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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>CETOLOGI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="ceti"> CETI,<DL COMPACT><DD> Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Ex. Work in CETI concentrates on receiving (and possibly exchanging) messages from other civilizations (Science News). Compare SETI. </DL> <A NAME="cetological"> cetological, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with cetology. </DL> <A NAME="cetologist"> cetologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies cetology. </DL> <A NAME="cetology"> cetology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science of whales. </DL> <A NAME="cetpar"> cet. par.,<DL COMPACT><DD> other things being equal (Latin, ceteris paribus). </DL> <A NAME="cetus"> Cetus, noun, genitive Ceti.<DL COMPACT><DD> a constellation on or near the celestial equator that contains the first variable star discovered, Mira. </DL> <A NAME="cetylalcohol"> cetyl alcohol,<DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline extract of whale oil, used in making perfumes and cosmetics. </DL> <A NAME="cevapcici"> cevapcici, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Yugoslavian dish consisting of small, loosely rolled and grilled balls of minced meat. </DL> <A NAME="cevitamicacid"> cevitamic acid, =vitamin C.</DL> <A NAME="ceylonese"> Ceylonese, adjective, noun, pl. -nese.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) or its people. <DD>noun a person born or living in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). </DL> <A NAME="ceylonmoss"> Ceylon moss,<DL COMPACT><DD> an East Indian seaweed, similar to carrageen. It is a red alga and is one of the sources of agar-agar. </DL> <A NAME="cf"> cf.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. calf (of a bookbinding). <DD> 2. (Baseball.) <DD> a. center field. <DD> b. center fielder. <DD> 3. compare (Latin, confer). </DL> <A NAME="cf"> Cf (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> californium (chemical element). </DL> <A NAME="cf"> CF (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> cystic fibrosis. </DL> <A NAME="cf"> C.F.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. coefficient of friction. <DD> 2. cost and freight. </DL> <A NAME="cfafranc"> CFA franc,<DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of money of various African countries now or formerly in the French Community, worth 1/50 of a French franc. </DL> <A NAME="cfi"> c.f.i. or C.F.I.,<DL COMPACT><DD> cost, freight, and insurance. </DL> <A NAME="cfm"> c.f.m. or cfm (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> cubic feet a minute. </DL> <A NAME="cfs"> c.f.s.,<DL COMPACT><DD> cubic feet a second. </DL> <A NAME="cg"> cg. or cg (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> centigram or centigrams. </DL> <A NAME="cg"> C.G.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. center of gravity. <DD> 2. Coast Guard. <DD> 3. commanding general. <DD> 4. consul general. </DL> <A NAME="cgm"> cgm.,<DL COMPACT><DD> centigram or centigrams. </DL> <A NAME="cgs"> c.g.s. or C.G.S. or cgs (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> centimetergram-second (system). </DL> <A NAME="cgt"> C.G.T. or CGT (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. either of two major foreign labor organizations: <DD> a. (in France) Confederation Generale du Travail. <DD> b. (in Argentina) Confederacion General del Trabajo. <DD> 2. (in English) General Confederation of Labor. </DL> <A NAME="ch"> ch.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. chain. <DD> 2. chapter. <DD> 3. (Chess.) check. <DD> 4. child or children. <DD> 5. church. </DL> <A NAME="ch"> Ch.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. chain. <DD> 2. champion. <DD> 3. chaplain. <DD> 4. chapter. <DD> 5. (Chess.) check. <DD> 6. chief. <DD> 7. child or children. <DD> 8a. China. <DD> b. Chinese. <DD> 9. church. </DL> <A NAME="ch"> c.h.,<DL COMPACT><DD> candle hour. </DL> <A NAME="ch"> C.H.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. clearing house. <DD> 2. Companion of Honour. <DD> 3. courthouse. <DD> 4. custom house. </DL> <A NAME="chabasite"> chabasite, noun. =chabazite.</DL> <A NAME="chabazite"> chabazite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless or flesh-colored mineral occurring in glassy crystals, composed chiefly of silica, alumina, sodium, and calcium; a zeolite. </DL> <A NAME="chablis"> Chablis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pale, dry, white Burgundy wine. Ex. In bad years the Sauternes are less sweet, but there's no such thing as "dry Sauternes" (or "sweet Chablis") (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="chabouk"> chabouk or chabuk, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long whip used in the Orient to punish people. </DL> <A NAME="chac"> Chac, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the four main Mayan rain gods. Each was identified with a direction and a color. </DL> <A NAME="chacha"> cha-cha, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a ballroom dance with a fast, strongly marked rhythm, originally from Latin America. It is similar to the mambo. <DD>v.i. to dance the cha-cha. </DL> <A NAME="chachacha"> cha-cha-cha, noun, intransitive verb. =cha-cha.</DL> <A NAME="chachalaca"> chachalaca, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various American gallinaceous birds related to the curassow, including one variety found as far north as Texas. </DL> <A NAME="chacma"> chacma, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large South African baboon. </DL> <A NAME="chaconne"> chaconne, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an old slow dance of Spanish (possibly Moorish or Basque) origin, in 3-4 time, going back to 1591. <DD> 2. the music for this dance, which later became a series of variations on a ground bass, used sometimes as a movement of the classical suite. It was frequently used at the end of early operas. </DL> <A NAME="chacunasongout"> chacun a son gout,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) everyone to his taste. </DL> <A NAME="chad"> chad (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the small round or square piece of tape or paper removed when punching a hole in a punched tape or card. Ex. The presence of chad in the tape would interfere with reliable electrical or photoelectric reading of the paper tape (Berkeley and Lovett). </DL> <A NAME="chad"> chad (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a young sea bream. </DL> <A NAME="chad"> Chad, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any language of a group of Hamitic languages spoken in the Lake Chad area of north central Africa, including Hausa. </DL> <A NAME="chadian"> Chadian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Chad, a country in central Africa. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Chad. </DL> <A NAME="chadless"> chadless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> punched, produced, or processed with the chads partly attached to the holes. </DL> <A NAME="chador"> chador, noun. =chuddar.</DL> <A NAME="chaeta"> chaeta, noun, pl. -tae.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) one of the setae, or bristles, on the parapodia of an annelid worm. </DL> <A NAME="chaetodont"> chaetodont, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small or moderate-sized tropical, spiny-finned marine fishes, generally having brilliant coloring, so called on account of their bristlelike teeth. </DL> <A NAME="chaetognath"> chaetognath, noun. =arrowworm.</DL> <A NAME="chaetognathous"> chaetognathous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or having the characteristics of a chaetognath. </DL> <A NAME="chaetophorous"> chaetophorous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having chaetae (bristles). </DL> <A NAME="chaetopod"> chaetopod, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of annelid worms, having the body made up of more or less similar segments provided with muscular processes bearing setae. </DL> <A NAME="chaetopodous"> chaetopodous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or resembling the chaetopods. </DL> <A NAME="chafe"> chafe, verb, chafed, chafing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to make sore by rubbing or scraping. Ex. The stiff collar chafed the man's neck. <DD> 2. to rub to make warm. Ex. The mother chafed her child's cold hands. <DD> 3. to wear away by rubbing or scraping. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to make angry or annoyed; irritate; vex. Ex. His big brother's teasing chafed him. Missing such sales chafes retailers (Wall Street Journal). (SYN) gall, exasperate. <DD> 5. (Obsolete.) to warm; heat. <DD>v.i. 1. to become worn away by rubbing. <DD> 2. to become sore by rubbing. <DD> 3. to rub; press or strike with friction. Ex. to chafe at the bit. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to become angry or annoyed; fret. Ex. He chafed under his big brother's teasing. <DD> 5. (of the sea or waves) to be turbulent; churn. <DD>noun 1. rubbing; friction. <DD> 2. irritation or injury caused by rubbing; abrasion. <DD> 3. annoyance; temper. <DD> 4. impatience at restraints; sense of frustration. </DL> <A NAME="chafer"> chafer (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of a group of beetles including the June bugs and scarabs, that usually feed on plants. </DL> <A NAME="chafer"> chafer (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) <DD> 1. a small portable furnace. <DD> 2. a chafing dish. </DL> <A NAME="chafer"> chafer (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a synthetic fabric used to protect tires from abrasion, applied to the tire where it meets the rim of the wheel. </DL> <A NAME="chaff"> chaff (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the stiff, strawlike bits around the grains of wheat, oats, or rye. Chaff is separated from grain by threshing. <DD> 2. hay or straw cut fine for feeding cattle. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) worthless stuff; rubbish. Ex. The neighbors' suspicions were chaff of the lowest sort based on gossip and guesswork. <DD> 4. (Botany.) the thin, dry scales or bracts at the base of the florets in the flower heads of many plants. <DD> 5. metal foil dropped by aircraft to confuse enemy radar; window. </DL> <A HREF="chaffer.dic">NEXT</A>