| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cor- | A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. | |
| cora | noun | The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. |
| corb | noun | A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf., An ornament in a building; a corbel. |
| cord | noun | A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together., A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; — originally measured with a cord or line., Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity., Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal., See Chord., To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment., To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord., of Core |
| core | noun | A body of individuals; an assemblage., A miner’s underground working time or shift., A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer., The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince., The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square., The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject., The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern., A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver., The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals., To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple., To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting. |
| corf | noun | A basket., A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore., A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. |
| cork | noun | The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose., A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork., A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance., To stop with a cork, as a bottle., To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. |
| corm | noun | A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb., Same as Cormus, 2. |
| corn | noun | A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome., A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain., The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats., The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing., A small, hard particle; a grain., To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue., To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder., To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses., To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. |