The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.

Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation.

an expert in the use of cosmetics.

Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.

With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.

Belonging to cosmogony.

One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.

The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.

One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.

Of or pertaining to cosmography.

In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.

A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.

Worship paid to the world.

A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.

Of or pertaining to cosmology.

One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

The branch of science or philosophy dealing with the origin and nature of the universe as a whole. the branch of metaphysics speculating on the structure and nature of the most fundamental parts of the system of creation, such as space and time, the elements of bodies, the structure of the universe, the modifications of material things, causality, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature. the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and structure of the universe, including the evolution of its present observable structure, using the methods of observational astronomy as well as mathematical physics.

The art of measuring the world or the universe.

an astronaut; -- a term used by the Soviets and Russians.

Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.

The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.

See Cosmopolitan.

Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

Having the character of a cosmopolite.

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.

A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos diversifolius are among the best-known species; Cosmos caudatus, of the West Indies, is widely naturalized.

An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

Same as Pantheism.

Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.

A joint sovereign.

A thing (only in phrase below).

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.

Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

To treat as a pet; to fondle.

One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.

Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art.

The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.

determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit; as, a cost-plus government contract.

A rib of an animal or a human being.

Expense; cost.

Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.

Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

An apple, large and round like the head.

A costermonger.

Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

To search after lodes. See Costeaning.

The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Finely ribbed or costated.

One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.

An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.

Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebr/.

cost accounting.

Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

In a costive manner.

An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

Costing nothing.

The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.

A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.

An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections.

A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

an annual herb (Saussurea costus) of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs.

A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme.

One who is surety with another.

See Cozy.

A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.

The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.

To quote.

A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.

Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous.

One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.

A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.

Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.

Refuse wool.

A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.

Wearing a cothurn.

Same as Cothurn.

Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.

A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

A bird of the family Cotingid/, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

See Cottise.

See Cottised.

Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean.

A joint trustee.

An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.

A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.

A small house; a cot; a hut.

Set or covered with cottages.

Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic.

One who lives in a cottage.

A cottager; a cottier.

To fasten with a cotter.

a natural family of fish including the sculpins.

In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm.

A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.

Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.

Like a fish of the genus Cottus. A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.

A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.

To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.

A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.

Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony.

venomous semiaquatic snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of swamps in southern U.S.; -- called also water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin. It grows to a length of about 4 feet. The name refers to the whiteness of the lips and inside of the mouth.

Resembling cotton.

The seed of the cotton plant.

The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

See Cudweed.

a type of grunt (Haemulon melanurum) of warm Atlantic waters.

An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the Populus monilifera and Populus angustifolia of the Western United States.

Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.

A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire.

a genus of birds comprising the Old World quail.