All English words - page 1189

Meanings of Corves:

noun

A wagon or large basket formerly used for bringing coal out of a mine.

Usage examples:

All workings here are contrived so that the full corves are put down an inclination and the empty o…

Meanings of Corvette:

noun

A small warship designed for convoy escort duty.

Usage examples:

The convoy's 64 ships were initially protected by one rcn destroyer and three corvettes; two additi…

Meanings of Corvettes:

noun

A small warship designed for convoy escort duty.

Usage examples:

The convoy's 64 ships were initially protected by one rcn destroyer and three corvettes; two additi…

Meanings of Corvina:

noun

A variety of wine grape native to the veneto region of north-eastern italy, used to make valpolicella and bardolino.

Usage examples:

It is made from a blend of late harvested and dried refosco, carmenere and corvina, making it sort …

Meanings of Corvinas:

noun

A marine food and game fish of the drum family, found on the pacific coasts of california and mexico and sometimes living in fresh water.

Usage examples:

Species to expect include various species of tuna, the odd billfish and in some areas, large inshor…

Meanings of Corvine:

adjective

Of or like a raven or crow, especially in colour.

Usage examples:

This attractive member of the corvine family

Meanings of Corvus:

proper noun

A small southern constellation (the crow or raven), south of virgo.

adjective

Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation corvus.

Usage examples:

The star gamma corvi

Meanings of Corybantiasm:

adjective

Wild; frenzied.

Usage examples:

Rock and roll's corybantic gyrations

Meanings of Corybantic:

adjective

Wild; frenzied.

Usage examples:

Rock and roll's corybantic gyrations

Meanings of Corydalis:

noun

A herbaceous plant with spurred tubular flowers, found in north temperate regions.

Usage examples:

Low-growirg ajuga grows between the corydalis and heucheras.

Meanings of Corymb:

noun

A flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head.

Usage examples:

This hybrid produces beautiful corymbs of white, pink-budded flowers

Meanings of Corymbs:

noun

A flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the flowers form a flat or slightly convex head.

Usage examples:

This hybrid produces beautiful corymbs of white, pink-budded flowers

Meanings of Corynebacteria:

noun

A bacterium which sometimes causes disease in humans and other animals, including diphtheria.

Usage examples:

Other organisms cultured in these various studies have included a few of highly questionable pathog…

Meanings of Corynebacterium:

noun

A bacterium which sometimes causes disease in humans and other animals, including diphtheria.

Usage examples:

Other organisms cultured in these various studies have included a few of highly questionable pathog…

Meanings of Coryphee:

noun

A leading dancer in a corps de ballet.

Usage examples:

Petipa was her champion: he cast her as nikiya in his la bayadère when she was still a coryphée in …

Meanings of Coryphees:

noun

A leading dancer in a corps de ballet.

Usage examples:

Petipa was her champion: he cast her as nikiya in his la bayadère when she was still a coryphée in …

Meanings of Coryza:

noun

Catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose, caused especially by a cold or by hay fever.

Usage examples:

A patient suffering from acute coryza

Meanings of Cos:

noun

A lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head.

Usage examples:

To start i had the greek salad of cos and oak leaf lettuce, red and yellow peppers, paper thin red …

abbreviation

Cosine.

conjunction

Because.

Usage examples:

I got quite upset, cos i'd worked so hard

Meanings of Cose:

noun

An intimate, friendly chat, a tête-à-tête; frequently with qualitative adjectives such as comfortable, delightful, pleasant, quiet, etc.

verb

To participate in an intimate or friendly chat.

Meanings of Cosec:

abbreviation

Cosecant.

Meanings of Cosecant:

noun

The ratio of the hypotenuse (in a right-angled triangle) to the side opposite an acute angle; the reciprocal of sine.

Usage examples:

The other angle, b has its tanglent equal to its cosecant (the reciprocal of the sine).

Meanings of Cosecants:

noun

The ratio of the hypotenuse (in a right-angled triangle) to the side opposite an acute angle; the reciprocal of sine.

Usage examples:

The other angle, b has its tanglent equal to its cosecant (the reciprocal of the sine).

Meanings of Coseismal:

adjective

Relating to or denoting points on the earth's surface affected by an earthquake simultaneously.

Usage examples:

The purpose of the coseismal curves based upon these records is in general two - fold.

noun

A line on a map connecting coseismal points.

Usage examples:

The rupture has declared itself in an unmistakable rift observable at the surface, and coseismals a…

Meanings of Coses:

noun

A lettuce of a variety with crisp narrow leaves that form a tall head.

Usage examples:

To start i had the greek salad of cos and oak leaf lettuce, red and yellow peppers, paper thin red …

abbreviation

Cosine.

conjunction

Because.

Usage examples:

I got quite upset, cos i'd worked so hard

Meanings of Coset:

noun

A set composed of all the products obtained by multiplying each element of a subgroup in turn by one particular element of the group containing the subgroup.

Usage examples:

Although euler's work is, of course, not stated in group theoretic terms he does provide an example…