Definition of certain

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Certain (a.) Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

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Erythrogen :: Erythrogen (n.) Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
Glaucophane :: Glaucophane (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks..
Hardly :: Hardly (adv.) Certainly; surely; indeed.
Labellum :: Labellum (n.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
Tap :: Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap..
Nothingarian :: Nothingarian (n.) One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.
Pose :: Pose (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude..
Sulphaurate :: Sulphato- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Uncertain in effect.
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..
Tanite :: Tanite (n.) A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc..
Acetone :: Acetone (n.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime..
Fur :: Fur (n.) The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser..
Certainness :: Certainness (n.) Certainty.
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Sugar :: Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ..
Neptunium :: Neptunium (n.) A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain indentification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite..
Cenogamy :: Cenogamy (n.) The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism..
Sarcocolla :: Sarcocolla (n.) A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers..
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