Search Result for "ciliate": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell;
[syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell;
[syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial]

2. of or relating to the human eyelash;
[syn: ciliary, ciliate]

3. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections;
[syn: ciliate, ciliated]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ciliate adj 1: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell [syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial] 2: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: ciliary, ciliate] 3: having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: ciliate, ciliated] n 1: a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell [syn: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ciliate": bristly, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, woolly