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- English Word Cockroach Definition An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
- English Word Cockscomb Definition See Coxcomb.
- English Word Cockscomb Definition 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.
- English Word Cockshead Definition A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
- English Word Cockshut Definition A kind of net to catch woodcock.
- English Word Cockshy Definition 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.
- English Word Cockshy Definition An object at which stones are flung.
- English Word Cockspur Definition A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.
- English Word Cocksure Definition Perfectly safe.
- English Word Cocksure Definition Quite certain.
- English Word Cockswain Definition The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
- English Word Cocktail Definition A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
- English Word Cocktail Definition A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.
- English Word Cocktail Definition A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
- English Word Cocktail Definition A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
- English Word Cockup Definition A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
- English Word Cockweed Definition Peppergrass.
- English Word Cocky Definition Pert.
- English Word Cocleariform Definition Spoon-shaped.
- English Word Coco Definition Alt. of Coco palm
- English Word Coco palm Definition See Cocoa.
- English Word Cocoa Definition Alt. of Cocoa palm
- English Word Cocoa Definition 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.
- English Word Cocoa palm Definition 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.
- English Word Cocoanut Definition 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.
- English Word Cocobolas Definition 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.
- English Word Cocobolo Definition Alt. of Cocobolas
- English Word Cocoon Definition 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.
- English Word Cocoon Definition The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.
- English Word Cocoon Definition The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.