(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumfulgent
circumfulgent
adj
Shining around or about.
circumgenital
circumgenital
adj
Surrounding the genital area.
circumhorizontal
circumhorizontal
Adjective
Around the horizon.
circumintestinal
circumintestinal
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of perienteric
circumlental
circumlitio
circumlittoral
circumlittoral
adj
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
circumlocute
circumlocute
verb
To use circumlocution.
circumlocution
circumlocution
noun
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
circumlocutional
circumlocutional
adj
Of or relating to circumlocution: circumlocutionary.
circumlocutionary
circumlocutionary
adj
(of speech) Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.
Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.
circumlocutionist
circumlocutionist
noun
One who uses circumlocutions.
circumlocutions
circumlocutions
noun
plural of circumlocution
circumlocutory
circumlocutory
adj
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
circumneutral
circumneutral
adj
(chemistry) Approximately neutral.
circumorbital
circumorbital
adj
(anatomy) Around the eye.
noun
Any of the scales around a reptile's eye.
circumplanetary
circumplanetary
adj
(astronomy) Surrounding a planet
circumplect
circumplicate
circumplication
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumscriptly
circumscriptly
adv
In a circumscript manner.
circumspatial
circumspatial
adj
Of or pertaining to the surrounding space
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
circumspectly
circumspectly
adv
In a circumspect manner. With consideration for all that is pertinent.
circumstantiability
circumstantiable
circumstantiable
adj
That can be circumstantiated
circumstantial
circumstantial
adj
(law) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
circumstantialities
circumstantialities
noun
plural of circumstantiality
circumstantiality
circumstantiality
noun
(countable) A minor detail or circumstantial matter.
(uncountable) Extreme attention to minute or irrelevant detail.
circumstantially
circumstantially
adv
In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
in a circumstantial manner
circumstantialness
circumstantialness
noun
Circumstantiality; an excessive or fastidious attention to minor details.
The state or fact of being circumstantial; a reliance on incidental or inconclusive details.
circumstellar
circumstellar
adj
(astronomy) That surrounds, or revolves around a star
circumtabular
circumtabular
adj
Arranged or taking place around a table
Surrounding a tabula
circumterrestrial
circumterrestrial
adj
That surrounds, or revolves about, the Earth
circumtonsillar
circumtonsillar
adj
Surrounding the tonsil.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
circumundulate
circumundulate
verb
To flow around as waves or undulations
circumundulation
circumvallate
circumvallate
adj
(anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.
Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
verb
(transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolutory
circumvolutory
adj
Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution.
circumzenithal
circumzenithal
adj
Around the zenith.
cirmcumferential
cirrhopetalum
cirrocumulative
citharexylum
clamourist
claromontanus
claustrum
claustrum
noun
(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses
clavicytherium
clavicytherium
noun
(music) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
cleithrum
cleithrum
noun
(ichthyology) A large bone in fishes, which extends upward from the base of the pectoral fin and anchors to the cranium above the gills, forming the posterior edge of the gill chamber.
climatotherapeutics
climature
climature
noun
(obsolete) climate.
closterium
clostridium
clostridium
noun
Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
clumproot
clumproot
noun
Synonym of clubroot
clutterment
coagulometer
coagulometer
noun
(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).
coelastrum
coformulator
colatorium
collectarium
collectarium
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A book that contains the collects (type of prayer).
colletarium
colleterium
colleterium
noun
(zoology) An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
colletotrichum
collutorium
collutorium
noun
Synonym of mouth wash
colostrum
colostrum
noun
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.
A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
comfortful
comfortful
adj
Full of comforts; comfortable.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
compulsatorily
compulsatorily
adv
In a compulsatory manner.
compulsatory
compulsatory
adj
Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
compulsitor
compulsitor
noun
(law, Scotland) That which compels.
compurgatorial
compurgatorial
adj
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
computerless
computerless
adj
Without a computer.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
contemplature
contemporaneously
contemporaneously
adv
In the same period of time.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contrastimulant
contrastimulant
adj
(pharmacology) That reverses the effect of a stimulant.
noun
(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts a stimulant.
contrastimulation
contrastimulation
noun
Synonym of counterstimulation
contrastimulus
contrastimulus
noun
Synonym of counterstimulus
cosmotellurian
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
coterminously
coterminously
adv
In a coterminous manner; ending together.
coulombmeter
coulombmeter
noun
An instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs.
coulometer
coulometer
noun
(physics, chemistry) a device, used in coulometry, to determine the amount of substance released during electrolysis.
coulometers
coulometers
noun
plural of coulometer
coulometric
coulometric
adj
(physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry
coulometrically
coulometrically
adv
By means of coulometry, or by the use of a coulometer
coulometries
coulometries
noun
plural of coulometry
coulometry
coulometry
noun
(physics, chemistry) A technique in analytical chemistry in which the amount of substance released during electrolysis, and the amount of electricity used, are measured.
counterclaim
counterclaim
noun
(law) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.
verb
(intransitive) To file a counterclaim.
counterclaimant
counterclaimant
noun
One who makes a counterclaim.
counterclaimed
counterclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim
counterclaiming
counterclaiming
verb
present participle of counterclaim
counterclaims
counterclaims
noun
plural of counterclaim
countercomplaint
countercomplaint
noun
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
countercomplaints
countercomplaints
noun
plural of countercomplaint
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterembattled
counterenamel
counterestablishment
counterestablishment
noun
An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
countermandable
countermandable
adj
Capable of being countermanded.
countermissile
countersmile
countersmile
noun
A smile in response to another person's smile.
counterstimulate
counterstimulate
verb
(transitive) To stimulate in an opposite manner or direction.
counterstimulation
counterstimulation
noun
Any treatment for pain based on distraction.
Stimulation in an opposite manner or direction.
counterstimulus
counterstimulus
noun
Any stimulus that causes counterstimulation
crepitaculum
crepitaculum
noun
A clapper or noisemaker sometimes used in place of an altar bell.
crotalum
crotalum
noun
(music) A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
crumbcloth
crumbcloth
noun
A cloth laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean.
crumblement
crumblement
noun
crumbling
crumblet
crumblet
noun
A small crumb.
crumbliest
crumbliest
adj
superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
crumlet
crystalloluminescence
crystoleum
cubitometacarpal
cubitopalmar
cubometatarsal
culteranismo
culteranismo
noun
(literature) A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
cumberlandite
cumflutter
cumulostratus
cumulostratus
noun
Synonym of stratocumulus
cuproplumbite
curtailment
curtailment
noun
The act of curtailing.
curtailments
curtailments
noun
plural of curtailment
customarily
customarily
adv
(frequency) Under normal circumstances, normally.
(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
cytoreticulum
deambulatories
deambulatories
noun
plural of deambulatory
deambulatory
deambulatory
adj
Going about from place to place; wandering.
noun
(dated) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
deltarium
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.