11-letter words containing ce
- cecostomies — Plural form of cecostomy.
- cedar apple — a brown gall on the branches of the juniper, produced by several rust fungi of the genus Gymnosporangium.
- cedar chest — a chest made of cedar, in which woolens, furs, etc. are stored for protection against moths
- cedar falls — a city in central Iowa.
- cefmenoxime — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceftazidime — A third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, usually reserved for the treatment of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceiling fan — a fan fitted to the ceiling
- ceilometers — Plural form of ceilometer.
- celebes sea — the part of the Pacific Ocean between Sulawesi, Borneo, and Mindanao
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- celebrative — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- celebrators — Plural form of celebrator.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- celebrities — Plural form of celebrity.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
- celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
- celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
- celestine i — Saint, died a.d. 432, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 422–432.
- celestine v — Saint (Pietro di Murrone or Morone) 1215–96, Italian ascetic: pope 1294.
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.
- celliferous — making or bearing cells
- cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
- celtiberian — a member of a Celtic people (Celtiberi) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
- cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- cenesthesia — the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well-being or illness
- cenogenesis — the development of structures in the embryonic or larval stage of an organism that are adaptive and do not appear in the evolutionary history of its group
- cenospecies — a species related to another by the ability to interbreed
- census data — the data generated by an official census
- centaurette — (fantasy) A female centaur.
- centenarian — A centenarian is someone who is a hundred years old or older.
- centenaries — Plural form of centenary.
- centennials — Plural form of centennial.
- center back — the player in the middle of the back line.
- center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
- center-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in the center of the base. Compare rimfire (def 1).
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
- centerfield — the area of the outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.
- centerfolds — Plural form of centerfold.
- centerlines — Plural form of centerline.
- centerpiece — The centerpiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- centerville — a town in W Ohio.
- centigramme — Alternative spelling of centigram.