Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..

Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..

Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..

Cere :: Cere (v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Cereal :: Cereal (a.) Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain..

Cereal :: Cereal (n.) Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural..

Cerealia :: Cerealia (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

Cerealia :: Cerealia (n. pl.) The cereals.

Cerealin :: Cerealin (n.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid..

Cerebel :: Cerebel (n.) The cerebellum.

Cerebella :: Cerebella (pl. ) of Cerebellu.

Cerebellar :: Cerebellar (a.) Alt. of Cerebellou.

Cerebellous :: Cerebellous (a.) Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Cerebellum :: Cerebellum (n.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Cerebellums :: Cerebellums (pl. ) of Cerebellu.

Cerebra :: Cerebra (pl. ) of Cerebru.

Cerebral :: Cerebral (a.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.

Cerebral :: Cerebral (n.) One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n..

Cerebralism :: Cerebralism (n.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

Cerebralist :: Cerebralist (n.) One who accepts cerebralism.

Cerebrate :: Cerebrate (v. i.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Cerebration :: Cerebration (n.) Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious..

Cerebric :: Cerebric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain..

Cerebricity :: Cerebricity (n.) Brain power.

Cerebriform :: Cerebriform (a.) Like the brain in form or substance.

Cerebrifugal :: Cerebrifugal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards..

Cerebrin :: Cerebrin (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance..

Cerebripetal :: Cerebripetal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

Cerebritis :: Cerebritis (n.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Cerebro-spinal :: Cerebro-spinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

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