All English words - page 941

Meanings of Cornstone:

noun

A mottled red and green limestone characteristic of the old and the new red sandstone in britain.

Usage examples:

The bishops frome limestone and cornstones of the st maughans formation also have been used for thi…

Meanings of Cornucopia:

noun

A symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.

Usage examples:

These were decorated using stencils and bronze powders (which were less expensive than paints) with…

Meanings of Cornucopias:

noun

A symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.

Usage examples:

These were decorated using stencils and bronze powders (which were less expensive than paints) with…

Meanings of Cornus:

noun

A plant of a genus that comprises the dogwoods.

Usage examples:

This is cheap and easy to do with specimens such as berberis, buddleia, cornus, kerria, philadelphu…

Meanings of Cornuses:

noun

A plant of a genus that comprises the dogwoods.

Usage examples:

This is cheap and easy to do with specimens such as berberis, buddleia, cornus, kerria, philadelphu…

Meanings of Cornwall:

proper noun

A county occupying the extreme south-western peninsula of england; county town, truro.

Meanings of Corny:

adjective

Trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental.

Usage examples:

It sounds corny, but as soon as i saw her i knew she was the one

Meanings of Corodies:

noun

A pension or provision for maintenance, especially as given regularly by a religious house.

Usage examples:

A wealthy person could purchase a corrody, which provided for either care in the monastic community…

Meanings of Corolla:

noun

The petals of a flower, typically forming a whorl within the sepals and enclosing the reproductive organs.

Usage examples:

In addition, experimental flowers that matured a fruit (and therefore received a visit) had signifi…

Meanings of Corollaries:

noun

A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.

Usage examples:

For these angles, the contradiction used to prove the corollary does not arise.

adjective

Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

Usage examples:

The british journal new theatre quarterly has even run a series of articles discussing the theatric…

Meanings of Corollas:

noun

The petals of a flower, typically forming a whorl within the sepals and enclosing the reproductive organs.

Usage examples:

In addition, experimental flowers that matured a fruit (and therefore received a visit) had signifi…

Meanings of Coromandel:

noun

A fine-grained, greyish-brown ebony streaked with black, used in furniture.

Usage examples:

The frame is exceptionally fine; it looks like coromandel wood and the textured gray mat is obvious…

adjective

Denoting a form of oriental lacquerware with intaglio designs.

Meanings of Corona:

noun

A part of the body resembling or likened to a crown.

Usage examples:

The heart muscle has its own blood supply coming from a crown or corona of blood vessels that circl…

Meanings of Coronach:

noun

(in scotland or ireland) a funeral song.

Usage examples:

‘oh, there'll be plenty of that… but not if you play coronachs,’ said darien.

Meanings of Coronachs:

noun

(in scotland or ireland) a funeral song.

Usage examples:

‘oh, there'll be plenty of that… but not if you play coronachs,’ said darien.

Meanings of Coronae:

noun

A part of the body resembling or likened to a crown.

Usage examples:

The heart muscle has its own blood supply coming from a crown or corona of blood vessels that circl…

Meanings of Coronagraph:

noun

An instrument that blocks out light emitted by the sun's actual surface so that the corona can be observed.

Usage examples:

In other words, a coronagraph produces an artificial solar eclipse.

Meanings of Coronagraphic:

noun

An instrument that blocks out light emitted by the sun's actual surface so that the corona can be observed.

Usage examples:

In other words, a coronagraph produces an artificial solar eclipse.

Meanings of Coronary-thrombosis:

noun

An extremely dangerous medical condition in which the flow of blood to the heart is blocked by a blood clot (= a mass of blood)

Usage examples:

He's in the hospital after having a coronary last week.

Meanings of Coronas:

noun

A long, straight-sided cigar.

Meanings of Coronation:

noun

The ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.

Usage examples:

The queen's coronation

Meanings of Coronavirus:

noun

Any of a group of rna viruses that cause a variety of respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological diseases in humans and other animals.

Usage examples:

The greatest benefit appears to be in detecting rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and parainfluenza viru…

Meanings of Coroners:

noun

An official who holds inquests into violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths, and (in britain) inquiries into cases of treasure trove.

Usage examples:

The function of the coroner's inquest is to establish the cause of death, not to apportion blame.

Meanings of Coronets:

noun

A small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.

Usage examples:

Thus equipped, she was crowned, with all the trumpets sounding; and, though our account does not me…

Meanings of Coronoid:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a hooked projection of bone.

Usage examples:

Superior to the trochlea is another anterior depression called the coronoid fossa which receives pa…

noun

A slender bone forming part of the lower jaw in primitive vertebrates.

Usage examples:

These striations indicate where the dentary was overlapped medially by the coronoids.