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Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.

Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

Resembling a tendril or cirrus. [Spelt also cirrhose.]

An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

Belonging to, or resembling, a city. "Smoky, citied towns" [R.] Drayton.

A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.

A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." The Century.

The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." Ezek. viii. 11.

Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv.

Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.