Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 128
Cornish (n.) The dialect, or the
people, of
Cornist (n.) A performer on the cornet or horn.
Cornloft (n.) A loft for corn; a granary.
Cornmuse (n.) A cornemuse.
Corni di basseto (n. pl. ) of Corno di bassetto.
Corno di bassetto (n.) 巴塞管（英語：basset horn），是木管樂器的一種，屬單簧管家族，是一件中音域的樂器。A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.
Corni Inglesi (n. pl. ) of Corno Inglese
Corno Inglese (n.) 英國管是木管樂器，屬於雙簧管體系中的一種變種。它的前身極有可能是從古式狩獵雙簧管發展而成，18世紀前期，有人嘗試在狩獵雙簧管的底部加上一個球狀的喇叭口，便成為了現代英國管的雛型。
英國管即F調雙簧管、中音雙簧管，比雙簧管的音域低五度，音色比雙簧管濃郁而蒼涼。如德伏扎克的《新世界交響曲》第二樂章主題和西貝柳斯的交響詩《圖奧內拉的天鵝》都是以英國管來演奏。英國管不是管弦樂隊的基本樂器，只在表現特定情景時才用。
近似雙簧管，有憂鬱、夢幻且含蓄的情調。A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.
Cornopean (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.
Cornsheller (n.) A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.
Cornshuck (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
Cornstalk (n.) 穀類的稈；【英】高個子 A stalk of Indian corn.
Cornstalk (n.) The stalk of a corn plant [syn: {cornstalk}, {corn stalk}].
Cornstarch (n.) 【美】玉米澱粉 [U] Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
Cornstarch (n.) Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener [syn: {cornstarch}, {cornflour}].
Cornua (n. pl. ) of Cornu
Cornu (n.) A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
Cornua Ammonis (n. pl. ) of Cornu Ammonis.
Cornu Ammonis () A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
Cornucopias (n. pl. ) of Cornucopia.
Cornucopia (n.) The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
Cornucopia (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
Cornute (a.) Alt. of Cornuted.
Cornuted (a.) Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
Cornuted (a.) Cuckolded.
Cornute (v. t.) To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
Cornuto (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold.
Cornutor (n.) A cuckold maker.
Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
Corny (a.) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
Corny (a.) Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
Corny (a.) Tipsy.
Corocore (n.) A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.
Corody (n.) An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.
Corol (n.) A corolla.
Corolla (n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.
Corollaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
Corollaries (n. pl. ) of Corollary
Corollary (n.) That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.
Corollary (n.) Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
Corollate (a.) Alt. of Corollated.
Corollated (a.) Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
Corollet (n.) A floret in an aggregate flower.
Corollifloral (a.) Alt. of Corolliflorous.
Corolliflorous (a.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.
Corolline (a.) Of or pertaining to a corolla.
Coromandel (n.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.
Coronae (n. pl. ) of Corona.
Coronas (n. pl. ) of Corona.
Corona (n.) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
Corona (n.) (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
Corona (n.) (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
Corona (n.) (Zool.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
Corona (n.) (Astroomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
Corona (n.) (Bot.) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
Corona (n.) (Bot.) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
Corona (n.) (Meteorol.) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.
Corona (n.) (Meteorol.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. -- Fairholt.
Corona (n.) (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the pause or hold.
Corona (n.) The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse [syn: aureole, corona].
Corona (n.) (Botany) The trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower.
Corona (n.) An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge, corona, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, electric glow].
Corona (n.) One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
Corona (n.) (Anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape.
Corona (n.) A long cigar with blunt ends.
Corona, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 124966
Housing Units (2000): 39271
Land area (2000): 35.147098 sq. miles (91.030562 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.022597 sq. miles (0.058527 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 35.169695 sq. miles (91.089089 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16350
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.869998 N, 117.567783 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 91719 91720
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Corona, CA
Corona
Corona, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
Population (2000): 165
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 1.022275 sq. miles (2.647680 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.022275 sq. miles (2.647680 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17680
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.250498 N, 105.595475 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 88318
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Corona, NM
Corona
Corona, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 112
Housing Units (2000): 63
Land area (2000): 0.244176 sq. miles (0.632414 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.244176 sq. miles (0.632414 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13940
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.334033 N, 96.764419 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57227
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Corona, SD
Corona
Coronach (n.) See Coranach.
Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).
Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation.
Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.
Coronal (n.) A crown; wreath; garland.
Coronal (n.) The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
Coronamen (n.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.
Coronary (n.) A small bone in the foot of a horse.
Coronary (n.) 【解】冠狀動脈；冠狀靜脈 Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean {heart attack}.
Coronary (a.) 冠狀的；【解】冠狀動脈的；（不精確用法）心臟的 Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." -- Bp. Pearson.
The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. -- Sir T. Browne.
Coronary (a.) (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
Coronary (a.) Surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries".
Coronary (n.) Obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) [syn: {coronary thrombosis}, {coronary}].
Coronate (a.) Alt. of Coronated.
Coronated (a.) Having or wearing a crown.
Coronated (a.) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.
Coronated (a.) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
Coronated (a.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
Coronation (n.) 加冕典禮 [C] The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
Coronation (n.) The pomp or assembly at a coronation. -- Pope.
Coronation (n.) The ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture].
Coronation (n.) The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
Coronation (n.) [C] 加冕典禮 A ceremony at which a person is made king or queen.
Coronaviridae (n.) 冠状病毒科 Coronaviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. The viral genome is 26–32 kb in length. The particles are typically decorated with large (~20 nm), club- or petal-shaped surface projections (the “peplomers” or “spikes”), which in electron micrographs of spherical particles create an image reminiscent of the solar corona. Members of this family are thus referred to as coronaviruses.
Coronavirus (n.) 冠狀病毒（英語：Coronavirus）是一類RNA病毒的總稱 [1]。它們往往會感染哺乳動物和鳥類，例如引起牛和豬的消化道疾病或雞的上呼吸道疾病。冠狀病毒也會引起人類的呼吸道感染，一般而言症狀輕微，但有時具有致命性。有10~15% 的普通感冒由冠狀病毒引起。Coronaviruses Are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds that include diarrhea in cows and pigs, and upper respiratory disease in chickens. In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections, which are often mild, but are potentially lethal. There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs that are approved for prevention or treatment.
Coronel (n.) A colonel.
Coronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points.
Coroner (n.) An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred.
Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.
Coronet (n.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin.
Coronet (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
Coroneted (a.) Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.
Coroniform (a.) Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.
Coronilla (n.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.
Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.
Coronoid (a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
Coroun (v. & n.) Crown.
Corozo (n.) Alt. of Corosso.
Corosso (n.) The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
Corporace (n.) See Corporas.
Corporal (n.) (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
Corporal's guard, A detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons.
Lance corporal, An assistant corporal on private's pay. -- Farrow.
Ship's corporal (Naut.), A petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
Corporal (a.) Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil". -- Shak.
Pillories and other corporal infections. -- Milton.
Corporal punishment (law), Punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
Corporal (a.) Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. -- Milton.
A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. -- Latimer.
What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind. -- Shak.
Syn: Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal.
Usage: Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold. Corporal
Corporal (a.) Alt. of Corporale.
Corporale (a.) A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
Corporal oath, A solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.
Corporal (a.) Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic].
Corporal (a.) Possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind" -- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate].
Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines.
Corporal. () An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflicted on the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible.
Corporal, () In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry.
Corporal, (n.) A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder.
Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell, Our corporal heroically fell! Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl And said: "He hadn't very far to fall". Giacomo Smith
Corporalities (n. pl. ) of Corporality.