman Mythology.) the girdle of Aphrodite, or Venus, supposed to have the power of arousing love. </DL>
<A NAME="cestus">
<B>cestus</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a covering made of strips of leather, often loaded with metal, worn on the hands and forearms by boxers in ancient times. <BR> <I>Ex. The boxers in the mosaic wear the cestus. Their fists, clenched around bars of lead, are wrapped in thongs of hard leather, ... as though they were wearing boxing gloves (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cesura">
<B>cesura, </B>noun, pl. <B>-suras,</B> -surae. =caesura.</DL>
<A NAME="ceta">
<B>CETA, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (a program of the U.S. government under which state and local governments receive funds for job training and public-service jobs for the unemployed). </DL>
<A NAME="cetacea">
<B>Cetacea, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the order of mammals comprising the cetaceans. </DL>
<A NAME="cetacean">
<B>cetacean, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of an order of marine mammals having fishlike, almost hairless bodies, flat, notched tails, and paddle-shaped forelimbs, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the Cetacea. </DL>
<A NAME="cetaceous">
<B>cetaceous, </B>adjective. =cetacean.</DL>
<A NAME="cetane">
<B>cetane, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the methane series, originally obtained from sperm-whale oil. </DL>
<A NAME="cetanenumber">
<B>cetane number</B> or <B>rating,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a measure of the ability of a diesel fuel oil to ignite spontaneously (ignition quality) expressed as a percentage of cetane (assigned a value of 100) in a test fuel mixture with alpha form of methylnaphthalene (assigned a value of 0). Most diesel engines require fuels with a cetane number of 45 or over. </DL>
<A NAME="ceteosaurus">
<B>ceteosaurus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. </DL>
<A NAME="ceterisparibus">
<B>ceteris paribus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) other things being equal. <BR> <I>Ex. The amount of stridency depends, ceteris paribus, on the rate of air flow (Robert Krohn).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ceti">
<B>Ceti, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Cetus.</B> </DL>
