| Cell |
n. |
A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. |
| Cell |
n. |
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. |
| Cell |
n. |
Any small cavity, or hollow place. |
| Cell |
n. |
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. |
| Cell |
n. |
Same as Cella. |
| Cell |
n. |
A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. |
| Cell |
n. |
One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. |
| Cell |
v. t. |
To place or inclose in a cell. |
| Cella |
n. |
The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes. |
| Cellar |
n. |
A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. |
| Cellarage |
n. |
The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. |
| Cellarage |
n. |
Chare for storage in a cellar. |
| Cellarer |
n. |
A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. |
| Cellaret |
n. |
A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal. |
| Cellarist |
n. |
Same as Cellarer. |
| Celled |
imp. & p. p. |
of Cell |
| Celled |
a. |
Containing a cell or cells. |
| Cellepore |
n. |
A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa. |
| Celli |
pl. |
of Cello |
| Celliferous |
a. |
Bearing or producing cells. |
| Cello |
n. |
A contraction for Violoncello. |
| Cellos |
pl. |
of Cello |
| Cellular |
a. |
Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. |
| Cellulated |
a. |
Cellular. |
| Cellule |
n. |
A small cell. |
| Celluliferous |
a. |
Bearing or producing little cells. |
| Cellulitis |
n. |
An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin. |
| Celluloid |
n. |
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs;
originally called xylonite. |
| Cellulose |
a. |
Consisting of, or containing, cells. |
| Cellulose |
n. |
The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. |
