All English words - page 947

Meanings of Cotenant:

noun

One of two or more people, organizations, teams, etc. who share use of the same building as tenants (= people paying rent for use of a building)

Usage examples:

The jets have been co-tenants with the giants at the stadium since 1984.

Meanings of Coterie:

noun

A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.

Usage examples:

A coterie of friends and advisers

Meanings of Coterminous:

adjective

Having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.

Usage examples:

The coterminous borough and parliamentary constituency of blyth valley

Meanings of Cotes:

noun

A shelter for mammals or birds, especially pigeons.

Usage examples:

Now the council is looking at introducing pigeon cotes in the town centre, in which the birds will …

Meanings of Cotidal:

noun

A line on a map connecting points at which a tidal level, especially high tide, occurs simultaneously.

Meanings of Cotillions:

noun

An elaborate 18th-century french dance based on the contredanse.

Usage examples:

She brushed off his request to dance the second cotillion with him, using the graceful, courteous s…

Meanings of Cotise:

noun

A narrow band adjacent and parallel to an ordinary such as a bend or chevron.

Usage examples:

It makes sense, though my impression is that cotises are much narrower than shown in the maracon ba…

Meanings of Cotoneaster:

noun

A small-leaved shrub of the rose family, cultivated as a hedging plant or for its bright red berries which often remain on the plant throughout the winter.

Usage examples:

The holly was a sorry-looking stick planted in the centre of the lawn and the cotoneaster was a sma…

Meanings of Cotransduction:

noun

The process by which a virus carries more than one gene (= part of the dna of cells) from one bacterium to another at the same time

Usage examples:

Undoubtedly, viral co-transduction will find application not solely for delivery of larger genes.

Meanings of Cots:

abbreviation

Commercial off-the-shelf.

noun

A small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child.

Meanings of Cotswold:

noun

A sheep of a breed with fine wool, often used to produce cross-bred lambs.

adjective

Relating to the cotswolds.

Usage examples:

His autobiographical account of himself as a small boy growing up in an even smaller cotswold villa…

Meanings of Cotta:

noun

A short garment resembling a surplice, worn typically by catholic priests and servers.

Meanings of Cottage cheese:

noun

Soft, white cheese made from sour milk

Meanings of Cottaged:

verb

Perform homosexual acts in a public toilet.

Usage examples:

They said that at some point in their lives they've cottaged or cruised in parks

noun

A small house, typically one in the country.

Usage examples:

A holiday cottage

Meanings of Cottages:

noun

A small house, typically one in the country.

Usage examples:

A holiday cottage

verb

Perform homosexual acts in a public toilet.

Usage examples:

They said that at some point in their lives they've cottaged or cruised in parks

Meanings of Cottar:

noun

(in scotland and ireland) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour.

Usage examples:

He had also freeborn cottars and slaves to farm his land.

Meanings of Cotter:

noun

(in scotland and ireland) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour.

Usage examples:

He had also freeborn cottars and slaves to farm his land.

Meanings of Cotters:

noun

(in scotland and ireland) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour.

Meanings of Cottier:

noun

A rural labourer living in a cottage.

Usage examples:

The tenants, she noted, were a varied group, comprising farmers with large holdings, smallholders a…

Meanings of Cottise:

noun

A narrow band adjacent and parallel to an ordinary such as a bend or chevron.

Usage examples:

It makes sense, though my impression is that cotises are much narrower than shown in the maracon ba…

Meanings of Cotton on:

phrasal verb

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Meanings of Cotton-ball:

noun

A small ball of cotton fibres, used especially for cleaning the skin

Meanings of Cotton-on-to:

phrasal verb

To begin to understand a situation or fact

Usage examples:

I'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship.

Meanings of Cottoned:

noun

A soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing.

Usage examples:

A cargo of cotton and wheat

phrasal verb

To begin to understand a situation or fact

Usage examples:

I'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship.

Meanings of Cottonmouth:

noun

A large, dangerous semiaquatic pit viper that inhabits lowland swamps and waterways of the south-eastern us. when threatening it opens its mouth wide to display the white interior.

Usage examples:

Dogs bitten by any of texas' dangerous snakes, including rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads an…