<B>cimbalom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large dulcimer, used especially in playing Hungarian gypsy music; zimbalon. </DL>
<A NAME="cimbri">
<B>Cimbri, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Teutons who invaded Italy in the 100's B.C. </DL>
<A NAME="cimbrian">
<B>Cimbrian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Cimbri. <DD><I>noun </I> one of the Cimbri. </DL>
<A NAME="cimbric">
<B>Cimbric, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=Cimbrian.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> the language of the Cimbri. </DL>
<A NAME="cimex">
<B>cimex, </B>noun, pl. <B>cimices.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the bedbug. </DL>
<A NAME="cimmerian">
<B>Cimmerian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>one of a legendary people described by Homer, said to live beyond the ocean in a land of perpetual mists and darkness. <DD><B> 2. </B>a historical people living on the northern shores of the Black Sea, who invaded Asia Minor in the 700's B.C. and were killed or absorbed in little more than a century. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or belonging to these people. <DD><B> 2. </B>very dark and gloomy. <BR> <I>Ex. to plunge a scene into a Cimmerian darkness where there is the slightest excuse ... is surely to create a momentary sensation, not to lead to a generally valid procedure (Observer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinc">
<B>C. in C.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> commander in chief. </DL>
<A NAME="cinc">
<B>CINC, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> commander in chief (used especially in combination, as in CINCPOA Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas). </DL>
<A NAME="cinch">
<B>cinch</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a strong girth for fastening a saddle or pack on a horse. <BR> <I>Ex. The saddle slipped as the cinch snapped under the buckling horse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>(Informal.) a firm hold or grip. <DD><B> b. </B>(Slang.) something sure and easy; dead certainty. <BR> <I>Ex. It's a cinch to ride a bike once you know how.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fasten on with a cinch; bind firmly; <BR> <I>Ex. He bridled the horse, cinched his saddle, mounted and rode away.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>(Informal.) to get a firm hold on. <DD><B> b. </B>(Slang.) to make certain of. <BR> <I>Ex. He cinched a passing grade.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinch">
<B>cinch</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a card game resembling seven-up. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchona">
<B>cinchona, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an evergreen tree native to the Andes Mountains, now also known in the East Indies, India, and tropical America. It is valuable for its bark. Cinchonas belong to the madder family. <DD><B> 2. </B>its bitter bark, from which quinine and other drugs are obtained; Peruvian bark. Also, <B>chinchona.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cinchonic">
<B>cinchonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with cinchona. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchonidine">
<B>cinchonidine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an alkaloid obtained from several species of cinchona, resembling quinine in action, but less powerful. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchonine">
<B>cinchonine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an alkaloid obtained from species of cinchona or allied plants, resembling quinine in action, but weaker. Its crystals are a different shape from those of cinchonidine and it has a slightly higher melting point. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchonism">
<B>cinchonism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the disordered condition produced by the excessive use of quinine or cinchona, characterized by ringing in the ears, deafness, and giddiness. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchonize">
<B>cinchonize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to impregnate or treat with quinine. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause cinchonism in. </DL>
<A NAME="cinchophen">
<B>cinchophen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a highly toxic synthetic drug, used to relieve fever and pain, especially in gout and rheumatism; Atophan. </DL>
<B>cincture, </B>noun, verb, <B>-tured,</B> <B>-turing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or process of girdling, encompassing, or encircling; enclosure. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a belt; girdle. <BR> <I>Ex. The stole is wider than the one worn by a priest of the Latin rite and the cincture matches the color of the other vestments (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a band, filet, ring, halo, or other encircling object. <DD><B> 3. </B>a surrounding border or belt. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to encircle; encompass; surround. </DL>
<A NAME="cinder">
<B>cinder, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small piece of wood or coal that has mostly burned up. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind blew a cinder into my eye.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small piece of coal from which the gaseous or volatile constituents have been burned, but which retains much of the carbon, so that it is capable of further combustion without flame. <DD><B> 3. </B>slag, especially slag produced in making pig iron in the blast furnace. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Geology.) volcanic scoria. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to burn to a cinder; reduce to cinders. <BR><I>expr. <B>cinders,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>wood or coal partly burned and no longer flaming. Cinders are made up of larger and coarser pieces than ashes are. </I> <I>Ex. When the cinders are hot and glowing, put the meat on the grill.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>ashes, especially ashes of coal containing bits of clinker. <BR> <I>Ex. the fire is still smoldering beneath the cinders.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinderblock">
<B>cinder block,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rectangular building block of cement and pressed coal cinders, usually hollow. It is used in walls and partitions. </DL>
<A NAME="cindercone">
<B>cinder cone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mass of volcanic cinders accumulated in the shape of a cone, especially at a vent of a volcano. </DL>
<A NAME="cinderella">
<B>Cinderella, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a girl in a fairy tale who is forced by her cruel stepmother to work very hard, but is rescued by her fairy godmother and married to a prince. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person or thing whose real worth or beauty is not recognized. <BR> <I>Ex. Instrumental and orchestral music had for too long been the Cinderella of Welsh music (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinderellaservices">
<B>Cinderella services,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> medical and social care provided to the mentally and physically handicapped, the aged, and the chronically ill. </DL>
<A NAME="cindernotch">
<B>cinder notch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an opening in a blast furnace through which slag runs out. </DL>
<A NAME="cinderous">
<B>cinderous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like cinders. </DL>
<A NAME="cinders">
<B>cinders </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>cinder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cindertrack">
<B>cinder track,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a track for foot races, with a surface of small cinders. </DL>
<A NAME="cindery">
<B>cindery, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like cinders. <DD><B> 2. </B>begrimed with cinders. </DL>
<A NAME="cine">
<B>cine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> cinematographic; motion picture. <BR> <I>Ex. a cine camera, cine projector, cine film.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cine">
<B>cine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) cine. <BR> <I>Ex. cine art.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cineast">
<B>cineast</B> or <B>cineaste, </B>noun. <B>=cineaste.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cineaste">
<B>cineaste, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a motion-picture devotee or enthusiast. <BR> <I>Ex. [Orson] Welles is considered by many French cineastes to be the most creative of American directors (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a motion-picture writer or director. </DL>
<A NAME="cinefluorographic">
<B>cinefluorographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with cinefluorography. <BR> <I>Ex. Cinefluorographic techniques have enabled the speech therapist to observe the progress of the patient (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinefluorography">
<B>cinefluorography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the taking of X-ray views by motion picture. </DL>
<A NAME="cinema">
<B>cinema, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a motion picture. <DD><B> 2. </B>a motion-picture theater. <BR><I>expr. <B>the cinema,</B> </I>motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. The report submits as "surprising" that 22.5 per cent of those questioned went to the cinema (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinemagoer">
<B>cinemagoer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who goes often to see motion pictures. </DL>
<A NAME="cinemascope">
<B>CinemaScope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a motion-picture medium in which the use of a special lens on both a standard camera and projector gives the images greater depth when projected on a flat screen about 2 1/2 times as wide as it is high. </DL>
<A NAME="cinematheque">
<B>cinematheque, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a theater showing experimental or unconventional motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. Today, almost every major American city boasts at least one "cinematheque" where these pictures, shot on 16 mm film, are constantly on display (Arthur Knight).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinematic">
<B>cinematic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a motion picture, the art of motion pictures, or a motion-picture theater. <BR> <I>Ex. "La Strada" ... reveals the difference between true cinematic feeling and the many kinds of plausible moviemaking ... that try to take its place (Harper's).</I> adv. <B>cinematically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cinematics">
<B>cinematics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cinematic techniques or artistry. <BR> <I>Ex. Two thirds of the film's magic is in its cinematics (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cinematize">
<B>cinematize, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-itized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to photograph with a motion-picture camera. <DD><B> 2. </B>to adapt (a play or story) for motion pictures. noun <B>cinematization.</B> </DL>
