Celanese
a brand name for an acetate rayon yarn or fabric.
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the art of embossing metal.
- Celaya
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)
- Cele
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 […]
- Coel-
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
- Celebes
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.