(historical, religion) An official in charge of religious ceremonies.
calamariaceous
calamitousness
calamitousness
noun
The state or quality of being calamitous.
calumniousness
calumniousness
noun
calumny
campanularidae
campulitropous
carminophilous
casuariiformes
catechumenical
catechumenical
adj
Of or pertaining to catechumens.
catechumenship
catechumenship
noun
The state or condition of a catechumen.
cecidomyiidous
centauromachia
centauromachia
noun
Alternative form of centauromachy
cephalosporium
ceruminiferous
cervicohumeral
cervicohumeral
adj
Relating to the neck and the shoulder.
chalicotherium
cheiropatagium
chemicocautery
chilostomatous
chilostomatous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
chiropterygium
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chrysosplenium
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
cingulectomies
circumadjacent
circumadjacent
adj
Lying immediately around
circumambience
circumambience
noun
The condition of being circumambient
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumambulate
circumambulate
verb
(transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumaviation
circumaxillary
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circumcallosal
circumcallosal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the corpus callosum
circumcincture
circumcolumnar
circumcolumnar
adj
Surrounding a column.
circumcrescent
circumcrescent
adj
(botany) Synonym of epibolic
(botany) That grows around something
circumferences
circumferences
noun
plural of circumference
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumgyratory
circumgyratory
adj
Moving in a circle; turning round.
circumlittoral
circumlittoral
adj
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
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).
circumlocutory
circumlocutory
adj
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
circummeridian
circummeridian
adj
(astronomy) About or around the meridian.
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnutating
circumnutating
verb
present participle of circumnutate
circumnutation
circumnutation
noun
(botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
circumpentagon
circumposition
circumposition
noun
(chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
(linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
The act of circumposing.
circumradiuses
circumrotating
circumrotating
verb
present participle of circumrotate
circumrotation
circumrotation
noun
rotation or revolution around an axis
circumrotatory
circumrotatory
adj
Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
circumscissile
circumscissile
adj
(botany) Describing any seed-vessel that splits along a circumference, with the upper part coming off as a lid.
circumscribing
circumscribing
verb
present participle of circumscribe
circumscriptly
circumscriptly
adv
In a circumscript manner.
circumspection
circumspection
noun
Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
circumspective
circumspective
adj
Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumstancing
circumstancing
verb
present participle of circumstance
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.