Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 32
Cedilla (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.
Cedilla (n.) A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
Cedrat (n.) (Bot.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.
Cedrene (n.) (Chem.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]
Cedrine (a.) Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.
Cedriret (n.) Same as Coerulignone.
Coerulignone (n.) (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.
Cedry (a.) Of the nature of cedar. [R.]
Cedule (n.) A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [Obs.]
Ceduous (a.) Fit to be felled. [Obs.] -- Eyelyn.
Ceiled (imp. & p. p.) of Ceil.
Ceiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ceil.
Ceil (v. t.) 裝天花板於；鋪設（船）內部之板飾 To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. -- 2 Chron. iii. 5
Ceil (v. t.) To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Ceiling (n.) [C] (Arch.) 天花板；頂篷；（價格，薪資等）最高限度；最大限額；【空】絕對升限 The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
Ceiling (n.) (Arch.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
Ceiling (n.) (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel.
Camp ceiling. See under Camp.
Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
Ceiling (n.) The overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling".
Ceiling (n.) (Meteorology) Altitude of the lowest layer of clouds.
Ceiling (n.) An upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" [syn: ceiling, roof, cap].
Ceiling (n.) Maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions).
Ceiling, () The covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon's palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5,9.
Ceint (n.) A girdle. [Obs.]
Celadon (n.) A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.
Celandine (n.) (Bot.) 白屈菜，歐洲毛茛 A perennial herbaceous plant ({Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort.
Lasser+celandine,+the+pilewort+({Ranunculus+Ficaria">Lasser celandine, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria).
Celandine (n.) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis].
Celandine (n.) Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers [syn: celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus].
Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
Celature (n.) That which is engraved. [Obs.] -- Hakewill.
Celature (n.) 金屬浮雕，浮凸紋飾 The art of embossing metal.
Compare: Emboss
Emboss (v. t.) 使凸出；使（花紋、文字）凸起 [（+on）]；在……上作浮雕圖案 [（+with）] Carve, mold, or stamp a design on (a surface or object) so that it stands out in relief.
‘They used special tools to emboss the leather.’
Emboss (v. t.) Carve, mold, or stamp (a design) on a surface or object.
‘A dull gold casing with the logo embossed on the front.’
Celebrant (n.) 司儀神父；主持儀式的人；天主教主領彌撒的神父 One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
Celebrant (n.) A person who is celebrating [syn: celebrant, celebrator, celebrater].
Celebrant (n.) An officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist.
Celebrated (imp. & p. p.) of Celebrate.
Celebrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Celebrate.
Celebrate (v. t.) (v. t.) 慶祝；舉行（宗教儀式）；主持（聖餐等）(v. i.) 慶祝，過節；舉行宗教儀式 To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. -- Lev. xxiii. 32.
Celebrate (v. t.) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.
Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor.
Usage: To {Celebrate}, {Commemorate}. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence.
We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. -- Atterbury.
Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. -- Thomson.
Celebrate (v.) Behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: {observe}, {celebrate}, {keep}].
Celebrate (v.) Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: {celebrate}, {fete}].
Celebrate (v.) Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" [syn: {lionize}, {lionise}, {celebrate}].
Celebrate (v.) (Enjoy an occasion) (B1) [ I or T ] 慶祝，慶賀；祝賀 To take part in special enjoyable activities in order to show that a particular occasion is important.
// We always celebrate our wedding anniversary by going out to dinner.
// If this plan works, we'll celebrate in style (= in a special way).
Celebrate (v.) (Praise) [ T ] (Formal) 讚揚，讚美；歌頌 To express admiration and approval for something or someone.
// His work celebrates the energy and enthusiasm of the young.
Celebrate (v.) (Lead a ceremony) [ T ] 主持，參加（宗教儀式） To lead a religious ceremony.
// To celebrate Mass.
Celebrated (a.) 著名的，馳名的 [（+as/ for）]；celebrate的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See {Distinguished}.
Celebrated (a.) Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: {celebrated}, {famed}, {far-famed}, {famous}, {illustrious}, {notable}, {noted}, {renowned}].
Celebrated (a.) Having an illustrious past [syn: {celebrated}, {historied}, {storied}].
Celebration (n.) 慶祝，慶祝會；典禮 The act, process, or time of celebrating.
His memory deserving a particular celebration. -- Clarendok.
Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass -- Cath. Dict.
To hasten the celebration of their marriage. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Celebration (n.) A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event [syn: celebration, jubilation].
Celebration (n.) Any joyous diversion [syn: celebration, festivity].
Celebration (n.) The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: celebration, solemnization, solemnisation].
Celebration, contracts. () This word is usually applied, in law, to the celebration of marriage, which is the solemn act by which a man and woman take each other for husband and wife, conformably to the rules prescribed by law. Diet. de Juris. h.t.
Celebration, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 2736
Housing Units (2000): 1093
Land area (2000): 10.669265 sq. miles (27.633268 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028096 sq. miles (0.072769 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.697361 sq. miles (27.706037 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11285
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.320059 N, 81.540149 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Celebrator (n.) [L.] 慶祝者 One who celebrates; a praiser. -- Boyle.
Celebrator (n.) A person who is celebrating [syn: celebrant, celebrator, celebrater].
Celebrious (a.) Famous. [Obs.] -- Speed.
Celebrities (n. pl. ) of Celebrity
Celebrity (n.) 名人，名流 [C]；名聲；著名 [U] Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]
The celebrity of the marriage. -- Bacon.
Celebrity (n.) The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. -- Whewell.
Celebrity (n.) A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.
Celebrity (n.) A widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" [syn: {celebrity}, {famous person}].
Celebrity (n.) The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: {fame}, {celebrity}, {renown}] [ant: {infamy}, {opprobrium}].
Celebrity (n.) (B1) [ C ] （尤指娛樂界的）名人，明星；名流 Someone who is famous, especially in the entertainment business.
Celebrity (n.) [ U ] 名聲，名氣，名望 The state of being famous.
Celeriac (n.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.
Celerity (n.) 迅速；敏捷 Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. -- Johnson.
Celerity (n.) A rate that is rapid [syn: {celerity}, {quickness}, {rapidity}, {rapidness}, {speediness}].
Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
Celestial (n.) 神仙，天堂裡的居民 [C] An inhabitant of heaven. -- Pope.
Celestial (n.) A native of China ; a Chinaman; a Chinese. [Colloq.]
Celestial (a.) 天的，天空的；天國的；神聖的； 精妙的；極佳的 Belonging to the a["e]rial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs." -- Shak.
Celestial (a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," -- Milton.
Celestial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Celestial city, Heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. -- Bunyan.
Celestial empire, China; -- So called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. -- S. W. Williams.
Celestial (a.) Of or relating to the sky; "celestial map"; "a heavenly body" [syn: celestial, heavenly].
Celestial (a.) Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; "celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts" [syn: celestial, heavenly].
Celestial (a.) Of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn: celestial, ethereal, supernal].
Celestialize (v. t.) To make celestial. [R.]
Celestially (adv.) In a celestial manner.
Celestify (v. t.) To make like heaven. [Obs.] -- S ir T. Browne.
Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestite.
Celestite (n.) (Min.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
Celestine (n.) Alt. of Celestinian.
Celestinian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
Celiac (a.) (Anat.) See Coellac.
Celibacy (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." -- Hallom.
Celibacy (n.) An unmarried status.
Celibacy (n.) Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention].
Celibate (n.) Celibate state; celibacy.
Celibate (n.) One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.
Celibate (a.) Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
Celibatist (n.) One who lives unmarried.
Celidography (n.) A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.
Compare: Priory
Priory (n.; pl. Priories.) 小修道院；小的女修道院 [C] A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot.
Alien priory, A small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.
Syn: See Cloister.
Priory (n.) Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
Cell (n.) [C] 單人牢房，小囚房；（修道院的）單人小室 A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Cell (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place.
Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Cell (n.) Same as Cella.
Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.
Celled (imp. & p. p.) of Cell.
Cell (v. t.) To place or inclose in a cell.
Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
Cellar (n.) A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
Cellarage (n.) The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.
Cellarage (n.) Chare for storage in a cellar.
Cellarer (n.) (Eccl.) 地窖看守人；酒窖管理人；（寺院）管理食物者；酒商 A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Cellaret (n.) A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
Cellarist (n.) Same as Cellarer.
Celled (a.) Containing a cell or cells.
Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.
Celliferous (a.) Bearing or producing cells.
Cellos (n. pl. ) of Cello.
Celli (n. pl. ) of Cello.
Cello () A web browser client for IBM PCs. Runs under Microsoft Windows. (2014-08-23)
Cello (n.) 大提琴 A contraction for {Violoncello}.
Cello (n.) A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing [syn: {cello}, {violoncello}].
Cellular (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.
Cellulated (a.) Cellular.
Cellule (n.) A small cell.
Celluliferous (a.) Bearing or producing little cells.
Cellulitis (n.) An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
Celluloid (n.) 賽璐珞；明膠；電影 A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
Celluloid (a.) Artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid, synthetic].
Celluloid (n.) Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics.
Celluloid (n.) A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema, celluloid].
Cellulose (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells.
Cellulose (n.) (Chem.) 纖維素；（植物的）細胞膜質 The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See {Starch}, {Granulose}, {Lignin}.
Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. -- Goodale.
{Starch cellulose}, The delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. -- Goodale.
Cellulose (n.) A polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers.
Celotomy (n.) (Med.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia. [Frequently written {kelotomy}.]
Celsiture (n.) Height; altitude.
Celsius (n.) 百分度的；攝氏的 The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
Celsius (n.) Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744) [syn: Celsius, Anders Celsius].
Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.
Celt (n.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.
Celtiberian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).
Celtiberian (n.) An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
Celtic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.
Celtic (n.) The language of the Celts.
Celticism (n.) A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.
Celticize (v. t.) To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.
Cembalo (n.) (Mus.) 【音】德西馬琴；揚琴；蝴蝶琴；大鍵琴 An old name for the harpsichord.
Cembalo (n.) A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots [syn: harpsichord, cembalo].
Cement (n.) [U] 水泥；膠結材料；（牙科用來填補空洞的）黏固粉；白堊 Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.
Cement (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.