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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

corn cake
noun baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland)

corn chamomile
field chamomile noun European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America

corn chip
noun thin piece of cornmeal dough fried

corn chowder
noun chowder containing corn

corn cockle
corn campion noun European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America

corn dab
corn dodger noun small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

corn dance
noun a rain dance of Amerindians

corn earworm
cotton bollworm noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

corn exchange
noun an exchange where grains are bought and sold

corn flake
noun crisp flake made from corn

corn fritter
noun fritter containing corn or corn kernels

corn gluten
noun gluten prepared from corn

corn gluten feed
noun a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten

corn lily
noun any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated

corn marigold
field marigold noun European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields

corn mint
field mint noun European mint naturalized in United States

corn muffin
noun cornbread muffin

corn oil
noun oil from the germs of corn grains

corn poppy
field poppy noun annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated

corn pudding
noun pudding made of corn and cream and egg

corn salad
noun a plant of the genus Valerianella

corn snake
red rat snake noun large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms

corn snow
noun granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing

corn speedwell
Veronica arvensis noun erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America

corn spurry
corn spurrey noun small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers

corn sugar
noun dextrose used as sweetening agent

corn syrup
noun syrup prepared from corn

corn whiskey
corn whisky noun whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

corn-fed
adjective strong and healthy but not sophisticated

Cornaceae
family Cornaceae noun a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia

cornbread
noun bread made primarily of cornmeal

corncob
noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn

corncrake
land rail noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

corncrib
noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn

cornea
noun transparent anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the lens and iris and is continuous with the sclera

corneal
adjective of or related to the cornea

corned
adjective (used especially of meat) cured in brine

corned beef hash
noun hash made with corned beef

Corneille
Pierre Corneille noun French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)

Cornelia Otis Skinner
noun United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)

cornelian cherry
Cornus mas noun deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit

Cornell
Ezra Cornell noun United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

Cornell
noun United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)

Cornell University
noun a university in Ithaca, New York

corneous
hornlike adjective made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

corner
street corner noun the intersection of two streets; `standing on the corner watching all the girls go by`

corner
noun an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; `a piano was in one corner of the room`

corner kick
noun a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line

corner man
noun a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor

corner pocket
noun a pocket at the corner of a billiard table

corner post
noun a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building

cornerback
noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers

cornerstone
noun a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

cornet
horn 1 trumpet noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

cornetfish
noun slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales

cornfield
corn field noun a field planted with corn

cornflower
bachelor`s button 1 bluebottle noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers

cornflower
noun plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried

cornhusk
noun the husk of an ear of corn

cornhusker
noun a worker who husks corn

cornhusking
noun the act of removing the husks from ears of corn

cornice
noun the topmost projecting part of an entablature

cornice
valance board noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

Cornish
adjective of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language

Cornish heath
Erica vagans noun bushy shrub having pink to white flowers; common on the moors of Cornwall and in southwestern Europe; cultivated elsewhere

Cornish pasty
noun meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables

Cornishman
noun a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall

Cornishwoman
noun a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall

cornmeal
Indian meal noun coarsely ground corn

cornpone
pone noun cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

cornsmut
corn smut noun a smut fungus attacking Indian corn

cornstalk
corn stalk noun the stalk of a corn plant

cornstarch
cornflour noun starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener

cornu
noun (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

Cornus
genus Cornus noun a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere

Cornus obliqua
noun shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel

Cornwall
noun a hilly county in southwestern England

Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis noun commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

corny
platitudinal adjective dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; `bromidic sermons`

Corokia
genus Corokia noun evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand

corolla
noun (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; `we cultivate the flower for its corolla`

corollary
noun (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

corona
noun a long cigar with blunt ends

Corona Borealis
noun a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules

corona discharge
corona 1 corposant noun an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

coronal suture
sutura coronalis noun the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull

coronary
adjective surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); `coronary arteries`

coronary artery
arteria coronaria noun the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart

coronary bypass
coronary bypass surgery noun open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart

coronary care unit
noun a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems

coronary insufficiency
cardiac insufficiency noun inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris

coronary occlusion
noun occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot

coronary sinus
sinus coronarius noun a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium

coronary thrombosis
coronary noun obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)

coronation
enthronement noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch

coroner
medical examiner noun a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

coronet
noun margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof

coroneted
highborn adjective belonging to the peerage; `the princess and her coroneted companions`; `the titled classes`

coronilla
noun any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels

coronion
noun the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible