Nouns

centesimo

noun

a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and...

centesis

noun

(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with...

centiliter

noun

a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

centilitre

noun

a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

centrality

noun

the property of being central

centralism

noun

the political policy of concentrating power in a central org...

centralisation

noun

the act of consolidating power under a central control

centralization

noun

the act of consolidating power under a central control

centreboard

noun

a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting...

centrifugation

noun

the process of separating substances of different densities...

centroid

noun

the center of mass of an object of uniform density

centriole

noun

one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the...

centrosome

noun

small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains...

centromere

noun

a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appea...

cephalitis

noun

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptom...

cephalalgia

noun

pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or...

cephalometry

noun

measurement of human heads

cephalopoda

noun

octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus

cephalochordate

noun

fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spin...

cerement

noun

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

ceratin

noun

a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of th...

cercaria

noun

tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail dis...

cerecloth

noun

a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud

ceratopsian

noun

any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormo...

cercis

noun

deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe...

cerebration

noun

the process of using your mind to consider something careful...

ceremoniousness

noun

a ceremonial manner

ceriman

noun

tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineap...

ceresin

noun

a white wax extracted from ozokerite

certiorari

noun

a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of infer...

cervid

noun

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid decidu...

cervicitis

noun

inflammation of the uterine cervix

cession

noun

the act of ceding

cestoda

noun

tapeworms

cestode

noun

ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of...

cecity

noun

the state of being blind or lacking sight

cedi

noun

the basic unit of money in Ghana

cecropia

noun

North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of f...

celeriac

noun

grown for its thickened edible aromatic root

cedilla

noun

a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate...

celerity

noun

a rate that is rapid

celom

noun

a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in hum...

cementum

noun

a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

cementite

noun

a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast...

cenobite

noun

a member of a religious order living in common

cenogenesis

noun

introduction during embryonic development of characters or s...

cepheus

noun

a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassio...

cerastes

noun

highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern As...

ceratodus

noun

extinct lungfish

cereus

noun

genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronou...