| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| couched | imp. & past participle | of Couch, Same as Couch/. |
| couchee | verb t. | A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. |
| coucher | noun | One who couches., One who couches paper., A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic., The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. |
| coughed | imp. & past participle | of Cough |
| cougher | noun | One who coughs. |
| couhage | noun | See Cowhage. |
| couloir | noun | A deep gorge; a gully., A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc. |
| coulomb | noun | The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber. |
| coulter | noun | Same as Colter. |
| council | noun | An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case., A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor’s council; a city council., Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. |
| counsel | noun | Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation., Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence., Result of consultation; advice; instruction., Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan., A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter., One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel., To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person., To advise or recommend, as an act or course. |
| counted | imp. & past participle | of Count |
| counter | adverb | A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a., One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner., A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc., Money; coin; — used in contempt., A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London., A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations., A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured., Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; — used chiefly with run or go., In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter., At or against the front or face., Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue., The after part of a vessel’s body, from the water line to the stern, — below and somewhat forward of the stern proper., Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor., The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck., The back leather or heel part of a boot., An encounter., To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
| countor | verb t. | An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. |
| country | adverb | A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one’s birth, permanent residence, or citizenship., Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town., The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One’s constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country., A jury, as representing the citizens of a country., The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn., The rock through which a vein runs., Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city., Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners., Pertaining, or peculiar, to one’s own country. |
| coupled | imp. & past participle | of Couple |
| coupler | noun | One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. |
| couplet | noun | Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. |
| coupure | noun | A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. |
| courage | noun | The heart; spirit; temper; disposition., Heart; inclination; desire; will., That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution. |
| courant | adjective | Represented as running; — said of a beast borne in a coat of arms., A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto., A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper. |
| courche | noun | A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. |
| courier | noun | A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business., An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way. |
| courlan | noun | A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails. |
| coursed | imp. & past participle | of Course, Hunted; as, a coursed hare., Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry. |
| courser | noun | One who courses or hunts., A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger., A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family. |
| coursey | noun | A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. |
| courted | imp. & past participle | of Court |
| courter | noun | One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. |
| courtly | adjective | Relating or belonging to a court., Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering., Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious., In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. |
| couteau | noun | A knife; a dagger. |
| couvade | noun | A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. |