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Coagmentation

The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.

Coagulability

The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.

Coagulated

Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.

Coagulation

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

Coagulative

Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.

Coagulatory

Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects.

Coagulum

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

Coaita

The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. Ateles paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

Coak

To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.

Coal

To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

Coal-black

As black as coal; jet black; very black.

Coal-meter

A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.

Coalesce

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

Coalescence

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

Coalescent

Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Coalfish

The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. The cobia.

Coalgoose

The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

Coalite

To cause to unite or coalesce.

Coalition

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

Coalitionist

One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Coalmouse

A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coalsack

Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.

Coaltit Coletit

A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

Coaly

Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Coamings

Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.

Coannex

To annex with something else.

Coaptation

The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

Coarctate

Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Coarse-grained

Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Coarsely

In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.

Coarsen

To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.

coarsened

made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean inferior.

Coarseness

The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

Coast

To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

Coastal

Of or pertaining to a coast.

Coaster

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

Coasting

A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

Coastways Coastwise

By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm.

Coat

To cover with a coat or outer garment.

coatdress

a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front.

coated

covered with an outer layer or film; as, sugar-coated pills.

Coatee

A coat with short flaps.

Coati

A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, having a ringed tail but with a longer body, tail, and nose; -- called also coati mondi and coati mundi.

Coating

A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

Coatless

Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

coatroom

a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily; -- called also cloakroom.

coattail

the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist.

coattails

the influence of another person; the effect of association with another person; as, he was elected to office on the president's coattails.

coauthor

a writer who collaborates with others in writing something.

Coax

A simpleton; a dupe.

coaxing

p. pr. of coax; as, the boys' coaxing voices.

Cobaea Cobaea

A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. Cobaea scandens (called cup-and-saucer vine, monastery bells, or Mexican ivy) is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

Cobalt

A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co.

Cobaltic

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.

Cobaltite Cobaltine

A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.

Cobaltous

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.

Cobbing

Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2.

Cobble

To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes.

Cobblestone

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Cobby

Headstrong; obstinate.

Cobelligerent

A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Cobia

An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

Cobiron

An andiron with a knob at the top.

Coble

A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

Cobnut

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

Cobourg

A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.

Cobra

The cobra de capello.

Cobwall

A wall made of clay mixed with straw.

Cobweb

The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

Cobwebby

Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

Cobwork

Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

Coca

The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.

Cocagne

An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.

Cocaine

A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.

Cocainism

A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive use of cocaine.

Cocainize

To treat or an/sthetize with cocaine.

coccidioidomycosis

a disease of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.

coccidiosis

any of a group of infectious diseases caused by protozoan parasites (coccidia) of the order Coccidia, which infect the intestines of birds, dogs, and other vertebrates.

coccidium

any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates. It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a problem in poultry rearing.

Cocciferous

Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.

Coccinella

A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv/ feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.

Coccobacterium

One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.

coccoid

spherical; like a coccus; as, a coccoid microorganism.

Coccoidea

a superfamily of scale insects and mealybugs.

Coccolite

A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.

Coccolith

One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

Coccosphere

A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.

Coccosteus

An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.

Cocculus

a genus of climbing plants or shrubs.

Cocculus Indicus

The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.

Coccus

One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

Coccygeal

Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebr/.

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