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Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.

The art of modeling in wax.

Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

Of or pertaining to a whale.

A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

Resembling chaos; confused.

In a chaotic manner.

distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.

Characteristic.

In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

Of or pertaining to a charism.

Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [R.]

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, a…

The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.

Millenarian. "The obstruction offered by the chiliastic errors." J. A. Alexander.

Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.

Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin- hydrochloric acid.

Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.

Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.