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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Coextensionnounequality of extension or durationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cofactornouna substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given resultverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffeenounany of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee BarnounMWEa small restaurant where drinks and snacks are soldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee BeannounMWEa seed of the coffee treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee BerrynounMWEa seed of the coffee treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee BlightnounMWEa blight affecting the coffee plantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee BreaknounMWEa snack taken during a break in the work dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee CannounMWEa can for storing ground coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee CappuccinonounMWEequal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped creamverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee CreamnounMWEcream that has at least 18% butterfatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee CupnounMWEa cup from which coffee is drunkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee FernnounMWEevergreen fern of California and Baja CaliforniaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee FilternounMWEfilter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee groundsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee FungusnounMWEfungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plantsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee GrindernounMWEa mill that grinds roasted coffee beansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee GroundsnounMWEthe dregs remaining after brewing coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee LiqueurnounMWEcoffee-flavored liqueurverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee MakernounMWEa kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automaticallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee MillnounMWEa mill that grinds roasted coffee beansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee MugnounMWEa mug intended for serving coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee RingnounMWEring-shaped coffeecake with fruits or nuts and often icedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee RollnounMWEany of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glazeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee RosenounMWEtropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollasverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee RoyalnounMWEblack coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugarverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee SennanounMWEvery leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee ShopnounMWEa small restaurant where drinks and snacks are soldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee StallnounMWEa stand (usually movable) selling hot coffee and food (especially at night)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee SubstitutenounMWEa drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee TablenounMWElow table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are servedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee TreenounMWEany of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee UrnnounMWEan urn in which coffee is made and kept hotverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffee-Table BooknounMWEan elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee tableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffeecakenouna cake or sweet bread usually served with coffeeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffeehousenouna small restaurant where drinks and snacks are soldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffeepotnountall pot in which coffee is brewedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffernounan ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or domeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cofferdamnounlarge watertight chamber used for construction under waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coffin NailnounMWEfinely ground tobacco wrapped in paperverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cofoundernounone of a group of foundersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cog RailwaynounMWErailway for steep mountainsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cogencynounthe quality of being valid and rigorousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cogent EvidencenounMWEany factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cogitationnouna carefully considered thought about somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognate WordnounMWEa word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral languageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognationnounline of descent traced through the maternal side of the familyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognisancenounhaving knowledge ofverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitionnounthe psychological result of perception and learning and reasoningverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive AutomationnounMWEThe identification, assessment, and application of available machine learning algorithms for the purpose of leveraging domain knowledge and reasoning to further automate the machine learning already present in a manner that may be thought of as cognitive. With cognitive automation, the system performs corrective actions driven by knowledge of the underlying analytics tool itself, iterates its own automation approaches and algorithms for more expansive or more thorough analysis, and is thereby able to fulfill its purpose. The automation of the cognitive process refines itself and dynamically generates novel hypotheses that it can likewise assess against its existing corpus and other information resources.ProcessMay 18, 2026
Cognitive ComputingnounMWEComplex computational systems designed to — Sense (perceive the world and collect data); — Comprehend (analyze and understand the information collected); - Act (make informed decisions and provide guidance based on this analysis in an independent way); and — Adapt (adapt capabilities based on experience) in ways comparable to the human brain.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Cognitive ContentnounMWEthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive FactornounMWEsomething immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a resultverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive NeurosciencenounMWEthe branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomenaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive NeuroscientistnounMWEa cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomenaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive OperationnounMWE(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive ProcessnounMWE(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive PsychologynounMWEan approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive SciencenounMWEthe field of science concerned with cognitionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive ScientistnounMWEa scientist who studies cognitive processesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive SemanticsnounMWEthe branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaningverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognitive StatenounMWEthe state of a person's cognitive processesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognizancenounrange of what one can know or understandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognomennounthe name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognoscentenounan expert able to appreciate a fieldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognovit JudgementnounMWEa judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cognovit JudgmentnounMWEa judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cogwheelnouna toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohabitationnounthe act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Coherencenounlogical and orderly and consistent relation of partsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coherencynounlogical and orderly and consistent relation of partsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohesionnoun(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohesivenessnounthe state of cohering or sticking togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohonounfatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great LakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coho SalmonnounMWEfatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great LakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohoenounfatty, pinky, small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great LakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohortnouna band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohoshnouna plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohunenountropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohune FatnounMWEsemisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palmverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohune NutnounMWEnut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nutsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohune OilnounMWEsemisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palmverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cohune PalmnounMWEtropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coiffeurnouna man hairdresserverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coiffeusenouna woman hairdresserverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coignnounexpandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coignenounexpandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coil SpringnounMWEa spring in the shape of a coilverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin BanknounMWEa container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at homeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin BlanknounMWEa flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin BoxnounMWEthe part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin CollectingnounMWEthe collection and study of money (and coins in particular)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin CollectionnounMWEthe collection and study of money (and coins in particular)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin MachinenounMWEa machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slotverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin SilvernounMWEa silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coin SlotnounMWEa slot through which coins can be inserted into a slot machineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coinagenounthe act of inventing a word or phraseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coincidencenounan event that might have been arranged although it was really accidentalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coinernounsomeone who is a source of new words or new expressionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coinsurancenouninsurance issued jointly by two or more underwritersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coirnounstiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconutverifiedMay 18, 2026