n. [ See Aceric. ] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acerose; needle-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of changing into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cancerated. ] [ LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer. ] To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ceratum, ceratm, fr. cera wax. ] (Med.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ L. ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera wax. ] Covered with wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the fallacy called “the horns.” fr. ke`ras a horn. ] (Lagic.) Sophistical. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos, horn + &unr_;, n. pl., gills. ] (Zool.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; tooth. ] (Zool.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ke`ras horn + the letter Υ. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. -- n. A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum; the hornworts.
Syn. -- family Ceratophyllaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the sole genus constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae; the hornworts.
Syn. -- genus Ceratophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Ceratopogonidae.
Syn. -- genus Ceratopogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of insects including the biting midges and sand flies.
Syn. -- family Ceratopogonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a suborder of extinct animals including triceratops.
Syn. -- suborder Ceratopsia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls, of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.
Syn. -- horned dinosaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an extinct family of American ceratopsian dinosaurs.
Syn. -- family Ceratopsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) a genus of water ferns.
Syn. -- genus Ceratopteris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Paleon.) the ceratosaurus.
Syn. -- ceratosaurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ke`ras a horn. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [ Written also Decacera. ] See Dibranchiata.

n. [ L. delacerare, delaceratum, to tear in pieces. See Lacerate. ] A tearing in pieces. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dilacerated p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating ] [ L. dilaceratus, p. p. of dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear. ] To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dilaceratio: cf. F. dilacération. ] The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene.
Syn. -- order Dinocerata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To liberate from prison. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft. ] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Emaciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eviscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating ] [ L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera. ] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A disemboweling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate. ] 1. To ulcerate. [ Obs. ] “To exulcerate the lungs.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. ] Very sore; ulcerated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération. ] [ Obs. or R. ] 1. Ulceration. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire. ] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incarcerated p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating ] [ Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incarcération. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) (a) Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who incarcerates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incerare to smear with wax; pref. in- in + cerare to wax, fr. cera wax: cf. F. incération. ] The act of smearing or covering with wax. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cleaving or sticking like wax. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inviscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Inviscerating. ] [ L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See Viscera. ] To breed; to nourish. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. invisceratus, p. p. ] Deep-seated; internal. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lacerated p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating ] [ L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. &unr_; a rent, rending, &unr_; to tear; perh. akin to E. slay. ] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]