coif | (noun) a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law | - |
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(noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
coiffeur | (noun) a man hairdresser | - |
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coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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coign | (noun) the keystone of an arch | Synonyms: coigne, quoin |
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(noun) expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase | Synonyms: coigne, quoin |
coigne | (noun) the keystone of an arch | Synonyms: coign, quoin |
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(noun) expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase | Synonyms: coign, quoin |
coil | (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: helix, spiral, volute, whorl |
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(noun) reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit | - |
(noun) tubing that is wound in a spiral | - |
(noun) a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb | - |
(noun) a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine | - |
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
coin | (noun) a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money | - |
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coinage | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
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(noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
(noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: metal money, mintage, specie |
coincidence | (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction |
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(noun) the quality of occupying the same position or area in space | - |
(noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: happenstance |
coiner | (noun) a skilled worker who coins or stamps money | Synonyms: minter, moneyer |
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(noun) someone who is a source of new words or new expressions | - |
(noun) a maker of counterfeit coins | - |
coinsurance | (noun) insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters | - |
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coir | (noun) stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut | - |
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coition | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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coitus | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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