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  • English Word Comedian Definition A writer of comedy.
  • English Word Comedienne Definition A women who plays in comedy.
  • English Word Comedies Definition of Comedy
  • English Word Comedietta Definition A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
  • English Word Comedo Definition A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).
  • English Word Comedones Definition of Comedo
  • English Word Comedown Definition A downfall; an humiliation.
  • English Word Comedy Definition A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
  • English Word Comelily Definition In a suitable or becoming manner.
  • English Word Comeliness Definition The quality or state of being comely.
  • English Word Comely Definition Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.
  • English Word Comely Definition Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
  • English Word Comely Definition In a becoming manner.
  • English Word Comer Definition One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.
  • English Word Comes Definition The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.
  • English Word Comessation Definition A reveling; a rioting.
  • English Word Comestible Definition Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
  • English Word Comestible Definition Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.
  • English Word Comet Definition A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.
  • English Word Comet- seeker Definition A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.
  • English Word Comet-finder Definition Alt. of Comet- seeker
  • English Word Cometarium Definition An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.
  • English Word Cometary Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.
  • English Word Cometic Definition Relating to a comet.
  • English Word Cometographer Definition One who describes or writes about comets.
  • English Word Cometography Definition A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.
  • English Word Cometology Definition The department of astronomy relating to comets.
  • English Word Comfit Definition A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
  • English Word Comfit Definition To preserve dry with sugar.
  • English Word Comfiture Definition See Comfit, n.