| CINCHING | • cinching v. Present participle of cinch. • cinching n. A fastening. • CINCHING n. fastening with a cinch, a saddle-girth. |
| CINCHONA | • cinchona n. A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated… • cinchona n. The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly… • cinchona n. (Medicine) Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants. |
| CINCTURE | • cincture n. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing. • cincture n. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment. • cincture n. (Architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column. |
| CINDERED | • cindered v. Simple past tense and past participle of cinder. • CINDER v. to reduce to ashes. |
| CINEASTE | • cineaste n. Alternative spelling of cineast. • CINEASTE n. (French) a devotee of motion pictures, also CINEAST. |
| CINEASTS | • cineasts n. Plural of cineast. • CINEAST n. (French) a devotee of motion pictures, also CINEASTE. |
| CINEOLES | • cineoles n. Plural of cineole. • CINEOLE n. a liquid used as an antiseptic, also CINEOL. |
| CINEPLEX | • cineplex n. (US) A cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms). • CINEPLEX n. a multiple cinema complex. |
| CINERARY | • cinerary adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated person. • CINERARY adj. pertaining to ashes, esp. of a cremated body. |
| CINEREAL | • cinereal adj. Of or pertaining to cinerea. • cinereal adj. Cinereous, ashen. • CINEREAL adj. relating to cinerea, the grey matter of the brain. |
| CINEREAS | • CINEREA n. the grey matter of the brain. |
| CINERINS | • cinerins n. Plural of cinerin. • CINERIN n. a pyrethrum compound used as an insecticide. |
| CINGULAR | • cingular adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cingulum. • CINGULAR adj. ring-shaped, encircling, also CINGULATE, CINGULATED. |
| CINGULUM | • cingulum n. The girdle of an alb. • cingulum n. (Neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal… • cingulum n. (Anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth. |
| CINNABAR | • cinnabar n. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion. • cinnabar n. A bright red colour tinted with orange. • cinnabar n. (Countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings. |
| CINNAMIC | • cinnamic adj. Of or pertaining to cinnamon. • cinnamic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to cinnamic acid or its derivatives. • CINNAMIC adj. pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon, also CINNAMONIC. |
| CINNAMON | • cinnamon n. (Countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum… • cinnamon n. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or… • cinnamon n. (Chiefly uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into… |
| CINNAMYL | • cinnamyl n. (Organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5-CH=CH-CH2- characteristic… • CINNAMYL n. a radical found in cinnamic compounds. |
| CINQUAIN | • cinquain n. A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables. • cinquain n. (Education) A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun… • CINQUAIN n. (French) a stanza of five lines. |