Definition of certain

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Certain (a.) Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons..

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Indeterminate :: Indeterminate (a.) Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years..
Uhlan :: Uhlan (n.) One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.
Pollenin :: Pollenin (n.) A substance found in the pollen of certain plants.
Achlamydate :: Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
Hymenium :: Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom..
Ozonometer :: Ozonometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Isodulcite :: Isodulcite (n.) A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (ductile, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses..
Enantiomorphous :: Enantiomorphous (a.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals..
H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch
Tickseed :: Tickseed (n.) A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants..
Gonotheca :: Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc..
Share :: Share (v.) A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence..
Character :: Character (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter..
Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven..
Endophragma :: Endophragma (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
Cyphonautes :: Cyphonautes (n.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa..
Fecifork :: Fecifork (n.) The anal fork on which the larvae of certain insects carry their faeces.
Datable :: Datable (a.) That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.
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