8 letter word starting with co

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coaching present participle & vb. noun of Coach
coachbox The seat of a coachman.
coachdog One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.
coachmen plural of Coachman
coachman noun A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage., A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); — called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.
coaction noun Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.
coactive adjective Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive., Acting in concurrence; united in action.
coadjust verb t. To adjust by mutual adaptations.
coagency noun Agency in common; joint agency or agent.
coagment verb t. To join together.
coagulum adjective The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.
coalesce noun To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce., To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.
coalfish noun The pollock; — called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock., The beshow or candlefish of Alaska., The cobia.
coal tar A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer’s ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.
coamings noun pl. Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.
coarsely adverb In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
coasting present participle & vb. noun of Coast, Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast., A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade., Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
coatless adjective Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.
cobaltic adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; — said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
cobbling present participle & vb. noun of Cobble
cobishop noun A joint or coadjutant bishop.
cobstone noun Cobblestone.
cobwebby adjective Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
coccyges plural of Coccyx
cochlear adjective Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
cockaded adjective Wearing a cockade.
cockatoo noun A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.
cockbill verb t. To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
cockboat noun A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
cockcrow noun Alt. of Cockcrowing
cockered imp. & past participle of Cocker
cockerel noun A young cock.
cockhead noun The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
cockling present participle & vb. noun of Cockle
cockloft noun An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
cockneys plural of Cockney
cockshut noun A kind of net to catch woodcock.
cockspur noun A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; — called also Cockspur thorn.
cocksure adjective Perfectly safe., Quite certain.
cocktail noun A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened., A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins., A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward., A species of rove beetle; — so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
cockweed noun Peppergrass.
cocoanut noun The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.
cocobolo noun Alt. of Cocobolas
coctible adjective Capable of being cooked.
coddling present participle & vb. noun of Coddle
codifier noun One who codifies.
codified imp. & past participle of Codify
codpiece noun A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
coenurus noun The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
coercing present participle & vb. noun of Coerce
coercion noun The act or process of coercing., The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. “Coactus volui” (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
coercive adjective Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
coestate noun Joint estate.
coextend verb t. To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
cofferer noun One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
coffined imp. & past participle of Coffin
cogenial adjective Congenial.
cogently adverb In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
cogitate verb i. To engage in continuous thought; to think., To think over; to plan.
cognatus noun A person connected through cognation.
cognisor noun Alt. of Cognisee
cognisee noun See Cognizor, Cognizee.
cognizee noun One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged.
cognizor noun One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
cognomen noun The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family., A surname.
cognovit noun An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff’s demand to be just.
cogwheel noun A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.
coherald noun A joint herald.
cohering present participle & vb. noun of Cohere
coherent adjective Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid., Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse., Logically consistent; — applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker., Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
cohesion noun The act or state of sticking together; close union., That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; — distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces., Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
cohesive adjective Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force., Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
cohobate verb t. To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
coiffure noun A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
coincide noun To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other., To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America., To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.
coinhere verb i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
coistril noun An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight’s arms and other necessaries., A mean, paltry fellow; a coward.
cokernut noun The cocoanut.
cokewold noun Cuckold.
colander noun A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.
colation noun The act or process of straining or filtering.
colature noun The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
coldness noun The state or quality of being cold.
coleseed noun The common rape or cole.
coleslaw noun A salad made of sliced cabbage.
colewort noun A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head., Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.
coliseum noun The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
collagen noun The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.
collapse verb i. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses., To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian’s government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance., A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel., A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown., Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.
collared imp. & past participle of Collar, Wearing a collar., Wearing a collar; — said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins., Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.
collards noun pl. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort.
collated imp. & past participle of Collate
collator noun One who collates manuscripts, books, etc., One who collates to a benefice., One who confers any benefit.
colletic adjective Agglutinant., An agglutinant.
colliery noun The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it., The coal trade.
collogue verb i. To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.
colloped adjective Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
colloquy noun Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation., In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
colluded imp. & past participle of Collude
colluder noun One who conspires in a fraud.
collying present participle & vb. noun of Colly
collyria plural of Collyrium
colocolo noun A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
colombin noun See Calumbin.
colonial adjective Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
colonist noun A member or inhabitant of a colony.
colonize verb t. To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in., To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
colonies plural of Colony
colophon noun An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer’s name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.
coloring present participle & vb. noun of Color, The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color., Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.
colorate adjective Colored.
colorist noun One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
colormen plural of Colorman
colorman noun A vender of paints, etc.
colossal adjective Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue., Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
colossus noun A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes., Any man or beast of gigantic size.
colotomy noun An operation for opening the colon
colstaff noun A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
columbae noun pl. An order of birds, including the pigeons.
columbia noun America; the United States; — a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
columbic adjective Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic., Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.
columbin noun A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.
columnar adjective Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.
columned adjective Having columns.
comatose adjective Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
comatous adjective Comatose.
comatula noun A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; — called also feather stars.
combated imp. & past participle of Combat
combater noun One who combats.
combined imp. & past participle of Combine, United closely; confederated; chemically united.
combiner noun One who, or that which, combines.
combless adjective Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock.
comedian noun An actor or player in comedy., A writer of comedy.
comedown noun A downfall; an humiliation.
comedies plural of Comedy
comelily adverb In a suitable or becoming manner.
cometary adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.
comitial adjective Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws.
comities plural of Comity
commatic adjective Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
commence verb i. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin., To begin to be, or to act as., To take a degree at a university., To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
commerce noun The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic., Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity., Sexual intercourse., A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade., To carry on trade; to traffic., To hold intercourse; to commune.
commixed imp. & past participle of Commix
commoner noun One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility., A member of the House of Commons., One who has a joint right in common ground., One sharing with another in anything., A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; – – at Cambridge called a pensioner., A prostitute.
commonly adverb Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life., In common; familiarly.
commonty noun A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right.
commorse noun Remorse.
commoved imp. & past participle of Commove
communal adjective Pertaining to a commune.
communed imp. & past participle of Commune
commuted imp. & past participle of Commute
commuter noun One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.
compages verb t. A system or structure of many parts united.
compared imp. & past participle of Compare
comparer noun One who compares.
compense verb t. To compensate.
compesce verb t. To hold in check; to restrain.
competed imp. & past participle of Compete
compiled imp. & past participle of Compile
compiler noun One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
compinge verb t. To compress; to shut up.
complain verb i. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; — commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel., To make a formal accusation; to make a charge., To lament; to bewail.
complete adjective Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate., Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete., Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil., To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
complice noun An accomplice.
complier noun One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper.
compline noun Alt. of Complin
complied imp. & past participle of Comply
composed imp. & past participle of Compose, Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
composer noun One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music., One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.
compound noun In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc., To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine., To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite., To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else., To compose; to constitute., To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt., To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; — usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration., Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word., That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition., A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
compress verb t. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water., To embrace sexually., A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
comprint verb t. & i. To print together., To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another., The surreptitious printing of another’s copy or book; a work thus printed.
comprise verb t. To comprehend; to include.
comptrol noun & verb See Control.
compunct adjective Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.
computed imp. & past participle of Compute
computer noun One who computes.
comrogue noun A fellow rogue.
conarium noun The pineal gland.
conation noun The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
conative adjective Of or pertaining to conation.
concause noun A joint cause.
concaved imp. & past participle of Concave, Bowed in the form of an arch; — called also arched.
conceded imp. & past participle of Concede
conceive verb t. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of., To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope., To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand., To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant., To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; — with of.
concerto noun A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer’s skill.
concetti plural of Concetto
concetto noun Affected wit; a conceit.
conchite noun A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
conchoid noun A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
conclave noun The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope., The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals., A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
conclude verb t. To shut up; to inclose., To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace., To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; — sometimes followed by a dependent clause., To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide., To bring to an end; to close; to finish., To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain., To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; — generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument., To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate., To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
concolor adjective Of the same color; of uniform color.
concrete adjective United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form., Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; — opposed to abstract., Applied to a specific object; special; particular; — opposed to general. See Abstract, 3., A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body., A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures., A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term., Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass., To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body., To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles., To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
condense verb t. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize., To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water., To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form., To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products., To undergo polymerization., Condensed; compact; dense.
condoled imp. & past participle of Condole
condoler noun One who condoles.
condoned imp. & past participle of Condone
conduced imp. & past participle of Conduce
condylar adjective Of or pertaining to a condyle.
conepate noun Alt. of Conepatl
conepatl noun The skunk.
confalon noun One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.
confated p.adjective Fated or decreed with something else.
confeder verb i. To confederate.
conferee noun One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate., One upon whom something is conferred.
conferva noun Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
confided imp. & past participle of Confide
confider noun One who confides.
confined imp. & past participle of Confine
confiner noun One who, or that which, limits or restrains., One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
confrmed imp. & past participle of Confirm
confixed imp. & past participle of Confix
conflate verb t. To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
conflict verb A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves., A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting., To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide., To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle., To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
confocal adjective Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
confound verb t. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse., To mistake for another; to identify falsely., To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay., To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
confract adjective Broken in pieces; severed.
confrere noun Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.
confrier noun A confr/re.
confront verb t. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness., To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing., To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
confused imp. & past participle of Confuse
confuted imp. & past participle of Confute
confuter noun One who confutes or disproves.
congener noun A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.
congiary noun A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; — so called because measured to each in a congius.
conglobe verb t. To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass., To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass.
congreet verb t. To salute mutually.
congress noun A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter., A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; — said of things., The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition., A gathering or assembly; a conference., A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest., The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation., The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
conicoid adjective Same as Conoidal.
conidium noun A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.
coniform adjective Cone-shaped; conical.
conimene noun Same as Olibene.
conistra noun Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
conjoint adjective United; connected; associated.
conjugal adjective Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.
conjunct adjective United; conjoined; concurrent., Same as Conjoined.
conjured imp. & past participle of Conjure
conjurer noun One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner., One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand., One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
conjuror noun One bound by a common oath with others.
connived imp. & past participle of Connive
conniver noun One who connives.
connoted imp. & past participle of Connote
connusor noun See Cognizor.
conodont noun A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.
conoidal adjective Nearly, but not exactly, conical.
conoidic adjective Alt. of Conoidical
conquest noun The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory., That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral., The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition., The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
conserve verb t. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect., To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of., Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection., A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection., A conservatory.
consider verb t. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on., To look at attentively; to observe; to examine., To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect., To estimate; to think; to regard; to view., To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate., To hesitate.
consigne noun A countersign; a watchword., One who is orders to keep within certain limits.
consoled imp. & past participle of Console
consoler noun One who gives consolation.
consomme noun A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.
consound noun A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
conspire verb i. To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together., To concur to one end; to agree., To plot; to plan; to combine for.
constant verb t. Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; — opposed to fluid., Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle., Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc., Consistent; logical., That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable., A quantity that does not change its value; — used in countradistinction to variable.
constate verb t. To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.
construe verb t. To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate., To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
consular adjective Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
consumed imp. & past participle of Consume
consumer noun One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
contango noun The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day., The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.
contempt noun The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn., The state of being despised; disgrace; shame., An act or expression denoting contempt., Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
contents plural of Content, See Content, n.
continue verb i. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay., To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last., To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance., To unite; to connect., To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not., To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length., To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
continuo noun Basso continuo, or continued bass.
contline noun The space between the strands on the outside of a rope., The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.
contract noun To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one’s sphere of action., To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit., To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease., To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for., To betroth; to affiance., To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one., To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet., To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail., Contracted; as, a contract verb., Contracted; affianced; betrothed., The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights., A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation., The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.
contrary adjective Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds., Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent., Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child., Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions., A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities., An opponent; an enemy., the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1., See Contraries.
contrast verb i. To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities., To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past., To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object., The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities., Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison., The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other’s peculiarities.
contrate adjective Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
contrist verb t. To make sad.
contrite adjective Thoroughly bruised or broken., Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent., A contrite person., In a contrite manner.
contrive verb t. To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan., To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
contused imp. & past participle of Contuse
conusant adjective See Cognizant.
convened imp. & past participle of Convene
convener noun One who convenes or meets with others., One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body.
converge verb i. To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge., To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.
converse verb i. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; — followed by with., To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; — followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing., To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; — said of things., Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association., Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat., Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition., A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue., A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
convexed adjective Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
convexly adverb In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
conveyed imp. & past participle of Convey
conveyer noun One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers., One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.
conveyor noun A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., — as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.
convince verb t. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master., To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof., To confute; to prove the fallacy of., To prove guilty; to convict.
convival adjective pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial.
convoked imp. & past participle of Convoke
convolve verb t. To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
convoyed imp. & past participle of Convoy
convulse verb t. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain., To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
conylene noun An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
conyrine noun A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
cookbook noun A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
cookmaid noun A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.
cookroom noun A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.
cookshop noun An eating house.
coolness noun The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness., Calm impudence; self-possession.
coopered imp. & past participle of Cooper
cooptate verb t. To choose; to elect; to coopt.
coordain verb t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
cootfoot noun The phalarope; — so called because its toes are like the coot’s.
copatain adjective Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top.
copelata noun pl. See Larvalla.
copepoda noun pl. An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.
coplaner adjective Situated in one plane.
coppered imp. & past participle of Copper
copperas noun Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
cop-rose noun The red, or corn, poppy.
copulate adjective Joined; associated; coupled., Joining subject and predicate; copulative., To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.
coplatry adjective Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative., Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.
copyhold noun A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord’s court., Land held in copyhold.
coquetry noun Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love.
coquette noun A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; — formerly sometimes applied also to men., A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
coracoid adjective Shaped like a crow’s beak., Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals., The coracoid bone or process.
corallin noun A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.
corallum noun The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
coranach noun A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
cordelle noun A twisted cord; a tassel.
cordiner noun A cordwainer.
cordovan noun Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
corduroy noun A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges., Trousers or breeches of corduroy., To form of logs laid side by side.
cordwain noun A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.
corfiote noun Alt. of Corfute
coridine noun A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel’s oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type.
corindon noun See Corrundum.
corkwing noun A fish; the goldsinny.
cornbind noun A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.
corncrib noun A crib for storing corn.
cornered imp. & past participle of Corner, 1 Having corners or angles., In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
cornetcy noun The commission or rank of a cornet.
corneter noun One who blows a cornet.
corneule noun One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.
corniced adjective Having a cornice.
cornicle noun A little horn.
cornific adjective Producing horns; forming horn.
cornloft noun A loft for corn; a granary.
cornmuse noun A cornemuse.
cornuted adjective Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped., Cuckolded.
cornutor noun A cuckold maker.
corocore noun A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.
corollet noun A floret in an aggregate flower.
coronach noun See Coranach.
coronary adjective Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland., Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart., A small bone in the foot of a horse., Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack.
coronate adjective Alt. of Coronated
coronoid adjective Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
coronule noun A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
corporal noun A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels., Belonging or relating to the body; bodily., Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal., Alt. of Corporale
corporas noun The corporal, or communion cloth.
corraled imp. & past participle of Corral
corridor noun A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house., The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
corrival noun A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion., Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry., To compete with; to rival.
corroded imp. & past participle of Corrode
corroval noun A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
corselet noun Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; — also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece., The thorax of an insect.
corseted imp. & past participle of Corset
cortices plural of Cortex
cortical adjective Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
corundum noun The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.
corvette noun A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; — called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
corvetto noun A curvet.
corybant noun One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.
corymbed adjective Corymbose.
coryphee noun A ballet dancer.
coryphei plural of Corypheus
cosecant noun The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
cosenage noun See Cozenage.
cosening noun Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not.
cosherer noun One who coshers.
cosinage noun Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity., A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather’s grandfather, or other distant collateral relation.
cosmetic adjective Alt. of Cosmetical, Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.
cosmical adjective Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly., Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone., Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed., Rising or setting with the sun; — the opposite of acronycal.
cossical adjective Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art.
costated adjective Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.
costless adjective Costing nothing.
costlewe adjective Costly.
costmary noun A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
costumer noun One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.
cosurety noun One who is surety with another.
cotenant noun A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.
cotillon noun Alt. of Cotillion
cotquean noun A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women., A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.
cotswold noun An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.
cottaged adjective Set or covered with cottages.
cottager noun One who lives in a cottage., One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
cottised adjective Set between two cottises, — said of a bend; or between two barrulets, — said of a bar or fess.
cotyloid adjective Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone., Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
couching present participle & vb. noun of Couch, The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract., Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
couchant verb t. Lying down with head erect; squatting., Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; — said of a lion or other beast.
coughing present participle & vb. noun of Cough
coulisse noun A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides., One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
coumaric adjective Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana.
coumarin noun The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
co-unite verb t. To unite., United closely with another.
counting present participle & vb. noun of Count
countess noun The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
countour noun Alt. of Countourhouse
countre- Same as prefix Counter-.
counties plural of County
coupable adjective Culpable.
coupling present participle & vb. noun of Couple, The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union., A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
couranto noun A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.
coursing present participle & vb. noun of Course, The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
courting present participle & vb. noun of Court
courtepy noun A short coat of coarse cloth.
courtesy noun Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness., An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness., Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy., An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees., To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes., To treat with civility.
courtier noun One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court., One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.
couscous noun A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; — called also lalo.
cousinly adjective Like or becoming a cousin.
cousinry noun A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.
covenant noun A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement., An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; — usually called the “Solemn League and Covenant.”, The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc., A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc., An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement., A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal., To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one’s self by contract; to make a stipulation., To grant or promise by covenant.
covenous adjective See Covinous, and Covin.
coventry noun A town in the county of Warwick, England.
covering present participle & vb. noun of Cover, Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
covercle noun A small cover; a lid.
coverlet noun The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
coverlid noun A coverlet.
covertly adverb Secretly; in private; insidiously.
coveting present participle & vb. noun of Covet
covetise verb t. Avarice.
covetous verb t. Very desirous; eager to obtain; — used in a good sense., Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; — in a bad sense.
covinous adjective Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
cowardie noun Cowardice.
cowardly adjective Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless., Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity., In the manner of a coward.
cowberry noun A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; — locally called mountain cranberry.
cowering present participle & vb. noun of Cower
cowhided imp. & past participle of Cowhide
cowleech noun One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.
coworker noun One who works with another; a co/perator.
cowquake noun A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.
cow tree A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.
cowwheat noun A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.
coxalgia noun Alt. of Coxalgy
coxswain noun See Cockswain.
coystrel noun Same as Coistril.
cozening present participle & vb. noun of Cozen
cozenage noun The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.
coziness noun The state or quality of being cozy.