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Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father..

Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse..

Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Ancestorial :: Ancestorial (a.) Ancestral.

Ancestorially :: Ancestorially (adv.) With regard to ancestors.

Ancestral :: Ancestral (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate..

Ancestress :: Ancestress (n.) A female ancestor.

Ancestry :: Ancestry (n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent..

Ancestry :: Ancestry (n.) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent..

Cest :: Cest (n.) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

Cestode :: Cestode (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

Cestode :: Cestode (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoid :: Cestoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

Cestoid :: Cestoid (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoidea :: Cestoidea (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm..

Cestoldean :: Cestoldean (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (n.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples..

Cestraciont :: Cestraciont (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion..

Cestui :: Cestui (pron.) He; the one.

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form..

Cestus :: Cestus (n.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron..

Cestuy :: Cestuy (pron.) Alt. of Cestu.

Incest :: Incest (n.) The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Incesttuous :: Incesttuous (a.) Guilty of incest; involving, or pertaining to, the crime of incest; as, an incestuous person or connection..