| CENTIGRADE | • centigrade adj. (Of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points. • centigrade adj. Celsius (since 1948). • centigrade n. (Uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its… |
| CENTIGRAMS | • centigrams n. Plural of centigram. • CENTIGRAM n. 1/100th of a gramme, also CENTIGRAMME. |
| CENTILITER | • centiliter n. (American spelling) Alternative form of centilitre. • CENTILITER n. (US) the hundredth part of a liter, also CENTILITRE. |
| CENTILITRE | • centilitre n. (British spelling) A unit of volume or capacity of one hundredth of a litre. Symbol: cl. • CENTILITRE n. the hundredth part of a liter, also CENTILITER. |
| CENTILLION | • centillion num. (Short scale) 10303. • centillion num. (Long scale) 10600. • CENTILLION n. in UK and Germany, the hundredth power of a million, i.e. 1 followed by 600 zeros; in North America and France, the hundred-and-first power of a thousand, i.e. 1 followed by 303 zeros. |
| CENTIMETER | • centimeter n. (American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre. • CENTIMETER n. one hundredth of a metre, also CENTIMETRE. |
| CENTIMETRE | • centimetre n. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10-2 metres. Symbol: cm. • CENTIMETRE n. one hundredth of a metre, also CENTIMETER. |
| CENTINELLS | • centinells n. Plural of centinell. • CENTINELL n. (obsolete) a sentinel or sentry, also CENTINEL, CENTONEL, CENTONELL, SENTINEL. |
| CENTIPEDES | • centipedes n. Plural of centipede. • CENTIPEDE n. any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, carnivorous flattened animals with many segments, each bearing one pair of legs. |
| CENTIPOISE | • centipoise n. A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the… • CENTIPOISE n. one hundredth of a poise, equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre. |
| CONOSCENTI | • CONOSCENTE n. (Italian) a person who has expert knowledge in a subject, a connoisseur, also COGNOSCENTE. |
| CRESCENTIC | • crescentic adj. Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc. • crescentic adj. Crescent-shaped. • CRESCENTIC adj. formed like a crescent. |
| INCENTIVES | • incentives n. Plural of incentive. • INCENTIVE n. that which incites to action, a stimulus. |
| LICENTIATE | • licentiate n. A person who holds the academic degree of license. • licentiate n. One who has a licence to exercise a profession. • licentiate n. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. |
| LICENTIOUS | • licentious adj. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled. • licentious adj. Disregarding accepted rules. • LICENTIOUS adj. characterized by license; abusive of freedom. |
| PERCENTILE | • percentile n. (Statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts… • percentile n. (Statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided. • PERCENTILE n. the value below which falls a large number of statistical units e.g. exam scores. |
| PRECENTING | • precenting v. Present participle of precent. • PRECENT v. to lead a church choir in singing. |
| TRECENTIST | • trecentist n. A member of the trecento, or an imitator of its characteristics. • TRECENTIST n. a writer or artist of the thirteenth century. |