CILIATED

ciliate, ciliated

(adjective) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

ciliated (comparative more ciliated, superlative most ciliated)

having cilia

endowed with vibratory motion

Anagrams

• dietical

Source: Wiktionary


Cil"i*ate, Cil"i*a`ted, a.

Definition: Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

3 May 2024

TWIST

(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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