English words: cerumenolysis to cetyl alcohol

300 English words, part 48 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.

English words cerumenolysis to cetyl alcohol

cerumenolysis noun: The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
cerumenolytic adjective, noun: A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
ceruminal adjective: Relating to cerumen.
ceruminiferous adjective: relating to secreting or producing cerumen (earwax)
ceruminolytic adjective: That softens cerumen (earwax)
ceruminoma noun: A ceruminous adenoma.
ceruminosis noun: Excessive secretion or buildup of cerumen (earwax)
ceruminous adjective: Of or relating to cerumen (earwax).
ceruse noun /sɪˈɹuːs/: Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
cerused adjective: Washed with a preparation of white lead as a cosmetic treatment.
cerusite noun: Alternative form of cerussite.
cerusse noun: White lead, a basic lead carbonate.
cerussite noun: A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO₃, that is an ore of lead.
Ceruti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Cerv proper noun: A surname.
cervandonite noun: A rare arsenosilicate mineral.
Cervantean adjective: Of or relating to the author Cervantes.
Cervantes proper noun /səˈvæntiːz/: A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Cervantesque adjective: Of or relating to Miguel de Cervantes or his literary works.
Cervantian adjective: Of or relating to the author Cervantes.
Cervantine adjective: Of or relating to Miguel de Cervantes or his literary works.
Cervantist noun: One who studies the works of Miguel de Cervantes (1547?–1616), Spanish writer.
cervantite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony and oxygen.
cervelas noun: Alternative form of cervelat.
cervelat noun: A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
cerveliere noun: Alternative form of cervelliere.
cervelleite noun: An isometric mineral containing silver, sulfur, and tellurium.
cervelliere noun /ˌsɛɹ.vəlˈjɛɚ/: A metal skullcap.
Cervenka proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Cervenka syndrome noun: Synonym of Cohen syndrome.
Cervera proper noun: The capital city of the county of Segarra, Catalonia
Cervi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
cervic- prefix: Alternative form of cervico- (“neck”).
cervical adjective, noun /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/: Of or pertaining to the neck.
cervical artery noun: Any of the three arteries supplying the neck.
cervical canal noun: A spindle-shaped, flattened canal of the cervix (the neck of the uterus), communicating with the uterine cavity and the vagina.
cervical cancer noun: A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck...
cervical cap noun: A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.
cervical collar noun: a neckbrace
cervical conization noun: An excision of a cone-shaped sample of tissue from the mucous membrane of the cervix.
cervical enamel noun: A projection of tooth enamel on the cervical region of a tooth
cervical ganglion noun: Any of three sympathetic ganglia on each side of the neck.
cervical nerve noun: One of the spinal nerves of the cervical region of which there are eight on each side in most mammals including humans.
cervical plexus noun: A plexus formed by the anterior divisions of the four upper cervical nerves.
cervical smear noun: Synonym of Pap test.
cervical spine noun: vertebrae of the neck; in humans, the seven vertebrae below the skull that protect the spinal cord
cervical vertebra noun: Any of the seven vertebrae of the neck.
cervicalgia noun: neck pain
cervicalize verb: To modify the vertebra in order to form the neck of an animal
cervically adverb: By means of the cervix.
cervicectomy noun: Surgical removal of the cervix.
cervici- prefix: Of or relating to the neck or cervical vertebrae.
cervicicardiac adjective: Relating to the neck and the heart.
cervicide noun: The killing of deer.
cervicitis noun: Inflammation of the cervix.
cervico- prefix: Of or relating to the cervix.
cervicoapical adjective: Relating to the apex of the neck of a structure
cervicoaural adjective: Relating to the neck and the ear or auditory canal.
cervicoaxillary adjective: Related to the cervical vertebrae and the axilla
cervicobasilar adjective: Relating to the neck and the base of the skull.
cervicobrachial adjective: Relating to the neck and the arm.
cervicobrachialgia noun: Pain in the neck radiating to the arm, due to compression of nerve roots of the cervical spinal cord.
cervicobregmatic adjective: Relating to the anterior fontanelle and the junction of the neck with the floor of the mouth.
cervicobuccal adjective: Relating to the neck and the cheek.
cervicobulbar adjective: Relating to the cervix and the medulla oblongata
cervicocapital adjective: Relating to the cervix and capitulum.
cervicocarcinoma noun: Synonym of cervical cancer.
cervicocardiac adjective: Relating to the neck and the heart.
cervicocephalic adjective: Relating to the neck and head.
cervicocerebral adjective: Of or pertaining to the cervical region and the cerebral region (broadly, the neck and brain).
cervicocollic adjective: Relating to the neck and the proprioceptors of the cervical spine
cervicocranial adjective: Relating to the neck and the cranium
cervicodiaphyseal adjective: cervical and diaphyseal
cervicodorsal adjective, noun: Relating to the neck and the back
cervicodynia noun: pain in the neck
cervicoenamel noun: cervical enamel
cervicoesophageal adjective: Relating to the cervix and esophagus.
cervicofacial adjective: Relating to the neck and face.
cervicogenic adjective: Arising from the neck
cervicogram noun: Synonym of cervicograph.
cervicograph noun: A graphical record made by cervicography
cervicographic adjective: Relating to cervicography or a cervicograph
cervicography noun: A diagnostic medical procedure in which pictures are taken of the dilation of the cervix in the early stages of labour
cervicohumeral adjective: Relating to the neck and the shoulder.
cervicoisthmic adjective: Relating to a cervix and an isthmus
cervicolabial adjective: Relating to the labial region of the neck of an incisor or canine tooth
cervicolingual adjective: Relating to the lingual region of the neck of a tooth
cervicolumbar adjective: Relating to the neck and the lumbar region of the spine
cervicomediastinal adjective: Relating to the cervix and mediastinum.
cervicomedullar adjective: Alternative form of cervicomedullary.
cervicomedullary adjective: Relating to, or connecting the cervix (base of the skull) and the medulla oblongata
cervicomental adjective: Relating to the neck and the chin
cervicooccipital adjective: Relating to the neck and the occiput.
cervicoplasty noun: plastic surgery to the neck or to the cervix of the uterus
cervicorn adjective: Having the form of antlers; branched
cervicoscapular adjective: Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone
cervicoscopy noun: Visual examination of the cervix
cervicospinal adjective: Relating to the neck and the spine.
cervicothoracal adjective: Alternative form of cervicothoracic.
cervicothoracic adjective: Relating to the cervix and thorax.
cervicothoracoabdominal adjective: Relating to the cervical, thoracic and abdominal parts of the spine
cervicothoracolumbar adjective: Of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.
cervicothoracolumbosacral adjective: Of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral portions of the spine.
cervicotomy noun: Incision into the neck or the cervix of the uterus.
cervicotrigeminal adjective: Relating to a cervix and the trigeminal nerve
cervicotype noun: Any specific cervicovaginal bacterium
cervicouterine adjective: Of or located at the cervix of the uterus.
cervicovaginal adjective: Pertaining to the cervix and vagina.
cervicovaginally adverb: In a cervicovaginal manner
cervicovaginitis noun: Inflammation of the squamous epithelium of the vagina and cervix.
cervicovesical adjective: Pertaining to the cervix and the bladder
cervicular adjective: Relating to the neck
cervid noun /ˈsɜː.vɪd/: Synonym of true deer.
cervidized adjective: That contain genetic material from cervids
cervigram noun: A photographic image of the cervix
cervigraph noun: Alternative form of cervicograph.
cervimeter noun: A device designed to accurately monitor cervical dilation during labor.
cervimetry noun: A method of measuring cervical dilatation.
cervimycin noun: Any of a group of aromatic polyketide antibiotics produced by Streptomyces
cervine adjective, noun /ˈsəːvʌɪn/: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).
cervix noun /ˈsɜː.vɪks/: The neck.
cervix uteri noun: The neck of the womb; the uterine cervix.
cervoid adjective: Characteristic of cervids (true deer).
cervonate noun: Synonym of docosahexaenoate.
Cervone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
cervonic acid noun: Synonym of docosahexaenoic acid.
ceryl noun: A radical, C₂₇H₅₅, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
cerylid noun: Any bird in the family Cerylidae.
cerylonid noun: Any member of the family Cerylonidae of beetles.
Cerys proper noun: A female given name from Welsh, variant of Carys.
ces noun, suffix /siːz/: Initialism of cauda equina syndrome.
CESA noun: Initialism of controlled emergency swimming ascent.
Césairean adjective: Of or relating to Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), French writer and politician, one of the founders of the negritude movement in Francophone literature.
Césairian adjective: Alternative form of Césairean.
cesanite noun: A hexagonal-trigonal dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
Cesar proper noun: A male given name from Spanish.
Cesare proper noun: A syllogism having a universal negative as its first premise, a universal affirmative as its second premise, and a universal negative as its conclusion, and...
cesarean adjective, noun: Alternative letter-case form of Cesarean.
cesarean section noun: Alternative spelling of Caesarean section.
cesarevich noun: Alternative spelling of tsarevich.
cesarevitch noun: Alternative spelling of tsarevich.
cesarian adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Caesarian.
Cesario proper noun: A surname.
Cesarism noun: Alternative form of Caesarism.
Cesaro proper noun: A surname
cesarolite noun: A trigonal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.
cesbronite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tellurium.
Cesca noun /ˈtʃɛskə/: Ellipsis of Cesca chair.
Cesena proper noun: A city and comune, the co-capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
cesian adjective: Containing cesium.
cesiated adjective: Alternative spelling of caesiated.
cesiation noun: Alternative spelling of caesiation.
ceside noun: An alkalide with cesium as the anion.
cesium noun: Alternative form of caesium.
cesium auride noun: Alternative form of caesium auride.
cesium azide noun: Alternative form of caesium azide.
cesium azides noun: Alternative form of cesium azide.
cesium chloride noun: Alternative spelling of caesium chloride.
cesium clock noun: Alternative form of caesium clock.
cesium fluoride noun: Alternative form of caesium fluoride.
cesium hydroxide noun: Alternative form of caesium hydroxide.
cesium iodide noun: Alternative form of caesium iodide.
cesium nitrate noun: A nitrate compound of cesium with the chemical formula CeNO₃.
Cesky terrier noun: A well-muscled, short-legged breed of hunting terrier.
cespitine noun: An oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.
cespititious adjective: Made of turf.
cespitose adjective: tufty; growing in tufts.
cespitosely adverb: In a cespitose manner.
cespitous adjective /ˈsɛspɪtəs/: turfy; resembling turf
cespitulose adjective: Somewhat cespitose or tufted.
cesplumtantite noun: A tetragonal colorless mineral containing antimony, calcium, cesium, lead, niobium, oxygen, sodium, tantalum, and tin.
cess noun, verb /sɛs/: An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
cess path noun: Path running along the cess next to a railway line.
cess-pit noun: Alternative form of cesspit.
cess pool noun: Alternative form of cesspool
cessant adjective /ˈsɛsənt/: Dormant, inactive.
cessation noun /sɛˈseɪʃən/: A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
cessationism noun: The belief or teaching that the visible miraculous works of the Holy Spirit (such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and divine healing) have ceased.
cessationist adjective, noun: One who subscribes to cessationism.
cessative adjective: Indicating cessation.
cessavit noun: A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
cesser noun /ˈsɛsə(ɹ)/: A termination or cessation.
cessible adjective: Giving way; yielding.
cessile adjective /ˈsɛsʌɪl/: Of the air, yielding.
cessio bonorum noun: Before 1880, a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a judicial protection from imprisonment for his debts.
cession noun /ˈsɛʃən/: That which is ceded.
cessionary noun: The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
cessment noun: An assessment or tax.
Cessna noun /ˈsɛsnə/: An airplane of the Cessna brand.
Cessnock proper noun: An inner city area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland, south of the Clyde (OS grid ref NS5664).
cessor noun: In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to...
cesspipe noun: A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.
cesspit noun /ˈsɛspɪt/: A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
cesspool noun /ˈsɛsˌpuːl/: An underground pit where sewage is held.
cesstibtantite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, cesium, fluorine, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, and tantalum.
cest noun, suffix /sɛst/: Alternative form of cestus (“woman's girdle”).
cesta noun: A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.
-cester suffix: Forms placenames, originally those settled by the Roman Empire in Great Britain.
cesticidal adjective: That kills cestodes
cesticide noun: cestocide
cestid noun: Any comb jelly in the family Cestidae.
cesto noun: A bale or basket of coca leaves.
cestocidal adjective, noun: Relating to cestocides
cestocide noun: Any substance that kills cestodes
cestodal adjective: Relating to cestodes
cestode noun /ˈsɛs.təʊd/: A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.
cestodiase noun: A parasitic infection with a cestode
cestodiasis noun: infection by cestodes
cestodocidal adjective: cestocidal
cestoid adjective, noun: Any of the parasitic flatworms of the class or infraclass Cestoda.
cestoidean noun: One of the Cestoidea.
cestraciont noun: Any shark historically placed in the genus Cestracion, now in Heterodontus (bullheads, horn shark, Port Jackson shark), Sphyrna (certain hammerheads), and...
Cestrian adjective, noun /ˈsɛstɹiːən/: A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England.
cestrosphendone noun: An Ancient Greek sling used to fling darts.
cestrum noun: Any member of the genus Cestrum
cestuan adjective: Of, or pertaining to a boxer's gloves
cestui noun: That person; the person in question.
cestui que noun: The person in question that.
cestui que trust noun: One who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee.
cestui que use noun: A person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.
cestui que vie noun: An individual whose lifetime measures the duration of a gift, trust, estate, or insurance contract lasting as long the individual lives.
cestus noun /ˈsɛstəs/: A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
cestuy noun: Alternative form of cestui.
cestuy que trust noun: Alternative form of cestui que trust.
cestuy que use noun: Alternative form of cestui que use.
cesura noun: Alternative spelling of caesura.
cesural adjective: Alternative form of caesural.
CET noun: Initialism of Central England temperature.
cet. par. adverb: Abbreviation of ceteris paribus.
cetaben noun: An antilipidemic drug.
cetacea noun: Whale-like mammals.
cetaceamorphan noun: Any animal that has the form of a cetacean.
cetacean adjective, noun /sɪˈteɪʃən/: Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
cetaceous adjective: Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the infraorder Cetacea.
cetalkonium noun: A form of benzalkonium in which the longer alkyl group is cetyl.
cetamolol noun: A beta-adrenergic blocking drug.
cetancodont noun: Synonym of whippo
cetancodontamorphan noun: Any artiodactyl of the clade Cetancodontamorpha
cetancodontan noun: Any animal of the clade with the proposed name Cetancodonta (currently Whippomorpha).
cetane noun: The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
cetane number noun: A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have...
cetartiodactyl noun: Any of a large group of animals, of the clade Cetartiodactyla, including the whales and even-toed ungulates.
cetartiodactylan noun: Any animal of the clade Cetartiodactyla
cete noun: A cetacean.
ceteareth noun: Any of a group of polyoxyethylene ethers of a mixture of high-molecular-mass saturated fatty alcohols, mainly cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. They are...
cetearyl noun: Synonym of cetostearyl.
cetefloxacin noun: A quinolone antibiotic.
cetene noun: An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
& cetera phrase: Alternative spelling of et cetera.
ceterach noun: A fern of species Asplenium ceterach.
ceteris paribus adverb /ˈsɛtəɹɪs ˈpæɹɪbəs/: All things being equal; with all other things or factors remaining the same; other things held constant; all else unchanged.
ceterone noun: A large cittern distinguished by the use of wire strings, and the presence of extra bass strings.
cetferungulate noun: Any animal that is a cetacean or a ferungulate
cethromycin noun: A certain ketolide antibiotic.
CETI noun: Acronym of communication with extraterrestrial intelligence.
cetic acid noun: An acid obtained when spermaceti, saponified by means of potash, is decomposed by an acid.
ceticide noun: A killer of whales
cetiedil noun: A vasodilator and antisickling agent.
cetilistat noun: A drug designed to treat obesity by inhibiting pancreatic lipase.
cetin noun: The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
Cetina proper noun: A river in Croatia.
cetineite noun: A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.
Cetinje proper noun: A city and municipality of Montenegro; the former capital of Montenegro, from 1878 to 1918.
cetiosaur noun: Any sauropod dinosaur of the genus †Cetiosaurus
cetiosaurid noun: Any dinosaur in the family Cetiosauridae.
cetiricin noun: Alternative form of cetirizine.
cetirizine noun /sɛˈtɪɹ.ɪˌzin/: A major metabolite of hydroxyzine, an antihistamine used in the treatment of allergies, hay fever, angioedema, and urticaria.
četnik noun: Alternative spelling of chetnik.
Ceto proper noun /ˈsiːtoʊ/: A primordial sea goddess, wife of Phorcys and mother of numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
cetohexazine noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
cetoleic adjective: Of or pertaining to cetoleic acid or its derivatives
cetoleic acid noun: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-docos-11-enoic acid found in many species of fish
cetological adjective: Of or pertaining to cetology.
cetologist noun: A biologist who studies cetaceans.
cetology noun: The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
cetomimid noun: Any whalefish of the family Cetomimidae.
cetoniid noun: Any of the beetle subfamily Cetoniinae (family Scarabaeidae).
cetopsid noun: Any catfish in the family Cetopsidae.
cetopsine noun: Any member of the Cetopsinae subfamily of fishes.
cetorhinid noun: Any basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae.
cetostearyl noun: A mixture of cetyl and stearyl
cetothere noun: Any of various cetotheriids of genera considered to be Cetotheriidae sensu lato.
cetotheriid noun: Any whale in the family Cetotheriidae.
CETP noun: Initialism of cholesterylester transfer protein.
cetrarate noun: A salt or ester of cetraric acid.
cetraric acid noun: An ingredient of cetrarin
cetrarin noun: A white substance extracted from Iceland moss, one of whose ingredients is cetraric acid.
cetrarioid adjective: Similar to those of species of the genus Cetraria.
cetraxate noun /sɪˈtɹækseɪt/: An oral gastrointestinal medication with a cytoprotective effect.
cetrimide noun: A topical antiseptic containing cetrimonium bromide.
cetrimonium noun: The cetyltrimethylammonium radical.
cetrorelix noun: An injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist used to treat some hormone-sensitive cancers and gynaecological disorders.
Cetti's warbler noun /ˈtʃɛtiz/: A small, Old World passerine bird, Cettia cetti, of the warbler family (Sylviidae).
cettid adjective, noun: Pertaining to or resembling the Cettidae.
cettid warbler noun: Any of the family Cettiidae of insectivorous passerine birds.
cettiid adjective: Of or pertaining to the warbler family Cettiidae.
Cetus proper noun /ˈsiːtəs/: A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.
cetuximab noun: A chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody that targets epidermal growth factor receptor.
cetyl noun: The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
cetyl alcohol noun: The waxy aliphatic primary alcohol 1-hexadecanol, used in cosmetics etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.