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1,370 words match “CORD”

COEXTEND v.
To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree. According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest. Boyle. Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations Bentley.
COGITATE v.
uous thought; to think. He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon.
COHERENT a.
Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.] Instruct my daughter how she shall persever, That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove coherent. Shak.
COIR n. 2 definitions
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. Homans.
COLLOTYPE n.
m a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes s…
COLT REVOLVER n.
A revolver made according to a system using a patented revolving cylinder, holding six cartridges, patented by Samuel Colt, an American inventor, in 1835. With various modifications, it has for many years been the standard for the United States army.
COMMODE n.
A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion; as:
COMMODIOUSNESS n.
ess for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.
COMMONPLACE n.
ver fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.
COMPARATIVELY adv.
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott.
COMPARE v.
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "mos…
COMPLY v.
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton. They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson. He that complies agains…
COMPORT v.
To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke.
COMPOSITION n.
Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.
COMPOUND a.
tallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. -- Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometim…
COMPROMISE v.
To agree; to accord. [Obs.]
COMPTOGRAPH n.
A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum.
CONCEIT n.
Design; pattern. [Obs.] Shak. In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- To put [one] out conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.…
CONCENT n. 2 definitions
Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [Archaic.] Bacon. That undisturbed song of pure concent. Milton.
CONCENTUAL a.
Possesing harmony; accordant. [R.] Warton.
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