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Cocktail TablenounMWElow table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are servedverified
Coco De MacaonounMWEtall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverified
Cocoanutnounlarge hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milkverified
Coconutnounlarge hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milkverified
Cocoswoodnounwood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinetsverified
Cocozellenounsquash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellowverified
Cocuswoodnounwood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinetsverified
codenounSystem of communication in which arbitrary groups of letters, numbers, or symbols represent units of plain text of varying length.Data
Code BooknounMWEDocument containing plain text and code equivalents in a systematic arrangement, or a technique of machine encryption using a word substitution technique.ArtifactRestrictedCUI
Code GroupnounMWEGroup of letters, numbers, or both in a code system used to represent a plain text word, phrase, or sentence.DataRegulatedCUI
Code of BehaviornounMWEa set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular groupverified
Code of ConductnounMWEa set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular groupverified
Code VocabularynounMWESet of plain text words, numerals, phrases, or sentences for which code equivalents are assigned in a code system.Artifact
Codefendantnouna defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single actionverified
Codernouna person who designs, writes, edits, and/or tests source code for computer programsverified
Codetalkernouna secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native languageverified
coding standardnounMWEA set of standards and guidelines which are/should be used when writing the source code for a program.RequirementIP
Coding SystemnounMWEa system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messagesverified
Codlins-And-Creamnounplant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leavesverified
Codonnouna specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acidverified
Coefficientnouna constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristicverified
Coefficient of AbsorptionnounMWEa measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substanceverified
Coefficient of ConcordancenounMWEa coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of thingsverified
Coefficient of DragnounMWEthe ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the bodyverified
Coefficient of ElasticitynounMWE(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic bodyverified
Coefficient of ExpansionnounMWEthe fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressureverified
Coefficient of FrictionnounMWEthe ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surfaceverified
Coefficient of ReflectionnounMWEthe fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surfaceverified
Coefficient of Self InductionnounMWEthe ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henriesverified
Coefficient of ViscositynounMWEa measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied forceverified
Coelacanthnounfish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africaverified
Coelenteratenounradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structuresverified
Coelogynenounany of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowersverified
Coelomnouna cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavityverified
Coelostatnounoptical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescopeverified
Coenzymenouna small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymesverified
Coenzyme QnounMWEany of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respirationverified