Index of English words, starting with "ci"

(1) - Circulating (P. pr. & vb. n.) of Circulate

(1) - Circulation (n.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
(2) - Circulation (n.) The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
(3) - Circulation (n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
(4) - Circulation (n.) The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
(5) - Circulation (n.) The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

(1) - Circulative (a.) Promoting circulation; circulating.

(1) - Circulator (n.) One who, or that which, circulates.

(1) - Circulatory (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
(2) - Circulatory (a.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
(3) - Circulatory (a.) Circulating, or going round.
(4) - Circulatory (a.) Circular; as, a circulatory letter.