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CIRCUMLOCUTIONAL a.
Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.
CIRCUMLOCUTORY a.
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal.
CIRCUMMERIDIAN a.
About, or near, the meridian.
CIRCUMMURE v.
To encompass with a wall. Shak.
CIRCUMNAVIGABLE a.
Capable of being sailed round. Ray.
CIRCUMNAVIGATE v.
To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. T. Fuller.
CIRCUMNAVIGATION n.
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. Arbuthnot.
CIRCUMNAVIGATOR n.
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
CIRCUMNUTATE v.
To pass through the stages of circumnutation.
CIRCUMNUTATION n.
The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
CIRCUMPOLAR a.
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
CIRCUMPOSITION n.
The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. Evelyn.
CIRCUMROTARY; CIRCUMROTATORY a.
turning, rolling, or whirling round.
CIRCUMROTATE v.
To rotate about. [R.]
CIRCUMROTATION n.
The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. J. Gregory.
CIRCUMSCISSILE a.
Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.
CIRCUMSCRIBABLE a.
Capable of being circumscribed.
CIRCUMSCRIBE v. 3 definitions
to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.
CIRCUMSCRIBER n.
One who, or that which, circumscribes.
CIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE a.
Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
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