CPage 173
- English Word Cerate Definition An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
- English Word Cerated Definition Covered with wax.
- English Word Ceratine Definition Sophistical.
- English Word Ceratobranchia Definition A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.
- English Word Ceratobranchial Definition Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.
- English Word Ceratobranchial Definition A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
- English Word Ceratodus Definition A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.
- English Word Ceratohyal Definition Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.
- English Word Ceratohyal Definition A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
- English Word Ceratosaurus Definition A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Ceratospongiae Definition An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
- English Word Ceraunics Definition That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity.
- English Word Ceraunoscope Definition An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
- English Word Cerberean Definition Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.
- English Word Cerberus Definition A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
- English Word Cerberus Definition A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
- English Word Cercal Definition Of or pertaining to the tail.
- English Word Cercaria Definition The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
- English Word Cercarian Definition Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae.
- English Word Cercarian Definition One of the Cercariae.