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239 words match “HUNDRED”

CENTICIPITOUS a.

Hundred-headed.

Divided into a hundred parts.

CENTIFOLIOUS a.

Having a hundred leaves.

Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and…

CENTIGRAM; CENTIGRAMME n.

The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

CENTILITER; CENTILITRE n.

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton.

The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.

CENTIMETER; CENTIMETRE n.

The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.

The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.

CENTNER n. 2 definitions

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

CENTUPLE a. 2 definitions

CENTUPLICATE v.

To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell.

CENTURIATE a. 2 definitions

Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.] Holland.

CENTURY n. 2 definitions

A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.] And on it said a century of prayers. Shak.

drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, prunus serotina (wild…

Selected from a number; picked out; choice. Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.

ne Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a.