Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z circulational Relating to circulation; circulationary. circulationally By means of circulation. circulationary Relating to circulation; circulational. circulationism An emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them. circulationist A proponent of circulationism. circulative Promoting circulation; circulating. circulator A person or thing that causes something to circulate. circulatorious Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. circulatory Of or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system. circule A small circle, used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a note. circulene Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a closed ring of fused benzene rings. circulin An antibiotic cyclic peptide produced by Bacillus circulans. circuline Moving in a circle; circular. circulize Synonym of encircle. circulus A social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal exchange between individuals. circumabdominal Surrounding the abdomen (typically, of an insect) circumacetabular Surrounding an acetabulum circumadjacent Lying immediately around circumagitate To agitate on all sides. circumambages Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. circumambagious Of or relating to circumambages; circumlocutionary. circumambience The condition of being circumambient. circumambiency The condition of being circumambient circumambient Including all aspects of; encompassing. circumambiently In a circumambient manner. circumambulate To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. circumambulation The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. circumambulator Someone who walks around something. circumambulatory That is circumambulating. circumanal Surrounding the anus circumannual Synonym of circannual. circumantennal That surrounds an antenna. circumanthracene A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, where the anthracene units are linked circularly. circumaortic Surrounding or encircling the aorta. circumapical Surrounding an apex circumarctic Lying around the Arctic. circumarene Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a central arene ring that is completely surrounded by other fused aromatic rings. circumareolar Surrounding an areola circumarticular Surrounding a joint circumaural Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones. circumaviate To fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth). circumaviation The act or process of circumaviating. circumaviator One who circumaviates (something, usually the Globe, the Earth). circumaxial Surrounding an axis. circumaxially In a circumaxial manner. circumaxile Around an axis. circumbendibus indirect or roundabout circumbenzene Synonym of coronene. circumbinary Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit. circumblastoporal That surrounds blastopores circumboreal Relating to the northern ecoregion of abundant forest growth particularly spanning Eurasia and North America circumboreally In a circumboreal manner circumbuccal Around the cheek circumburst Surrounding a burst circumcallosal Surrounding the corpus callosum circumcapitular Surrounding a capitulum circumcellion A member of fanatical bands of predatory peasants that flourished in North Africa in the 4th century. They were associated with Donatists and sought death by martyrdom. circumcellular Around a cell. circumcenter The center of a circumcircle (the circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle or other cyclic polygon). circumcentral Around the center. circumcentric Surrounding a center. circumcerebral Around the cerebrum. circumciliary Surrounding the eyelashes circumcinct girdled about, encompassed circumcircle A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible). circumcircular Of or relating to a circumcircle. circumcircumcircumcoronene A large, planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a coronene core surrounded by three additional concentric layers of fused benzene rings and having the molecular formula C₁₅₀H₃₀. circumcircumcoronene A very large, flat hydrocarbon made of many fused benzene rings arranged in a hexagonal “graphene-like” pattern. It’s essentially a nanoscale fragment of graphene with the formula C₉₆H₂₄. circumcisable Suitable for circumcision. circumcise To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of. circumcised Of a man, having had the foreskin of the penis excised. circumcisedness The state or quality of being circumcised. circumcisee One who is circumcised. circumciser A person who performs circumcision. circumcision The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum. circumcisional Relating to circumcision. circumcisionism The advocacy or practice of circumcision. circumcisionist A person who performs circumcisions, especially as a profession. circumcisor One who carries out circumcision. circumcloacal Surrounding the cloaca circumclusion The act of enclosing on all sides. circumcolumnar Surrounding a column. circumcommissural Surrounding a commissure circumconic A conic section that passes through all the vertices of a triangle circumconics The study or construction of such shapes circumcontinental Surrounding a continent. circumcorneal Surrounding the cornea circumcoronene An aromatic hexagonal flat sheet molecule composed of fused benzene rings, 3 benzene rings to a side, 19 rings to a sheet. An outer ring of 12 fused benzene rings surrounds the core coronene. Circumcoronene has the molecular formula C₅₄H₁₈ circumcranial Around the cranium. circumcrescence The condition of being circumcrescent circumcrescent That grows around something circumcursation The act of running or rambling around. circumcystidium A relatively large cell found on the margin of the cap of a basidiomycete. circumdental Around or encircling the teeth. circumdenudation denudation around an object circumdiameter A number representing the diameter of a circumscribed circle or other sphere. circumduce To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. circumduct To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed. circumduction The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction. circumductory circumducting circumellipse An elliptical circumconic circumenteric Synonym of circumintestinal. circumequatorial That encircles the equator circumequatorially In a circumequatorial manner circumerosion erosion around something so as to leave it exposed circumesophageal Surrounding the esophagus. circumeter A device used to measure a circumference, typically of fruit circumfer To bear or carry around. circumference The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure. circumferenceless Without a circumference. circumferential Of or pertaining to a circumference. circumferentially In a way that encircles; around the circumference. circumferentor An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece. circumfetishism A paraphilia in which sexual arousal is derived from the act of circumcision. circumfetishist A person with a sexual fetish for male circumcision. circumfilum A thread-like sensory organ found on nodes of the antennae of some midges in family Cecidomyiidae. circumfix An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit. circumfixal Serving as a circumfix. circumfixation The morphological phenomenon of circumfixing. circumflagellar Around the flagellum. circumflect To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize. circumflex A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant. circumflexed Having a circumflex accent. circumflexion The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form. circumfluence A flowing around on all sides; an enclosing with fluid. circumfluent Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. circumfluous circumfluent circumforanean Wandering from market to market; vagabond, itinerant. circumforaneous Wandering from place to place or market to market. circumfoveal Around the fovea circumfulgent Shining around or about. circumfuse To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid. circumfusion diffusion, suffusion circumgalactic Surrounding a galaxy circumgastric Surrounding the stomach. circumgenital Surrounding the genital area. circumgestation The act or process of carrying about. circumglabellar Around the glabella. circumglobal Around the world; spanning the globe. circumglobally In a circumglobal manner. circumglossal Surrounding the tongue. circumgyrate To move around something. circumgyration rotation, revolution circumgyratory Moving in a circle; turning round. circumhemispheric Surrounding the hemisphere. circumhorizon Around the horizon. circumhorizontal Around the horizon. circumin A curcumin. circumincession The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity. circuminsular Surrounding an island.