Celature
the art of embossing metal.
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a city in Guanajuato state, central Mexico. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples noun a city in central Mexico, in Guanajuato state: market town, famous for its sweetmeats; textile-manufacturing. Pop: 727 000 (2005 est)
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a combining form meaning “tumor,” used in the formation of compound words: variocele. variant of -coele: blastocele. a combining form meaning “cavity,” used in the formation of compound words: coelenteron. Historical Examples combining form tumour or hernia: hydrocele prefix indicating a cavity within a body or a hollow organ or part: coelacanth, coelenterate, coelenteron -cele […]
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a combining form meaning “cavity,” used in the formation of compound words: coelenteron. prefix indicating a cavity within a body or a hollow organ or part: coelacanth, coelenterate, coelenteron
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former name of Sulawesi. Historical Examples noun the English name for Sulawesi old name for modern Sulawesi (which itself might be a native corruption of Celebes) in Indonesia, first used by Portuguese, 1512, perhaps from Os Célebres “the famous ones,” a name given by navigators to the dangerous capes on the island’s northeast coast.
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a celebrity. Contemporary Examples noun (informal) a celebrity n. colloquial shortening of celebrity “celebrated person,” by 1908, American English. noun A hobo or a migrant worker (1890s+ Hoboes) A prostitute (1535+) The vulva; pussy (1730s+) A woman who, often subtly, attacks and denigrates other women; a spiteful and malicious woman: Dorothy Parker was a super […]