| CIST | • cist n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. • cist n. (Archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone… • CIST n. a tomb consisting of a stone chest covered with stone slabs. |
| CISTACEOUS | • cistaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Cistaceae of rockroses. • CISTACEOUS adj. of or like a Cistus, the rockrose genus. |
| CISTED | • CISTED adj. containing cists. |
| CISTERN | • cistern n. A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use. • cistern n. In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank. • cistern n. A cisterna. |
| CISTERNA | • cisterna n. (Biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus… • CISTERNA n. (Latin) a fluid-containing sac. |
| CISTERNAE | • cisternae n. Plural of cisterna. • CISTERNA n. (Latin) a fluid-containing sac. |
| CISTERNAL | • cisternal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to cisterns or cisternae. • CISTERNAL adj. relating to a cisterna, a sac or space containing e.g. cerebrospinal fluid. |
| CISTERNS | • cisterns n. Plural of cistern. • CISTERN n. an artificial reservoir for storing water, esp. one in the roof-space of a house etc. |
| CISTIC | • cistic adj. Alternative form of cystic. • CISTIC adj. like a cist. |
| CISTRON | • cistron n. The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein; sometimes used interchangeably… • CISTRON n. a section of a chromosome which controls a single function. |
| CISTRONIC | • cistronic adj. Pertaining to a cistron. • CISTRONIC adj. relating to a cistron, a section of a chromosome which controls a single function. |
| CISTRONS | • cistrons n. Plural of cistron. • CISTRON n. a section of a chromosome which controls a single function. |
| CISTS | • cists n. Plural of cist. • CIST n. a tomb consisting of a stone chest covered with stone slabs. |
| CISTUS | • cistus n. A rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus. • Cistus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cistaceae – some rockroses, found in lands surrounding the Mediterranean. • CISTUS n. (Greek) any plant of the rockrose genus. |
| CISTUSES | • cistuses n. Plural of cistus. • CISTUS n. (Greek) any plant of the rockrose genus. |
| CISTVAEN | • cistvaen n. Alternative form of kistvaen. • CISTVAEN n. (Welsh) a tomb covered with stone slabs, also KISTVAEN. |
| CISTVAENS | • cistvaens n. Plural of cistvaen. • CISTVAEN n. (Welsh) a tomb covered with stone slabs, also KISTVAEN. |