| CEPHEIDS | • cepheids n. Plural of cepheid. • CEPHEID n. a star of a type having regular cycles of brightness which can be used to deduce their distances. |
| CHEAPIES | • cheapies n. Plural of cheapie. • cheapies n. Plural of cheapy. • cheapies n. (Slang) cheap thrills; salacious excitement. |
| CHEEPING | • cheeping v. Present participle of cheep. • cheeping n. The sound of a cheep. • CHEEP v. to chirp. |
| CHELIPED | • cheliped n. (Anatomy) A leg bearing a chela, or pincer-like claw. • CHELIPED n. one of the pair of legs carrying the chelae (claws) in arthropods. |
| CIPHERED | • ciphered v. Simple past tense and past participle of cipher. • CIPHER v. to work at arithmetic, also CYPHER. |
| CIPHERER | • cipherer n. One who ciphers. • CIPHERER n. one who ciphers. |
| DECIPHER | • decipher v. (Transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text. • decipher v. (Transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure. • decipher v. (Transitive) To make sense of a complex situation. |
| ENCIPHER | • encipher v. To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt. • ENCIPHER v. to write in a secret code. |
| EPITHECA | • epitheca n. (Microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate. • EPITHECA n. the outer older cell layer of a diatom. |
| EUPHENIC | • euphenic adj. Of or relating to euphenics. • EUPHENIC adj. relating to the physical improvement of human beings by modifying their development after birth. |
| HERPETIC | • herpetic adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease. • HERPETIC adj. relating to herpes. • HERPETIC n. a person suffering from herpes. |
| PEACHIER | • peachier adj. Comparative form of peachy: more peachy. • PEACHY adj. coloured or tasting somewhat of peach. |
| PETECHIA | • petechia n. (Medicine) A small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin. • PETECHIA n. (Latin) a small hemorrhagic spot on a body surface. |
| PHENETIC | • phenetic adj. (Systematics) Of, or relating to, phenetics. • PHENETIC adj. pertaining to a type of classificatory system. |