| coach
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(noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team |
Synonyms:
handler,
manager |
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| (noun) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) |
Synonyms:
private instructor,
tutor |
| (noun) a railcar where passengers ride |
Synonyms:
passenger car,
carriage |
| (noun) a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver |
Synonyms:
coach-and-four,
four-in-hand |
| (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport |
Synonyms:
bus,
jitney,
motorbus,
motorcoach,
double-decker,
passenger vehicle,
omnibus,
charabanc,
autobus |
| coachbuilder
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(noun) a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles |
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| coaching
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(noun) the job of a professional coach |
Synonyms:
coaching job |
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| coachman
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(noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) |
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| coachwhip
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(noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
Synonyms:
Jacob's staff,
ocotillo,
vine cactus,
Fouquieria splendens |
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| (noun) a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip |
Synonyms:
Masticophis flagellum,
coachwhip snake |
| coaction
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(noun) act of working jointly |
Synonyms:
collaboration |
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| coadjutor
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(noun) an assistant to a bishop |
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| coagulant
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(noun) an agent that produces coagulation |
Synonyms:
coagulator |
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| coagulase
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(noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation |
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| coagulation
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(noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid |
Synonyms:
clotting,
curdling |
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| coagulator
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(noun) an agent that produces coagulation |
Synonyms:
coagulant |
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| coagulum
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(noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid |
Synonyms:
clot |
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| coal
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(noun) fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period |
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| (noun) a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering |
Synonyms:
ember |
| coalbin
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(noun) a bin for holding coal |
Synonyms:
coalhole |
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| coalescence
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(noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts |
Synonyms:
coalescency,
coalition,
concretion,
conglutination |
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| coalescency
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(noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts |
Synonyms:
coalescence,
coalition,
concretion,
conglutination |
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| coalface
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(noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut |
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| coalfield
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(noun) a region where there is coal underground |
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| coalhole
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(noun) a bin for holding coal |
Synonyms:
coalbin |
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| coalition
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(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty |
Synonyms:
alignment,
alliance,
alinement |
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| (noun) the state of being combined into one body |
Synonyms:
fusion |
| (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts |
Synonyms:
coalescence,
coalescency,
concretion,
conglutination |
| coalman
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(noun) someone who delivers coal |
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| coalpit
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(noun) a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
Synonyms:
coal mine |
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| coaming
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(noun) a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out |
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| coarctation
|
(noun) tight or narrow compression |
Synonyms:
constriction |
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| (noun) (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta |
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| coarseness
|
(noun) language or humor that is down-to-earth |
Synonyms:
saltiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles |
Synonyms:
graininess,
granularity |
| (noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) |
Synonyms:
nubbiness,
tweediness |
| (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement |
Synonyms:
vulgarism,
raunch,
grossness,
vulgarity,
commonness |
| coast
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(noun) the shore of a sea or ocean |
Synonyms:
sea-coast,
seacoast,
seashore |
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| (noun) a slope down which sleds may coast |
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| (noun) the area within view |
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| (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
Synonyms:
glide,
slide |
| coaster
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(noun) a resident of a coastal area |
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| (noun) someone who coasts |
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| (noun) a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) |
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| coastguard
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(noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters |
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| coastguardsman
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(noun) a member of a coastguard |
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| coastland
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(noun) land in a coastal area |
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| coastline
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(noun) the outline of a coast |
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| coat
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(noun) an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors |
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| (noun) a thin layer covering something |
Synonyms:
coating |
| (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal |
Synonyms:
pelage |
| coatdress
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(noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front |
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| coatee
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(noun) a short close-fitting coat |
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| coati
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(noun) omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America |
Synonyms:
Nasua narica,
coati-mondi,
coati-mundi,
coon cat |
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| coating
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(noun) a thin layer covering something |
Synonyms:
coat |
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| (noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) |
Synonyms:
finish,
finishing |
| (noun) a heavy fabric suitable for coats |
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| (noun) the work of applying something |
Synonyms:
covering,
application |
| coatrack
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(noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats |
Synonyms:
hatrack,
coat rack |
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| coatroom
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(noun) a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily |
Synonyms:
cloakroom |
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| coattail
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(noun) the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist |
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| coauthor
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(noun) a writer who collaborates with others in writing something |
Synonyms:
joint author |
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| coax
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(noun) a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
Synonyms:
coax cable,
coaxial cable |
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| coaxer
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(noun) someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing |
Synonyms:
wheedler |
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| coaxing
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(noun) flattery designed to gain favor |
Synonyms:
soft soap,
sweet talk,
blarney |
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| cob
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(noun) nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus |
Synonyms:
hazelnut,
cobnut,
filbert |
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| (noun) stocky short-legged harness horse |
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| (noun) white gull having a black back and wings |
Synonyms:
great black-backed gull,
black-backed gull,
Larus marinus |
| (noun) adult male swan |
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| cobalamin
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(noun) a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia |
Synonyms:
vitamin B12,
cyanocobalamin,
antipernicious anemia factor |
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| cobalt
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(noun) a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition |
Synonyms:
Co,
atomic number 27 |
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| cobaltite
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(noun) a rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt |
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| cobber
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(noun) Australian term for a pal |
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| cobble
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(noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads |
Synonyms:
sett,
cobblestone |
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| cobbler
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(noun) a person who makes or repairs shoes |
Synonyms:
shoemaker |
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| (noun) tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit |
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| (noun) a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit |
Synonyms:
deep-dish pie |
| cobblers
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(noun) nonsense |
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| (noun) a man's testicles |
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| cobblestone
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(noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads |
Synonyms:
sett,
cobble |
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| cobbling
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(noun) the shoemaker's trade |
Synonyms:
shoe repairing,
shoemaking |
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| cobia
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(noun) large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters |
Synonyms:
Rachycentron canadum,
sergeant fish |
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| cobnut
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(noun) small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe |
Synonyms:
filbert,
Corylus avellana,
Corylus avellana grandis |
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| (noun) nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus |
Synonyms:
hazelnut,
cob,
filbert |
| cobra
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(noun) venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood |
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| cobweb
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(noun) a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider |
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| (noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider |
Synonyms:
gossamer |
| (noun) a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web |
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| coca
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(noun) a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine |
Synonyms:
Erythroxylon coca,
coca plant |
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| (noun) dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect |
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| cocain
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(noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive |
Synonyms:
cocaine |
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| cocaine
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(noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive |
Synonyms:
cocain |
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| cocarboxylase
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(noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle |
Synonyms:
thiamine pyrophosphate |
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| cocci
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(noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria |
Synonyms:
coccus |
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| coccidioidomycosis
|
(noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules |
Synonyms:
desert rheumatism,
valley fever,
coccidiomycosis |
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| coccidiomycosis
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(noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules |
Synonyms:
desert rheumatism,
valley fever,
coccidioidomycosis |
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| coccidiosis
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(noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia |
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| coccidium
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(noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates |
Synonyms:
eimeria |
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| coccobacillus
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(noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus |
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| coccus
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(noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria |
Synonyms:
cocci |
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| coccyx
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(noun) the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes |
Synonyms:
tail bone |
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| cochin
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(noun) Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs |
Synonyms:
cochin china |
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| cochineal
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(noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects |
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| (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye |
Synonyms:
Dactylopius coccus,
cochineal insect |
| cochlea
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(noun) the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti |
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| cock
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(noun) obscene terms for penis |
Synonyms:
shaft,
prick,
tool,
dick,
pecker,
putz |
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| (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid |
Synonyms:
stopcock,
turncock |
| (noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled |
Synonyms:
hammer |
| (noun) adult male chicken |
Synonyms:
rooster |
| (noun) adult male bird |
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| cockade
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(noun) an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat |
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| cockateel
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(noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
Synonyms:
Nymphicus hollandicus,
cockatiel,
cockatoo parrot |
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| cockatiel
|
(noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
Synonyms:
Nymphicus hollandicus,
cockateel,
cockatoo parrot |
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| cockatoo
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(noun) white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds |
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| cockatrice
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(noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance |
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| cockchafer
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(noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult |
Synonyms:
May beetle,
May bug,
Melolontha melolontha |
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| cockcrow
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(noun) the first light of day |
Synonyms:
sunrise,
aurora,
morning,
dawn,
dawning,
daybreak,
dayspring,
sunup,
break of day,
break of the day,
first light |
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| cocker
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(noun) a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England |
Synonyms:
English cocker spaniel,
cocker spaniel |
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| cockerel
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(noun) a young domestic cock; not older than one year |
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| cockfight
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(noun) a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs |
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| cockfighting
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(noun) participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight |
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| cockhorse
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(noun) anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) |
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| cockiness
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(noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness |
Synonyms:
pushiness,
bumptiousness,
forwardness |
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| cockle
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(noun) common edible European bivalve |
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| (noun) common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs |
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| cocklebur
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(noun) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs |
Synonyms:
cockle-bur,
cockle-burr,
cockleburr |
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| (noun) burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use |
Synonyms:
great burdock,
greater burdock,
Arctium lappa |
| cockleburr
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(noun) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs |
Synonyms:
cockle-bur,
cockle-burr,
cocklebur |
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| cockleshell
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(noun) a small light flimsy boat |
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| cockloft
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(noun) a small loft or garret |
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| cockney
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(noun) the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London |
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| cockpit
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(noun) compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft |
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| (noun) a pit for cockfights |
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| (noun) seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car |
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| cockroach
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(noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests |
Synonyms:
roach |
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| cockscomb
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(noun) garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers |
Synonyms:
Celosia argentea cristata,
Celosia cristata,
common cockscomb |
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| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments |
Synonyms:
coxcomb |
| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red |
Synonyms:
coxcomb |
| (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
Synonyms:
comb,
coxcomb |
| cocksfoot
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(noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass |
Synonyms:
Dactylis glomerata,
orchard grass,
cockspur |
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| cockspur
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(noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass |
Synonyms:
Dactylis glomerata,
orchard grass,
cocksfoot |
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| (noun) small spiny West Indian tree |
Synonyms:
Pisonia aculeata |
| cocksucker
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(noun) a person who performs fellatio |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous |
Synonyms:
prick,
shit,
bastard,
asshole,
mother fucker,
motherfucker,
dickhead,
whoreson,
SOB,
son of a bitch |
| cocksureness
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(noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant |
Synonyms:
overconfidence,
certitude |
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| cocktail
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(noun) a short mixed drink |
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| (noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal |
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