Definitions for cerate

cerate ce·rate

Spelling: [seer-eyt]
IPA: /ˈsɪər eɪt/

Cerate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in cerate (aceert).

Definitions for cerate

noun

  1. Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.

adjective

  1. Also, cerated. Ornithology. having a cere.

Origin of cerate

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin cērātum, neuter of cērātus (past participle of cērāre to cover or smear with wax), equivalent to cēr(a) wax + -ātus Examples for cerate

This name has also been given to compound cerate of lead, and even to cerate of acetate of lead.

Ointment of tar and suet; or poultice for two or three days, and then cerate with lapis calaminaris.

Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.

Lint is used for dressing ulcers, either alone or smeared with some suitable ointment or cerate.

Bill short, stout, cerate; upper mandible with the tip elongated and decurved; lower mandible rounded and thin-edged at the end.

M. M. Cover the eruption with cerate made with lapis calaminaris, to be renewed every day.

For corns between the toes, add to the cerate a little soft, open white wool, such as you may pick off the surface of a blanket.

I distributed some Turner's cerate to the women, but left Fraser to superintend its application.

Word Value for cerate
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8

Words with friends

9

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