Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
Coelum (n.) See Body cavity, under Body.
Coemption (n.) The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
Coendoo (n.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.
Coenenchym (n.) Alt. of Coenenchyma
Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.
Coenesthesis (n.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.
Coenobite (n.) See Cenobite.
Coenoecium (n.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.
Coenogamy (n.) The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
Coenosarc (n.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.
Coenurus (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
Coequal (a.) Being on an equality in rank or power.
Coequal (n.) One who is on an equality with another.
Coequality (n.) The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
Coequally (adv.) With coequality.
Coerced (imp. & p. p.) of Coerce
Coercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coerce
Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Coerce (v. t.) To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.
Coerce (v. t.) To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
Coercible (a.) Capable of being coerced.
Coercion (n.) The act or process of coercing.
Coercion (n.) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
Coercitive (a.) Coercive.
Coercive (a.) Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
Coerulignone (n.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.
Coessential (a.) Partaking of the same essence.
Coessentiality (n.) Participation of the same essence.
Coestablishment (n.) Joint establishment.
Coestate (n.) Joint estate.
Coetanean (n.) A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.
Coetaneous (a.) Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
Coeternal (a.) Equally eternal.
Coeternity (n.) Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
Coeval (n.) Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
Coeval (n.) One of the same age; a contemporary.
Coevous (a.) Coeval
Coexecutor (n.) A joint executor.
Coexecutrix (n.) A joint executrix.
Coexisted (imp. & p. p.) of Coexist
Coexisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coexist
Coexist (v. i.) To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.
Coexistence (n.) Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Coexistent (a.) Existing at the same time with another.
Coexistent (n.) That which coexists with another.
Coexisting (a.) Coexistent.
Coextended (imp. & p. p.) of Coextend
Coextending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coextend
Coextend (v. t.) To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
Coextension (n.) The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
Coextensive (a.) Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
Coffee (n.) The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
Coffee (n.) The coffee tree.
Coffee (n.) The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
Coffeehouse (n.) A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
Coffeeman (n.) One who keeps a coffeehouse.
Coffeepot (n.) A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.
Coffeeroom (n.) A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
Coffer (n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
Coffer (v. t.) To put into a coffer.
Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
Coffer (v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
Cofferer (n.) One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
Cofferwork (n.) Rubblework faced with stone.
Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
Coffin (n.) A basket.
Coffin (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
Coffin (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
Coffined (imp. & p. p.) of Coffin
Coffining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coffin
Coffin (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Coffinless (a.) Having no coffin.
Coffle (n.) A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
Cogged (imp. & p. p.) of Cog
Cogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cog
Cog (v. t.) To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.
Cog (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
Cog (n.) A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
Cog (n.) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.
Cog (n.) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
Cog (n.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Cog (v. t.) To furnish with a cog or cogs.
Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.
Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Cogenial (a.) Congenial.
Cogent (p. a.) Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.
Cogent (p. a.) Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
Cogently (adv.) In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
Cogger (n.) A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
Coggery (n.) Trick; deception.
Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.