bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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cocoon | (noun) silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs | - |
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cocooning | (noun) retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape) | - |
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coo | (noun) the sound made by a pigeon | - |
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cook | (noun) someone who cooks food | - |
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cookbook | (noun) a book of recipes and cooking directions | Synonyms: cookery book |
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cooker | (noun) a utensil for cooking | - |
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cookery | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cooking, preparation |
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cookfire | (noun) a fire for cooking | - |
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cookhouse | (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: caboose, galley, ship's galley |
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(noun) a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking | - |
cookie | (noun) a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site | - |
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(noun) any of various small flat sweet cakes | Synonyms: biscuit, cooky |
(noun) the cook on a ranch or at a camp | Synonyms: cooky |
cooking | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, preparation |
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cookout | (noun) an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | - |
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cookstove | (noun) a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
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cookware | (noun) a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | Synonyms: cooking utensil |
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cooky | (noun) any of various small flat sweet cakes | Synonyms: biscuit, cookie |
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(noun) the cook on a ranch or at a camp | Synonyms: cookie |
cool | (noun) the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature | - |
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(noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid |
coolant | (noun) a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | - |
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cooler | (noun) a refrigerator for cooling liquids | Synonyms: ice chest |
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(noun) a cell for violent prisoners | Synonyms: tank |
(noun) an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice | - |
coolie | (noun) (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer | Synonyms: cooly |
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cooling | (noun) a mechanism for keeping something cool | Synonyms: cooling system |
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(noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction |
coolness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: chilliness, nip |
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(noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
(noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: nervelessness |
(noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: imperturbability, imperturbableness |
coolwart | (noun) stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant | Synonyms: false miterwort, false mitrewort, foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia |
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cooly | (noun) (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer | Synonyms: coolie |
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coon | (noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, Procyon lotor, ringtail |
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(noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic | - |
coondog | (noun) any dog trained to hunt raccoons | - |
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coonhound | (noun) any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons | - |
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coonskin | (noun) a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back | Synonyms: coonskin cap |
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coontie | (noun) small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot | Synonyms: Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila |
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coop | (noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept | Synonyms: cage |
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(noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, hencoop, henhouse |
cooper | (noun) a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs | Synonyms: barrel maker |
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cooperation | (noun) joint operation or action | - |
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(noun) the practice of cooperating | - |
cooperative | (noun) a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners | Synonyms: co-op |
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(noun) an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it | - |
cooperativeness | (noun) the trait of being cooperative | Synonyms: amenability, amenableness |
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cooperator | (noun) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest | Synonyms: collaborator, pardner, partner |
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coordinate | (noun) a number that identifies a position relative to an axis | Synonyms: co-ordinate |
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coordination | (noun) the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation | - |
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(noun) the skillful and effective interaction of movements | - |
(noun) being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form | - |
coordinator | (noun) someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously | Synonyms: co-ordinator |
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coot | (noun) slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks | - |
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cooter | (noun) large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: Pseudemys concinna, river cooter |
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cootie | (noun) a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings | Synonyms: body louse, Pediculus corporis |
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hencoop | (noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, henhouse |
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incoordination | (noun) a lack of coordination of movements | - |
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puccoon | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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(noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment | Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense |
raccoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: racoon |
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(noun) the fur of the North American racoon | - |
racoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: raccoon |
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scoop | (noun) a large ladle | - |
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(noun) the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe | Synonyms: scoop shovel |
(noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap |
(noun) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | Synonyms: exclusive |
(noun) the quantity a scoop will hold | Synonyms: scoopful |
(noun) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | Synonyms: pocket |
scoopful | (noun) the quantity a scoop will hold | Synonyms: scoop |
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scooter | (noun) large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: scoter |
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(noun) child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot | - |
(noun) a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel | Synonyms: motor scooter |
(noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, iceboat |
(noun) a motorboat resembling a motor scooter | Synonyms: sea scooter, water scooter |
tycoon | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive |
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