All English words - page 1187

Meanings of Corruption:

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

Meanings of Corruptions:

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

Meanings of Corrupts:

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

Meanings of Corsage:

noun

A spray of flowers worn pinned to a woman's clothes.

Usage examples:

I ran down my list of things to get: got the flowers and corsages, got a ride, and got my outfit.

Meanings of Corsages:

noun

A spray of flowers worn pinned to a woman's clothes.

Usage examples:

I ran down my list of things to get: got the flowers and corsages, got a ride, and got my outfit.

Meanings of Corsair:

noun

A pirate.

Usage examples:

Reputations spread through any community, and the pirates and corsairs knew who they wanted to work…

Meanings of Corsairs:

noun

A pirate.

Usage examples:

Reputations spread through any community, and the pirates and corsairs knew who they wanted to work…

Meanings of Corse:

noun

A corpse.

Usage examples:

Is there meant to be a pun, do you think, on course and corse?

Meanings of Corselet:

noun

A piece of armour covering the trunk.

Usage examples:

Placed on the bench above each retainer, his crested helmet, his linked corselet and sturdy spear s…

Meanings of Corselets:

noun

A piece of armour covering the trunk.

Usage examples:

Placed on the bench above each retainer, his crested helmet, his linked corselet and sturdy spear s…

Meanings of Corselette:

noun

A woman's foundation garment combining corset and bra.

Usage examples:

They were also hybridized, with brassière tops being added to corsets to form the corselette, or at…

Meanings of Corses:

noun

A corpse.

Usage examples:

Is there meant to be a pun, do you think, on course and corse?

Meanings of Corset:

noun

A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.

Usage examples:

Fashion in clothes often influences body shape - witness the corset and the wasp waist.

Meanings of Corsetiere:

noun

A woman who makes or fits corsets.

Usage examples:

During the late 1880s she made repeated visits to corsetières, corset wholesalers and dress stores;…

Meanings of Corsets:

noun

A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.

Usage examples:

Fashion in clothes often influences body shape - witness the corset and the wasp waist.

Meanings of Corsican:

adjective

Relating to corsica, its people, or their language.

Usage examples:

There is also fierce opposition to obligatory teaching of the corsican language.

noun

A native or inhabitant of corsica.

Usage examples:

Actually, the corsicans think that the british, because they are islanders, too, are similar to them.

Meanings of Corso:

noun

(in italy and some other mediterranean countries) a social promenade.

Meanings of Corsos:

noun

(in italy and some other mediterranean countries) a social promenade.

Meanings of Cortege:

noun

A solemn procession, especially for a funeral.

Usage examples:

A funeral cortège

Meanings of Corteges:

noun

A solemn procession, especially for a funeral.

Usage examples:

A funeral cortège

Meanings of Cortes:

proper noun

The legislative assembly of spain and formerly of portugal.

Meanings of Cortex:

noun

The outer layer of the cerebrum (the cerebral cortex ), composed of folded grey matter and playing an important role in consciousness.

Meanings of Cortexes:

noun

The outer part of the adrenal gland

Meanings of Cortez:

proper noun

(1485–1547), first of the spanish conquistadores. cortés overthrew the aztec empire, conquering its capital, tenochtitlán, in 1519 and deposing the emperor, montezuma. in 1521 he destroyed tenochtitlán completely and established mexico city as the new capital of mexico (then called new spain).

Meanings of Cortical:

adjective

Relating to the outer layer of the cerebrum.

Usage examples:

The imaging of the brain showed cortical atrophy