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1,204 words match “CIRC”

CIRCULAR a. 7 definitions
In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
CIRCULARISE v. 3 definitions
to canvass by distributing letters. Syn. -- circularize. [WordNet 1.5]
CIRCULARITY n.
The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
CIRCULARLY adv.
In a circular manner.
CIRCULARY a.
Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.
CIRCULATE v. 3 definitions
To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.
CIRCULATION n. 5 definitions
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began. This continual circulation of human things. Swift.
CIRCULATIVE a.
Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge.
CIRCULATOR n.
One who, or that which, circulates.
CIRCULATORIOUS a.
Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. [Obs.] "Circulatorious jugglers." Barrow.
CIRCULATORY a. 4 definitions
Circular; as, a circulatory letter. Johnson.
CIRCULET n.
A circlet. [Obs.] Spenser.
CIRCULINE a.
Proceeding in a circle; circular. [Obs.] "With motion circuline". Dr. H. More.
CIRCUM- n.
A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.
CIRCUMAGITATE v.
To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor.
CIRCUMAMBAGE n.
A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] S. Richardson.
CIRCUMAMBIENCY n.
The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne.
CIRCUMAMBIENT a.
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
CIRCUMAMBULATE v.
To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion, n.
CIRCUMBENDIBUS n.
A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.
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