Index of English words, starting with "ci"

(1) - Circumstantiate (v. t.) To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
(2) - Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

(1) - Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.
(2) - Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
(3) - Circumvallate (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.

(1) - Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
(2) - Circumvallation (n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.

(1) - Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.