Cockroach (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Cockscomb (n.) See Coxcomb.
Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.
Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
Cockshy (n.) An object at which stones are flung.
Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.
Cocksure (a.) Perfectly safe.
Cocksure (a.) Quite certain.
Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
Cocktail (n.) A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
Cocktail (n.) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.
Cocktail (n.) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
Cocktail (n.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
Cockup (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
Cockweed (n.) Peppergrass.
Cocky (a.) Pert.
Coco () Alt. of Coco palm
Coco palm () See Cocoa.
Cocoa () Alt. of Cocoa palm
Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.
Cocoa (n.) A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
Cocoanut (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of Cocobolas
Cocobolas (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.
Cocoon (n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.
Cocoon (n.) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.
Cocoon (n.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.
Cocoonery (n.) A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
Coctible (a.) Capable of being cooked.
Coctile (a.) Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.
Coction (n.) Act of boiling.
Coction (n.) Digestion.
Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
Cod (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.
Cod (n.) A small bag or pouch.
Cod (n.) The scrotum.
Cod (n.) A pillow or cushion.
Cod (n.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
Coda (n.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
Codder (n.) A gatherer of cods or peas.
Codding (a.) Lustful.
Coddled (imp. & p. p.) of Coddle
Coddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coddle
Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling.
Coddle (v. t.) To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
Coddymoddy (n.) A gull in the plumage of its first year.
Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Code (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.
Codeine (n.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.
Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.
Codices (pl. ) of Codex
Codex (n.) A book; a manuscript.
Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.
Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
Codex (n.) A collection of canons.
Codfish (n.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.
Codger (n.) A miser or mean person.
Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.
Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code.
Codicil (n.) A clause added to a will.
Codicillary (a.) Of the nature of a codicil.
Codification (n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Codifier (n.) One who codifies.
Codified (imp. & p. p.) of Codify
Codifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Codify
Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.
Codilla (n.) The coarse tow of flax and hemp.
Codille (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.
Codist (n.) A codifier; a maker of codes.
Codle (v. t.) See Coddle.
Codlin (n.) Alt. of Codling
Codling (n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
Codling (n.) An immature apple.
Codling (n.) A young cod; also, a hake.
Cod liver (n.) The liver of the common cod and allied species.
Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
Coecilian (n.) See Caecilian.
Coeducation (n.) An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.
Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy.
Coefficiency (n.) Joint efficiency; cooperation.
Coefficient (a.) Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.
Coefficient (n.) That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
Coefficient (n.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
Coefficient (n.) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
Coehorn (n.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Coelentera (n. pl.) Alt. of Coelenterata
Coelenterata (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
Coelenterate (a.) Belonging to the Coelentera.
Coelenterate (n.) One of the Coelentera.
Coelia (n.) A cavity.
Coeliac (a.) Alt. of Celiac
Celiac (a.) Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
Coelodont (a.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
Coelodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.