Index of English words, starting with "ci"

(1) - Circumpolar (a.) About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.

(1) - Circumscribable (a.) Capable of being circumscribed.

(1) - Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
(2) - Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.
(3) - Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.

(1) - Circumscriber (n.) One who, or that which, circumscribes.

(1) - Circumscription (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.
(2) - Circumscription (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
(3) - Circumscription (n.) An inscription written around anything.