cerebral | (adjective) involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct | Synonyms: intellectual |
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(adjective) of or relating to the cerebrum or brain | - |
cerebrally | (adverb) in the brain | - |
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(adverb) in an intellectual manner | - |
cerebrate | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | Synonyms: cogitate, think |
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cerebration | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | Synonyms: intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process |
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cerebromeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis |
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cerebroside | (noun) A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. | - |
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cerebrospinal | (adjective) of or relating to the brain and spinal cord | - |
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cerebrovascular | (adjective) of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it | - |
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cerebrum | (noun) anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans | - |
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cerecloth | (noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud | - |
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cerement | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: pall, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
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ceremonial | (adjective) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality | - |
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(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
ceremonially | (adverb) in a ceremonial manner | Synonyms: ritually |
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(adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremoniously |
ceremonious | (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display | Synonyms: pompous |
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(adjective) rigidly formal or bound by convention | Synonyms: conventional |
ceremoniously | (adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremonially |
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ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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ceremony | (noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | - |
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(noun) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | - |
(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |
ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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ceric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4 | - |
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ceriman | (noun) tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor | Synonyms: monstera |
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(noun) tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor | Synonyms: Monstera deliciosa |
cerise | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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(noun) a red the color of ripe cherries | Synonyms: cherry, cherry red |
cerium | (noun) a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 58, Ce |
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cerivastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | Synonyms: Baycol |
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cernuous | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
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cero | (noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: kingfish, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis |
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(noun) large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil | Synonyms: cavalla, king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla |
cerography | (noun) the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping. | - |
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ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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cerous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3 | - |
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cert | (noun) an absolute certainty | - |
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certain | (adjective) established beyond doubt or question; definitely known | - |
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(adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: sealed |
(adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) definite but not specified or identified | - |
(adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: sure |
certainly | (adverb) definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | Synonyms: for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely |
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certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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(noun) the state of being certain | - |
certifiable | (adjective) capable of being guaranteed or certified | - |
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(adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certified |
certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
(verb) authorize by certificate | - |
(verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
certificated | (adjective) furnished with or authorized by a certificate: | - |
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certification | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: authentication |
(noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: corroboration, documentation |
(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials |
certificatory | (adjective) serving to certify or endorse authoritatively | - |
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certified | (adjective) endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements | - |
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(adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certifiable |
(adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: qualified |
certify | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
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(verb) declare legally insane | - |
(verb) guarantee payment on; of checks | - |
(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: endorse, indorse |
(verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: licence, license |
certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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certitude | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence |
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cerulean | (adjective) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky | Synonyms: azure, bright blue, sky-blue |
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(noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
cerumen | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: earwax |
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ceruminous | (adjective) relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
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ceruse | (noun) a poisonous white pigment that contains lead | Synonyms: lead carbonate, white lead |
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cerussite | (noun) a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead | Synonyms: white lead ore |
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cervical | (adjective) relating to or associated with the neck | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the cervix of the uterus | - |
cervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the uterine cervix | - |
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cervid | (noun) distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers | Synonyms: deer |
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cervine | (adjective) relating to or resembling deer | - |
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cervix | (noun) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | Synonyms: neck |
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(noun) necklike opening to the uterus | Synonyms: cervix uteri, uterine cervix |
cesarean | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, caesarian, cesarian |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
cesarian | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, caesarian, cesarean |
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(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section |
cesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, caesium, Cs |
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cespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: caespitose, tufted |
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cessation | (noun) a stopping | Synonyms: surcease |
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cession | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: ceding |
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cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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cestode | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: tapeworm |
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cetacean | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetaceous |
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(noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals | Synonyms: blower, cetacean mammal |
cetaceous | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetacean |
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cetchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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cetrimide | (noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant | - |
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ceylonite | (noun) a dark-colored spinel containing iron | Synonyms: pleonaste |
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