Helen Fenton

Ceremonious: Definition and part of speech

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Ceremonious

  1. a. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
  2. a. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

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.

Cereal: Definition and part of speech

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Cereal

  1. n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; — usually in the plural.
  2. 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.

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.

Cerealin: Definition and part of speech

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Cerealin

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

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.