English words starting with cor

Meanings of Cor:

exclamation

Expressing surprise, excitement, admiration, or alarm.

Usage examples:

Cor! that's a beautiful black eye you've got!

prefix

Variant spelling of com- assimilated before r (as in corrode, corrugate ).

abbreviation

Coroner.

Meanings of Cora:

noun

A member of an indigenous people of western mexico.

Usage examples:

In the past coras practiced polygyny, with a man marrying several sisters, but this practice is dyi…

adjective

Relating to the coras or their language.

Meanings of Coracle:

noun

(especially in wales and ireland) a small round boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, propelled with a paddle.

Usage examples:

The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.

Meanings of Coracles:

noun

(especially in wales and ireland) a small round boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, propelled with a paddle.

Usage examples:

The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.

Meanings of Coracobrachialis:

noun

A muscle attached to the shoulder blade (= the triangular bone on each side of the back)

Meanings of Coracoclavicular:

adjective

Relating to the coracoid process (= the outer part of the shoulder blade and the collar bone)

Usage examples:

The coracoclavicular ligament

Meanings of Coracoid:

noun

A short projection from the shoulder blade in mammals, to which part of the biceps is attached.

Usage examples:

On the lateral side of the superior border is a thick projection for muscle attachment, called the …

Meanings of Coracoids:

noun

A short projection from the shoulder blade in mammals, to which part of the biceps is attached.

Usage examples:

On the lateral side of the superior border is a thick projection for muscle attachment, called the …

Meanings of Coral:

noun

A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas.

Usage examples:

A coral reef

adjective

A very small ocean creature that often forms reefs

Meanings of Coralberries:

noun

An evergreen north american shrub of the honeysuckle family, which has fragrant white flowers followed by deep red berries.

Usage examples:

In the northeastern foothills, on relatively dry slopes, bur oak dominates above an understory of h…

Meanings of Coralberry:

noun

An evergreen north american shrub of the honeysuckle family, which has fragrant white flowers followed by deep red berries.

Usage examples:

In the northeastern foothills, on relatively dry slopes, bur oak dominates above an understory of h…

Meanings of Coralita:

noun

A pink-flowered climbing vine native to mexico and the caribbean, grown as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

Honeysuckle, jasmine and the rose veil of corallita spread their fragrance across the islands, whil…

Meanings of Corallian:

noun

Another term for oxfordian (sense 1 of the adjective).

Meanings of Coralline:

noun

A branching reddish seaweed with a calcareous jointed stem.

Usage examples:

Slope sediments consist of a medium-grained, bioclastic floatstone to rudstone with abundant bryozo…

adjective

Derived or formed from coral.

Usage examples:

The islands were volcanic rather than coralline in origin

Meanings of Corallita:

noun

A pink-flowered climbing vine native to mexico and the caribbean, grown as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

Honeysuckle, jasmine and the rose veil of corallita spread their fragrance across the islands, whil…

Meanings of Corallite:

noun

The cuplike calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp.

Usage examples:

If i were to look at photographs of the deep structure of this piece, i'd see down into the level o…

Meanings of Coralloid:

adjective

Resembling coral.

Usage examples:

The roots are dimorphic, normal and coralloid

Meanings of Coralroot:

noun

A leafless orchid which has inconspicuous flowers and lacks chlorophyll. it has a pale knobbly rhizome which obtains nourishment from decaying organic matter.

Usage examples:

An unexpected display of coralroot orchid near the trailhead was just the first of many stops along…

Meanings of Corals:

noun

A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas.

Usage examples:

A coral reef

Meanings of Corbeil:

noun

A representation in stone of a basket of flowers.

Usage examples:

Set of 6 very good corbeils in old weathered condition with traces of original red paint.

Meanings of Corbeille:

noun

An elegant basket of flowers or fruit.

Usage examples:

He ordered the corbeille from paris, and contained himself with what patience he could until it arr…

Meanings of Corbeilles:

noun

An elegant basket of flowers or fruit.

Usage examples:

He ordered the corbeille from paris, and contained himself with what patience he could until it arr…

Meanings of Corbeils:

noun

A representation in stone of a basket of flowers.

Usage examples:

Set of 6 very good corbeils in old weathered condition with traces of original red paint.

Meanings of Corbel:

noun

A projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it.

Usage examples:

Bradford planning authority could legitimately have insisted that for part of such a high-profile c…

verb

Support (a structure) on corbels.

Usage examples:

Courses of stone were corbelled out from the angles of the walls of the square

Meanings of Corbeled:

verb

Support (a structure) on corbels.

Usage examples:

Courses of stone were corbelled out from the angles of the walls of the square

adjective

(of a structure) supported on corbels.

Usage examples:

A very high corbelled vault

noun

A projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it.

Usage examples:

Bradford planning authority could legitimately have insisted that for part of such a high-profile c…