the edible white meat of a coconut{3}; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
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A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.
A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
a squash plant having a dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.
Capable of being cooked.
Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.
Act of boiling.
one of the Titans.
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.
The liver of the common cod and allied species.
A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
A gatherer of cods or peas.
Lustful.
To parboil, or soften by boiling.
A gull in the plumage of its first year.
To serve as the nucleotide sequence directing the synthesis of a particular amino acid or sequence of amino acids in protein biosynthesis; as, this sequence of nucleotides encodes the hemoglobin alpha chain..
A process of discovering the content of an encoded message or the nature of a code{5}. The method used may be surreptitious, or may use sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques to discover the code.
A joint defendant.
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.
A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.
A book, especially an early form of book with pages stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a manuscript; as, a DaVinci codex.
A kind of fish. Same as Cod.
A miser or mean person.
Relating to a codex, or a code.
A clause added to a will.
Of the nature of a codicil.
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
One who codifies.
To reduce to a code, as laws.
The coarse tow of flax and hemp.
A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.
A codifier; a maker of codes.
See Coddle.
A young cod; also, a hake.
An apple fit to stew or coddle. An immature apple.
a plant of Europe and Asia (Epilobium hirsutum) having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; it was introduced into North America.
a sequence of three nucleotides in a genome or a DNA or messenger RNA molecule, which specifies the incorporation of one amino acid or is a stop signal, during the biosynthesis of proteins. Codons occur within the protein-coding segments of the DNA or RNA genome of living organisms. The amino acid sequence of proteins synthesized on ribosomes is thus determined by the sequence of the nucleotides in the genome.
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
See C/cilian.
An educating together, of different sexes or races; -- now used almost exclusively in reference to the education males and females together.
Joint efficacy.
Joint efficiency; cooperation.
That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
See Electron.
A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
Belonging to the C/lentera. One of the C/lentera.
A cavity.
Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.
any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne which may have clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; or emerald green flowers marked with blue-black.
Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
an optical instrument used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; it has a movable and a fixed mirror.
See Body cavity, under Body.
The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades prehensiles syn. Sphingurus prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.
The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.
Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.
a member of a religious order living in common. Same as Cenobite.
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living. Opposite of eremitic.
The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.
The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.
The larval stage of a tapeworm (T/nia c/nurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
Being on an equality in rank or power. One who is on an equality with another.
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
With coequality.
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Capable of being coerced.
The act or process of coercing.
Coercive.
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.
Partaking of the same essence.
Participation of the same essence.
Joint establishment.
Joint estate.
A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.
Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
Equally eternal.
Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
One of the same age; a contemporary.
Coeval
A joint executor.
A joint executrix.
To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.
Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Existing at the same time with another. That which coexists with another.
Coexistent.
To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
the genus comprising the coffee trees.
The /beans/ or /berries/ (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
an evergreen shrub of Western U.S. (Rhamnus californicus), bearing small red or black fruits; -- called also the California buckthorn.
a cake or sweet bread usually glazed after baking, and having added nuts and fruits; it is often served with coffee.
A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
One who keeps a coffeehouse.
A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.
A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
To put into a coffer.
A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
Rubblework faced with stone.
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Having no coffin.
A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
A small fishing boat.
The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Congenial.
Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.
In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
Trick; deception.
A cobblestone.
The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.
Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
Full of thought; thoughtful.
To think over; to plan.
The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
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