(historical, religion) An official in charge of religious ceremonies.
calamariaceous
calamitousness
calamitousness
noun
The state or quality of being calamitous.
calumniousness
calumniousness
noun
calumny
calycanthemous
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
campanulaceous
campanulaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae, a family of plants including the harebell.
campulitropous
campylotropous
campylotropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
carminophilous
castanospermum
casuariiformes
cecidomyiidous
centauromachia
centauromachia
noun
Alternative form of centauromachy
cephalohumeral
cephalosporium
ceruminiferous
cervicohumeral
cervicohumeral
adj
Relating to the neck and the shoulder.
chalicotherium
chamecephalous
cheiropatagium
chemicocautery
chilostomatous
chilostomatous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
chiropterygium
chlamydosaurus
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chromatogenous
chromatogenous
adj
Producing colour.
chrysosplenium
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
cingulectomies
circumaviation
circumcallosal
circumcallosal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the corpus callosum
circumcolumnar
circumcolumnar
adj
Surrounding a column.
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.
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.
circumrotating
circumrotating
verb
present participle of circumrotate
circumrotation
circumrotation
noun
rotation or revolution around an axis
circumrotatory
circumrotatory
adj
Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
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.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
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.
cleistothecium
cleistothecium
noun
(botany) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration