| ACERATED | • acerated adj. Synonym of acerate. • ACERATED adj. needle-shaped, also ACERATE. |
| CARCERAL | • carceral adj. (Formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison. • CARCERAL adj. pertaining to prison. |
| CERAMALS | • ceramals n. Plural of ceramal. • CERAMAL n. a strong alloy of a metal with a heat-resisting compound, esp. used for turbine blades and similar objects, also CERMET. |
| CERAMICS | • ceramics n. Plural of ceramic. • ceramics n. The art or science of making ceramic objects. • ceramics n. Ceramic objects as a group. |
| CERAMIDE | • ceramide n. (Biochemistry) Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely… • CERAMIDE n. any of a family of lipids used in cosmetics. |
| CERAMIST | • ceramist n. A person who makes ceramics objects; a potter. • CERAMIST n. one who makes ceramics. |
| CERASINS | • cerasins n. Plural of cerasin. • CERASIN n. the insoluble portion of cherry-tree gum. |
| CERASTES | • cerastes n. (Mythology) A very flexible horned serpent in Greek legend, said to have no spine and to hide its head… • Cerastes prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – certain small venomous vipers found in the deserts and… • CERASTES n. (Greek) any venomous viper of the genus Cerastes, esp. the horned viper. |
| CERATINS | • CERATIN n. a nitrogenous compound, the constituent of horny tissue, also KERATIN. |
| CERATOID | • ceratoid adj. Having a horn-like shape or structure. • CERATOID adj. resembling horn or keratin, also KERATOID. |
| LACERANT | • lacerant adj. Lacerating. • LACERANT adj. harrowing. |
| LACERATE | • lacerate v. (Transitive) To tear, rip or wound. • lacerate v. (Transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash. • lacerate adj. (Botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated. |
| LONICERA | • lonicera n. Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles. • Lonicera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – the honeysuckles. • LONICERA n. the honeysuckle. |
| MACERALS | • macerals n. Plural of maceral. • MACERAL n. any of the organic elements that constitute coal. |
| MACERATE | • macerate v. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid. • macerate v. (Archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away. • macerate v. (Obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify. |
| ULCERATE | • ulcerate adj. (Palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles. • ulcerate v. (Medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop. • ulcerate v. (Medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous. |
| VISCERAL | • visceral adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body. • visceral adj. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between… • visceral adj. (Figurative, obsolete) Having deep sensibility. |