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- COSIGNTo sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.
- COSIGNATORYAny of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
- COSIGNERA cosignatory
- COSILYIn a cosy manner.
- COSINEIn a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos
- COSMIDA type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the insertion of cos sequences, which are DNA sequences of the lambda phage.
- COSMINEA continuous layer of dentine, covered by a layer of enamel, that takes the place of scales in some ancient fish.
- COSMOGRAPHYThe creation of maps of the universe.
- COSMOLATRYWorship paid to the world.
- COSMOLINEA substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the h
- COSMONAUTAn astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.
- COSPHEREDA cybotactic region of a solution.
- COSSETTo treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
- COSSIEA swimming costume.
- COSTTo incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- COSTASynonym of rib.
- COSTALPertaining to a rib.
- COSTALLYIn terms of the ribs or costae.
- COSTARA person who shares star billing with another.
- COSTARDA large cooking apple.
- COSTEANA trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
- COSTERMONGERA vendor who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street.
- COSTESTo incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- COSTIVEConstipated.
- COSTIVELYIn a costive manner.
- COSTLYOf high cost; expensive.
- COSTMARYAn aromatic plant (Tanacetum balsamita), once used to flavour ale (prior to use of hops); also used as a bookmark in Bibles and other holy texts to dissuade silverfish and other pe
- COSTRELA bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
- COSTUMEA style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- COSTUMERA person who designs, makes or supplies theatrical costumes.
- COSTUMERYCostumes in general.
- COSTUMIERA person who supplies or designs costumes.
- COSYAffording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.
- COTEA cottage or hut.
- COTEAUA hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
- COTEAUXplural of coteau
- COTERIEA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- COTERMINOUSMeeting end to end or at the ends.
- COTERMINOUSLYIn a coterminous manner; ending together.
- COTHURNA buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
- COTHURNUSA buskin used in ancient tragedy.
- COTIDALDescribing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day
- COTILLIONA bold dance performed in groups of eight in which women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
- COTINGAAny of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.
- COTONEASTERAny of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.
- COTTAA surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- COTTAGEA small house.
- COTTAGERA person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
- COTTAGEYResembling or characteristic of a cottage.
- COTTERA pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
- COTTERLESSWithout a cotter.
- COTTIERSomeone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager.
- COTTISEA diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.
- COTTOIDOf or pertaining to fish of the genus Cottus.
- COTTONA fibrous substance: A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium. Any similar soft, f
- COTTONTAILA rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
- COTTONYHaving some characteristics of cotton; soft and fluffy
- COTYLAEplural of cotyla and cotyle
- COTYLEAlternative form of kotyle (“cantharus, a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
- COTYLEDONEach of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
- COTYLIFORMHaving the form of a cup.
- COTYLOIDShaped like a cup.
- COTYLOIDSShaped like a cup.
- COTYPEA syntype or paratype.
- COUCHAn item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
- COUCHANTLying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
- COUCHEROne who couches.
- COUCHETTEA couch.
- COUGARA wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
- COUGARISHResembling or characteristic of a cougar, or sexually predatory woman.
- COUGHSometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the
- COUGHERA person who coughs.
- COULDsimple past of can
- COULEEA stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller than a bayou; it may (or may not) run dry in summer, may be sluggish, shallow, and wide (forming in effect a
- COULISA thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.
- COULISSEA piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
- COULOIRA steep gorge along a mountainside.
- COULOMBIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
- COULOMETERa device, used in coulometry, to determine the amount of substance released during electrolysis.
- COULOMETRYA technique in analytical chemistry in which the amount of substance released during electrolysis, and the amount of electricity used, are measured.
- COULTERA cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
- COUMARINThe bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives.
- COUMAROUThe tree Dipteryx odorata, which bears the tonka bean.
- COUNCILA committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). A local authority.
- COUNCILLORSHIPThe role or status of councillor.
- COUNSELThe exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
- COUNSELORA professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
- COUNSELORSHIPThe function and rank or office of a counselor.
- COUNTTo recite numbers in sequence.
- COUNTABLECapable of being counted; having a quantity.
- COUNTABLYIn a countable manner; in a way that can be counted.
- COUNTDOWNA count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
- COUNTEROne who counts.
- COUNTERBLASTA work that strongly refutes or criticises another.
- COUNTERBLOWA blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
- COUNTERBOREA cylindrical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (such as a cap screw) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- COUNTERBUFFA buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
- COUNTERCOUPA coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup
- COUNTERFEITFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- COUNTERFLOWA flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions