Index of English words, starting with "ci"

(1) - Circean (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

(1) - Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.
(2) - Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.

(1) - Circle (v. i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
(2) - Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
(3) - Circle (n.) To move around; to revolve around.
(4) - Circle (n.) A territorial division or district.
(5) - Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
(6) - Circle (n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
(7) - Circle (n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
(8) - Circle (n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.
(9) - Circle (n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
(10) - Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.
(11) - Circle (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.
(12) - Circle (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
(13) - Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
(14) - Circle (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

(1) - Circler (n.) A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a.