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Cinnabarine
() Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.
Cinnamene
() Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.
Cinnamic
() Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.
Cinnamomic
() See Cinnamic.
Cinnamon
() The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
Cinnamon
() Cassia.
Cinnamone
() A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
Cinnamyl
() The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds.
Cinnoline
() A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.
Cinque
() Five; the number five in dice or cards.
Cinquecento
() The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.
Cinquefoil
() The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
Cinquefoil
() An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.
Cinque-pace
() A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five.
Cinque Ports
() Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.
Cinque-spotted
() Five-spotted.
Cinter
() See Center.
Cinura
() The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.
Cion
() See Scion.
Cipher
() A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.
Cipher
() One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.
Cipher
() A character in general, as a figure or letter.
Cipher
() A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.
Cipher
() A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.
Cipher
() Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
Ciphered
() of Cipher
Ciphering
() of Cipher
Cipher
() To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Cipher
() To write in occult characters.
Cipher
() To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
Cipher
() To decipher.
Cipher
() To designate by characters.
Cipherer
() One who ciphers.
Cipherhood
() Nothingness.
Cipolin
() A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
Cippi
() of Cippus
Cippus
() A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
Circ
() An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
Circar
() A district, or part of a province. See Sircar.
Circassian
() Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.
Circassian
() A native or inhabitant of Circassia.
Circean
() Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.
Circensial
() Alt. of Circensian
Circensian
() Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.
Circinal
() Circinate.
Circinate
() Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.
Circinate
() To make a circle around; to encompass.
Circination
() An orbicular motion.
Circination
() A circle; a concentric layer.
Circle
() A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.