English Dictionary: coccus | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuminol \Cu"mi*nol\ (-n?l), n. [Cuminic + L. oleum.] A liquid, {C3H7.C6H4.CHO}, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also {cuminic aldehyde}. | |
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Cuminic \Cu*min"ic\ (k?-m?n"?k), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid. {Cuminic acid} (Chem.), white crystalline substance, {C3H7.C6H4.CO2H}, obtained from oil of caraway. | |
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Anthracene \An"thra*cene\, n. [Gr. [?] coal.] (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, {C6H4.C2H2.C6H4}, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also {anthracin}.] | |
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Anthraquinone \An`thra*qui"none\, n. [Anthracene + quinone.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C6H4.C2O2.C6H4}, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene. | |
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Cinnamyl \Cin"na*myl\, n. [Cinnamic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, {(C6H5.C2H2)2C}, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also {cinnamule}.] | |
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Cinnamone \Cin"na*mone\, n. [Cinnamic + -one.] A yellow crystalline substance, {(C6H5.C2H2)2CO}, the ketone of cinnamic acid. | |
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Cinnamon \Cin"na*mon\, n. [Heb. qinn[be]m[d3]n; cf. Gr. [?], [?], cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[be]j[d4] m[be]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of {Cinnamomum Zeylanicum}, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia. {Cinnamon stone} (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. {Oil of cinnamon}, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, {C6H5.C2H2.CHO}. {Wild cinnamon}. See {Canella}. | |
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d8Cacajeeo \[d8]Ca*ca*j[ee]o"\, n. [Pg.] (Zo[94]l) A South American short-tailed monkey ({Pithecia ([or] Brachyurus) melanocephala)}. [Written also {cacajo}.] | |
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d8Cachexia \[d8]Ca*chex"i*a\, Cachexy \Ca*chex"y\, n. [L. cachexia, Gr. kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle). | |
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d8Cachucha \[d8]Ca*chu"cha\, n. [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled {cachuca}.] The orchestra plays the cachucha. --Longfellow. | |
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Caseic \Ca"se*ic\, a. [Cf. F. cas[82]ique, fr. L. caseus cheese.] Of or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid. | |
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Caseose \Ca"se*ose\, n. [Casein + -ose.] (Physiol.Chem.) A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric and pancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen. | |
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Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. {Casein}.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. {Caseous degeneration}, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized. | |
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d8Proboscidifera \[d8]Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Proboscis}, and {-ferous}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of {Gastropoda}, and of {Winkle}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A subdivision of the t[91]nioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells ({Pyrula}), the helmet shells ({Cassis}), the tritons, and allied genera. | |
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Cassius \Cas"sius\, n. [From the name of the discoverer, A. Cassius, a German physician of the 17th centry.] A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called {Purple of Cassius}. | |
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Cassock \Cas"sock\, n. [F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin.] 1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform. 2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment. | |
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Caucus \Cau"cus\, n. [Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or ca[a3] cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus.] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. --John Adams's Diary [Feb., 1763]. | |
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Caucus \Cau"cus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caucused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caucusing}.] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. | |
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Cayugas \Ca*yu"gas\, n. pl.; sing. {Cayuga}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations. | |
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Cazique \Ca*zique"\, Cazic \Ca*zic"\, n. [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America. | |
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Cazique \Ca*zique"\, Cazic \Ca*zic"\, n. [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America. | |
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Xylylene \Xy"lyl*ene\, n. (Chem.) Any one of three metameric radicals, {CH2.C6H4.CH2}, derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as, xylylene alcohol. | |
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Uvitic \U*vit"ic\, a. [From L. uva a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {CH3C6H3(CO2H)2}, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid. | |
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, {CH3.C6H4.C3H7}, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also {paracymene}, and formerly {camphogen}. | |
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Toluic \To*lu"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, {CH3.C6H4.CO2H}, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively {orthotoluic} acid, {metatoluic} acid, and {paratoluic} acid. | |
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Propidene \Pro"pi*dene\, n. [Propyl + ethylidene.] (Chem.) The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.CH2.CH}, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also {propylidene}. | |
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Acetophenone \Ac`e*to*phe"none\, n. [Acetic + phenyl + one.] (Chem.) A crystalline ketone, {CH3COC6H5}, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of {hypnone}. | |
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Anisyl \An"i*syl\, n. (Org. Chem.) (a) The univalent radical, {CH3OC6H4}, of which anisol is the hydride. (b) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CH2}; as, anisyl alcohol. (c) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CO}, of anisic acid. | |
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Anisyl \An"i*syl\, n. (Org. Chem.) (a) The univalent radical, {CH3OC6H4}, of which anisol is the hydride. (b) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CH2}; as, anisyl alcohol. (c) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CO}, of anisic acid. | |
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Chassis \Chas"sis\, n. The under part of an automobile, consisting of the frame (on which the body is mounted) with the wheels and machinery. | |
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Chassis \Chas"sis\, n. [F. ch[acir]ssis.] (Mil.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See {Gun carriage}.] | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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Checkage \Check"age\, n. 1. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list. 2. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks. | |
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Chesses \Chess"es\, n. pl. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty.] (Mil.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. --Wilhelm. Note: A singular, chess, is sometimes used. [bd]Each chess consists of three planks.[b8] --Farrow. | |
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Chich \Chich\, n.; pl. {Chiches}. [F. chiche, pois chiche, a dwarf pea, from L. cicer the chick-pea.] (Bot.) The chick-pea. | |
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Chickasaws \Chick"a*saws\, n. pl.; sing. {Chickasaw}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory. | |
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d8Chose \[d8]Chose\, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. {Chose in possession}, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. {Chose local}, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. {Chose transitory}, a thing which is movable. --Cowell. Blount. | |
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Grenadillo \Gren`a*dil"lo\, n. [Sp. granadillo.] A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also {Grenada cocos}, or {cocus}, and {red ebony}. | |
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Cokes \Cokes\, n. [OE. Cf. {Coax}.] A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Cooky \Cook"y\, n.; pl. {Cookies}. [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds. | |
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Cossack \Cos"sack\ (k?s"s?k), n. [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz[amac]k.] One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. | |
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Cossas \Cos"sas\ (k?s"s?s), n. [F.] Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths. | |
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Cossic \Cos"sic\ (k?s"s?k), Cossical \Cos"sic*al\ (-s?-kal), a. [It. cossico. See 2d {Coss}.] Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [Obs.] [bd]Art of numbers cossical.[b8] --Digges (1579). | |
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Couscous \Cous"cous`\ (k??s"k??s`), n. A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also {lalo}. | |
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Couscousou \Cous`cou*sou"\ (k??s`k??-s??"), n. A favorite dish in Barbary. See {Couscous}. | |
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Cowquake \Cow"quake`\ (-kw[amac]k`), n. (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Briza}); quaking grass. | |
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Fire beetle \Fire" bee`tle\ (Zo[94]l.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle ({Pyrophorus noctilucus}), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also {cucujo}. The name is also applied to other species. See {Firefly}. | |
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Cuscus \Cus"cus\, n. [The same word as {Couscous}, fr. F. couscous couscous, Ar. kuskus.] (Bot.) A soft grass ({Pennisetum typhoideum}) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa. | |
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Cycas \Cy"cas\ (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn[91]us derives it from one of the [bd]obscure Greek words.[b8]] (Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago. | |
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Czechic \Czech"ic\ (ch?k"?k), a. Of or pertaining to the Czechs. [bd]One Czechic realm.[b8] --The Nation. | |
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Czechs \Czechs\ (ch?ks), n. pl.; sing. {Czech}. [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia. | |
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Cayucos, CA (CDP, FIPS 12132) Location: 35.43795 N, 120.88480 W Population (1990): 2960 (2133 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93430 | |
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Cheswick, PA (borough, FIPS 13392) Location: 40.54286 N, 79.80132 W Population (1990): 1971 (867 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15024 | |
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Chicago, IL (city, FIPS 14000) Location: 41.83705 N, 87.68497 W Population (1990): 2783726 (1133039 housing units) Area: 588.5 sq km (land), 17.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60644, 60647, 60648, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60654, 60657, 60660, 60661 | |
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Chickasaw, AL (city, FIPS 14392) Location: 30.77255 N, 88.08409 W Population (1990): 6649 (2992 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36611 Chickasaw, OH (village, FIPS 14156) Location: 40.43624 N, 84.49401 W Population (1990): 378 (120 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Chickasha, OK (city, FIPS 13950) Location: 35.04045 N, 97.95227 W Population (1990): 14988 (7054 housing units) Area: 35.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73018 | |
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Chugiak, AK Zip code(s): 99567 | |
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Cochise, AZ Zip code(s): 85606 | |
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Coxsackie, NY (village, FIPS 18718) Location: 42.35820 N, 73.80925 W Population (1990): 2789 (1245 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12051 | |
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Cusick, WA (town, FIPS 16340) Location: 48.33446 N, 117.29406 W Population (1990): 195 (92 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99119 | |
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