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Coat HangernounMWEa hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments onverified
Coat-Of-Mail ShellnounMWEprimitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous platesverified
Coatingnouna decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)verified
Coattails EffectnounMWEin politics the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political partyverified
Cobalt BloomnounMWEa reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glassverified
Cobalt UltramarinenounMWEgreenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and aluminaverified
Cobbler's LastnounMWEholding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoesverified
Cobranounvenomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hoodverified
Coccidioidomycosisnounan infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodulesverified
Coccidiomycosisnounan infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodulesverified
Coccobacillusnouna bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillusverified
Cochleanounthe snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Cortiverified
Cock of the RocknounMWEtropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crestverified
Cock's EggsnounMWEweedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruitverified
Cockchafernounany of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adultverified
Cockleburnounburdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minorverified
Cockscombnounthe fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birdsverified
Cocksuckernouninsulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculousverified