Definition of cella

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Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes..

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Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched..
Vorticel :: Vorticel (n.) A vorticella.
Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike..
Leipoa :: Leipoa (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant..
Olla-podrida :: Olla-podrida (n.) Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.
Oculated :: Oculated (a.) Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.
Monopteron :: Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella..
Pseudonavicella :: Pseudonavicella (n.) Same as Pseudonavicula.
Bric-a Brac :: Bric-a brac (n.) Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively..
Peristyle :: Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade..
Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) An annulling; cancellation.
Doncella :: Doncella (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar..
Milliner :: Milliner (n.) Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women..
Pedicellaria :: Pedicellaria (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix..
Miscellanies :: Miscellanies (pl. ) of Miscellan.
Collectanea :: Collectanea (v. t.) Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology..
Opisthodome :: Opisthodome (n.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury..
Cancellation :: Cancellation (n.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor..
Vorticellas :: Vorticellas (pl. ) of Vorticell.
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