circumlocution
— Noun
– English
～ a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
circumlocution
— Noun
– English
～ an indirect way of expressing something
circumlocutious
— Adjective
– English
～ roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
circumlocutory
— Adjective
– English
～ roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
circumnavigate
— Verb
– English
～ travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
circumnavigation
— Noun
– English
～ traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
circumpolar
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a circumpolar star"
circumpolar
— Adjective
– English
～ located or found throughout a polar region
circumscribe
— Verb
– English
～ to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
circumscribe
— Verb
– English
～ restrict or confine within limits; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"
circumscribe
— Verb
– English
～ draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
circumscribed
— Adjective
– English
～ subject to limits or subjected to limits
circumscription
— Noun
– English
～ the act of circumscribing
circumspect
— Adjective
– English
～ heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
circumspection
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of being circumspect and prudent
circumspection
— Noun
– English
～ knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
circumspectly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"
circumstance
— Noun
– English
～ the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
circumstance
— Noun
– English
～ a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
circumstance
— Noun
– English
～ formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"