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538 words match “JOINT”

COADJUVANCY n.
Joint help; coöperation. Sir T. Browne.
COAGENCY n.
Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.
COAPTATION n.
The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.
COARTICULATION n.
The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.
COBISHOP n.
A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.
CODEFENDANT n.
A joint defendant. Blackstone.
COEFFICACY n.
Joint efficacy.
COEFFICIENCY n.
Joint efficiency; coöperation. Glanvill.
COESTABLISHMENT n.
Joint establishment. Bp. Watson.
COESTATE n.
Joint estate. Smolett.
COEXECUTOR n.
A joint executor.
COEXECUTRIX n.
A joint executrix.
COFFIN n.
responding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.
COG n.
A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight.
COGUARDIAN n.
A joint guardian.
COHEIR n.
A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
COHEIRESS n.
A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
COHERALD n.
A joint herald.
COINHERITANCE n.
Joint inheritance.
COINSURANCE n.
Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance…
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