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- CLOAKA long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- CLOCHEA glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- CLOSETA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
- CLOSUREAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- CLOVEA very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- CLOYTo fill up or choke up; to stop up.
- CLYPEATEShaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
- CLYPEIFORMshaped like a round shield; clypeate
- CLYPEUSThe shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
- COACTIONForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
- COADJUTORAn assistant or helper.
- COADJUTRIXA female coadjutor
- COADUNATEClosely joined (by growing together).
- COADUNATIONUnion into a single body or mass; unity.
- COAGULANTThat causes coagulation or that coagulates.
- COAGULATETo become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- COAGULATIONThe precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.
- COAGULUMA mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd
- COALITIONA temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
- COAPTTo fit together; often, to fit together and fasten, sometimes with mutual adaptation.
- COASTERA person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
- COBLEA small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
- COBRAAny of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
- COCTIONAn act of boiling.
- CODAA passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- CODEA short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- CODEXAn early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- COEFFICIENTCooperating.
- COELENTERATEAny simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.
- COENOBIAplural of coenobium
- COEQUALEqual to each other in size, rank or position.
- COETANEOUSBelonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.
- COEVALOf the same age or era; contemporary.
- COEXISTTo exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
- COGENTReasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
- COGITABLEThinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
- COGITATETo meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- COGNATEAllied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.
- COGNITIVERelating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
- COGNOVITAn instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
- COHABITTo live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
- COHERETo stick together physically, by adhesion.
- COHERENTUnified; sticking together; making up a whole.
- COHESIONState of cohering, or of working together.
- COHESIVEHaving cohesion.
- COHIBITTo restrain; to inhibit.
- COHOBATETo treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.
- COHORTA group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- COIFFEURA male hairdresser.
- COILSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- COINA piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- COITIONSexual intercourse.
- COITUSSexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
- COLANDERA bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
- COLECabbage.
- COLIFORMOf or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
- COLLTo hug or embrace.
- COLLABORATETo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- COLLATETo examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
- COLLATIONBringing together. The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc. A collection, a gatheri
- COLLEGEAn academic institution. A specialized division of a university.
- COLLEGIATEOf, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
- COLLEGIUMA committee or council.
- COLLIDETo make a direct impact, especially if violent.
- COLLIMATETo focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
- COLLUSIONA private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
- COLONUSA sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
- COLORThe spectral composition of visible light.
- COLORIFICThat produces colored precipitates
- COLORIMETERAny of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- COLUBRIDAny snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
- COLUBRINESnakelike.
- COLUMBARYA pigeon house, pigeon loft, or dovecot.
- COLUMBINEAny plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
- COLUMNARHaving the shape of a column.
- COLYAny bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
- COMATEcomose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).
- COMBATA battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
- COMBINATEThe result of a combining of two or more components.
- COMBINETo bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- COMBUSTTo burn up, to burn away, to consume with fire.
- COMBUSTIBLECapable of burning.
- COMBUSTION(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- COMBUSTIVEOf, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
- COMBUSTORA chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
- COMEDOA clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
- COMEDONESplural of comedo
- COMFITA confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
- COMFITUREA confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- COMFORTContentment, ease.
- COMFREYAny of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
- COMITALOf or pertaining to a count or earl.
- COMITATIVEOf, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
- COMITATUSA group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.
- COMITIALOf or pertaining to a comitia.
- COMITIASA popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
- COMITYCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- COMOSEBearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.