Helen Fenton

Cerosin: Definition and part of speech

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Cerosin

  1. n. A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cerotin: Definition and part of speech

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Cerotin

  1. n. A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; — called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cerris: Definition and part of speech

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Cerris

  1. n. A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; — called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Certain: Definition and part of speech

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Certain

  1. adv. Certainly.
  2. a. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
  3. a. Determined; resolved; — used with an infinitive.
  4. a. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  5. a. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  6. a. Unfailing; infallible.
  7. a. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
  8. a. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; — sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
  9. n. Certainty.
  10. n. A certain number or quantity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.