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cell
  1. A single-room dwelling for a hermit. [from 10th c.]
  2. (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. [from 11th c.]
  3. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
  4. Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. [from 14th c.]
  5. (biology) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]
  6. (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th-19th c.]
  7. A section or compartment of a larger structure. [from 16th c.]
  8. (literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den. [16th-19th c.]
  9. A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
  10. A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]
  11. (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]
  12. (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. [from 20th c.]
  13. (computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. [from 20th c.]
  14. (card game) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
  15. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
  16. (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode. [from 20th c.]
  17. (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
  18. (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
  19. (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
  20. (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
  21. (architecture) A cella.
  22. (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins
  23. Synonyms:
      24. prison, dungeon, lockup, coop, pen, hold, oubliette, bastille, cage, bullpen, keep, tank, peter, crypt, lock-up, drunk tank, jail cell, prison cell, jail, gaol, calaboose, penitentiary, slammer, can, clink, cooler, stockade, hoosegow, jug, reformatory, pokey, jailhouse, black hole, joint, brig, pound, slam, nick, bridewell, hock, guardroom, stir, quod, tolbooth, boob, solitary, inside, penal institution, house of correction, detention camp … more
  24. Examples:
      25. “In many of the young offender institutions, people spend more than fifteen hours a day locked up in a cell.”
      “He, for some time, lived in a little cell attached to the church.”
      “Each hexagonal cell in the honeycomb slopes downward from the opening to the base.”
cellulose
  1. A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
  2. (organic chemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. carbohydrate, sugar, starch, glycogen, polysaccharide, glucose, lactose, dextrin, dextrose, disaccharide, fructose, galactose, maltose, monosaccharide, sucrose, biological compound, complex carbohydrate, simple carbohydrate, caramel, candy, cassonade, sweetener, refined carbohydrate, xylose, saccharose, levulose, saccharin, bran, bulk, fiber, fibre, roughage, dietary fiber, fibrous material … more
cellulosome
  1. (biochemistry) A complex of enzymes that degrade the polysaccharide surface of cells and mediate cell attachment
cellularization
  1. (biology) separation into distinct cells, especially from a multinucleate cell.
cellulosic
  1. A synthetic plastic derived from cellulose.
cellular
  1. (US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mobile phone, cellphone, mobile, Android, iPhone, telephone, smartphone, phone, radiotelephone, cell, handphone, cell phone, cellular phone, car phone, cell telephone, cellular mobile, cellular telephone, digital phone, mobile telephone, mobile device, wireless phone, blower, landline, handset, Blackberry, picture phone, camera phone, touchtone phone, dog and bone, horn, receiver, extension, cordless phone, speakerphone, videophone, radio-telephone, digital telephone, satellite telephone, wireless telephone … more
celling
  1. (in combination) confinement in a cell
  2. Examples:
      3. “A subtle lighting arrangement, with celling lamps especially created for the Moscow Shop reinforces this sense of plenitude.”
      “Dry celling is effective for men, and can be done without their consent.”
      “The prison was so crowded that they had to resort to double celling and then triple celling.”
cellularity
  1. (medicine) The number and type of cells in a given tissue
cellulation
  1. The formation of cells (in a material).
cell
  1. (US, informal) A cellular phone.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prison, dungeon, lockup, coop, pen, hold, oubliette, bastille, cage, bullpen, keep, tank, peter, crypt, lock-up, drunk tank, jail cell, prison cell, jail, gaol, calaboose, penitentiary, slammer, can, clink, cooler, stockade, hoosegow, jug, reformatory, pokey, jailhouse, black hole, joint, brig, pound, slam, nick, bridewell, hock, guardroom, stir, quod, tolbooth, boob, solitary, inside, penal institution, house of correction, detention camp … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In many of the young offender institutions, people spend more than fifteen hours a day locked up in a cell.”
      “He, for some time, lived in a little cell attached to the church.”
      “Each hexagonal cell in the honeycomb slopes downward from the opening to the base.”
cellful
  1. That which can fit into a cell
cellule
  1. A small cell.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cell, bacterium, follicle, microorganism, corpuscle, spore, embryo, germ, haematid, vacuole, egg, unit, utricle … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The cellule composed only of protoplasm and a nucleus possesses the very same faculty.”
      “This secondary conidium can sometimes engender a third cellule by a similar process.”
      “It will be something worse, a thousand times worse, than cellule.”
cellularizations
  1. plural of cellularization
cellulosomes
  1. plural of cellulosome
cellularities
  1. plural of cellularity
cellulosics
  1. plural of cellulosic
celluloses
  1. plural of cellulose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. carbohydrates, sugars, starches, glycogens, polysaccharides, glucoses, lactoses, dextrins, dextroses, disaccharides, fructoses, galactoses, maltoses, monosaccharides, sucroses, cassonades, sweeteners, levuloses, candies, caramels, xyloses, saccharoses, saccharin, brans, bulks, fibers, fibres, roughages, health foods, natural foods … more
cellulars
  1. plural of cellular
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mobile phones, cellphones, iPhones, telephones, smartphones, phones, radiotelephones, cells, handphones, cell phones, cellular phones, car phones, cellular mobiles, cellular telephones, mobile telephones, mobile devices, landlines, handsets, blowers, dog and bones, horn, receivers, satellite telephones, extension, cordless phones, speakerphones, videophones … more
cellules
  1. plural of cellule
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cells, bacteria, follicles, microorganisms, corpuscles, spores, embryos, germs, haematids, vacuoles, eggs, units, utricles … more
cellfuls
  1. plural of cellful
cells
  1. plural of cell
  2. Synonyms:
      3. guardhouse, penitentiary, prison, gaol, jail, lockup, detention center
  3. Examples:
      4. “The cytoskeleton acts as a "track" on which cells can move organelles, chromosomes and other things.”
      “It will reinforce the idea behind the endosymbiotic theory which is suggested as the basis for the formation of eukaryotic cells.”
      “The endosymbiotic theory states that mitochondria and chlopoplasts in today's eukaryotic cells were once separate prokaryotic microbes.”
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