First Names Rhyming CORLENE
English Words Rhyming CORLENE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CORLENE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CORLENE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (orlene) - English Words That Ends with orlene:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (rlene) - English Words That Ends with rlene:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (lene) - English Words That Ends with lene:
| acetylene | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. |
| allylene | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. |
| amylene | noun (n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group. |
| butylene | noun (n.) Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable. |
| conylene | noun (n.) An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine. |
| cottolene | noun (n.) A product from cotton-seed, used as lard. |
| crotonylene | noun (n.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid. |
| diamylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene. |
| eikosylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal. |
| ethylene | noun (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. |
| gasolene | noun (n.) See Gasoline. |
| hellene | noun (n.) A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. |
| heptylene | noun (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene. |
| hexylene | noun (n.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene. |
| lene | noun (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). |
| | noun (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /). |
| | adjective (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing. |
| | adjective (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /). |
| | verb (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit. |
| melene | noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene. |
| melissylene | noun (n.) See Melene. |
| mesitylene | noun (n.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. |
| metaxylene | noun (n.) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid. |
| methylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene. |
| naphthalene | noun (n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline. |
| nonylene | noun (n.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series. |
| octylene | noun (n.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids. |
| orthoxylene | noun (n.) That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene. |
| oxymethylene | noun (n.) Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative. |
| paranaphthalene | noun (n.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. |
| paraselene | noun (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion. |
| paraxylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene. |
| pentamethylene | noun (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene. |
| phenylene | noun (n.) A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine. |
| philhellene | noun (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. |
| piperylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives. |
| propylene | noun (n.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene. |
| rhigolene | noun (n.) A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant. |
| rutylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially. |
| scalene | noun (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. |
| | adjective (a.) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. |
| silene | noun (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. |
| stelene | adjective (a.) Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. |
| styrolene | noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene. |
| tercellene | noun (n.) A small male hawk. |
| terpilene | noun (n.) A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene. |
| tetramethylene | noun (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives. |
| | noun (n.) Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene. |
| tetrylene | noun (n.) Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule. |
| thallene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence. |
| thiotolene | noun (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene. |
| toluylene | noun (n.) Same as Stilbene. |
| | noun (n.) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene. |
| tolylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives. |
| tridecatylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene. |
| trimethylene | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons. |
| tritylene | noun (n.) Propylene. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ene) - English Words That Ends with ene:
| abietene | noun (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. |
| achene | noun (n.) Alt. of Achenium |
| akene | noun (n.) Same as Achene. |
| alpigene | adjective (a.) Growing in Alpine regions. |
| amphigene | noun (n.) Leucite. |
| antenicene | adjective (a.) Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. |
| anthracene | noun (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. |
| arrasene | noun (n.) A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. |
| azobenzene | noun (n.) A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible. |
| analgene | noun (n.) A crystalline compound used as an antipyretic and analgesic, employed chiefly in rheumatism and neuralgia. It is a complex derivative of quinoline. |
| bene | noun (n.) See Benne. |
| | noun (n.) A prayer; boon. |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Ben |
| benzene | noun (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. |
| cacoxene | noun (n.) Alt. of Cacoxenite |
| cadene | noun (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. |
| cajuputene | noun (n.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput. |
| calymene | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age. |
| camphene | noun (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes. |
| cannabene | noun (n.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties. |
| carene | noun (n.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. |
| carvene | noun (n.) An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway. |
| cedrene | noun (n.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. |
| cerotene | noun (n.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin. |
| cetene | noun (n.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti. |
| chrysene | noun (n.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities. |
| cinnamene | noun (n.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene. |
| colophene | noun (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene. |
| conimene | noun (n.) Same as Olibene. |
| coryphene | noun (n.) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. (2) |
| cumene | noun (n.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol. |
| cymene | noun (n.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen. |
| cymogene | noun (n.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures. |
| damascene | noun (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or relating to Damascus. |
| | verb (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. |
| decene | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series. |
| disthene | noun (n.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite. |
| diterebene | noun (n.) See Colophene. |
| durene | noun (n.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor. |
| elaeoptene | noun (n.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. |
| elaoptene | noun (n.) See Elaeoptene. |
| eocene | noun (n.) The Eocene formation. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. |
| epicene | noun (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. |
| | noun (a. & n.) Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. |
| epicoene | adjective (a.) Epicene. |
| epigene | adjective (a.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found. |
| | adjective (a.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks. |
| essene | noun (n.) One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence. |
| ethene | noun (n.) Ethylene; olefiant gas. |
| ethidene | noun (n.) Ethylidene. |
| fluoranthene | noun (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C/H/, of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. |
| fluorene | noun (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially. |
| gangrene | noun (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. |
| gazogene | noun (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale. |
| grene | adjective (a.) Green. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CORLENE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (corlen) - Words That Begins with corlen:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (corle) - Words That Begins with corle:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (corl) - Words That Begins with corl:
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cor) - Words That Begins with cor:
| cor | noun (n.) A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. |
| cora | noun (n.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. |
| coracle | noun (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt. |
| coracoid | noun (n.) The coracoid bone or process. |
| | adjective (a.) Shaped like a crow's beak. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals. |
| corage | noun (n.) See Courage |
| coral | noun (n.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. |
| | noun (n.) The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. |
| | noun (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. |
| coraled | adjective (a.) Having coral; covered with coral. |
| corallaceous | adjective (a.) Like coral, or partaking of its qualities. |
| corallian | noun (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag. |
| coralliferous | adjective (a.) Containing or producing coral. |
| coralliform | adjective (a.) resembling coral in form. |
| coralligena | noun (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa. |
| coralligenous | adjective (a.) producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. |
| coralligerous | adjective (a.) Producing coral; coralliferous. |
| corallin | noun (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. |
| coralline | noun (n.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches. |
| | noun (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals. |
| | adjective (a.) Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone. |
| corallinite | noun (n.) A fossil coralline. |
| corallite | noun (n.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral. |
| | noun (n.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. |
| coralloid | adjective (a.) Having the form of coral; branching like coral. |
| coralloidal | adjective (a.) resembling coral; coralloid. |
| corallum | noun (n.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral. |
| coralwort | noun (n.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root. |
| coranach | noun (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. |
| corant | noun (n.) Alt. of Coranto |
| coranto | noun (n.) A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. |
| corb | noun (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf. |
| | noun (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel. |
| corban | noun (n.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow. |
| | noun (n.) An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited. |
| corbe | adjective (a.) Crooked. |
| corbell | noun (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. |
| | noun (n.) Small gabions. |
| corbel | noun (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. |
| | verb (v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. |
| corbie | noun (n.) Alt. of Corby |
| corby | noun (n.) The raven. |
| | noun (n.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. |
| corbiestep | noun (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep. |
| corchorus | noun (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens. |
| corcle | noun (n.) Alt. of Corcule |
| corcule | noun (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. |
| cord | noun (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. |
| | noun (n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line. |
| | noun (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. |
| | noun (n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal. |
| | noun (n.) See Chord. |
| | verb (v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment. |
| | verb (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Core |
| cording | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cord |
| cordage | noun (n.) Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes. |
| cordal | noun (n.) Same as Cordelle. |
| cordate | adjective (a.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf. |
| corded | adjective (a.) Bound or fastened with cords. |
| | adjective (a.) Piled in a form for measurement by the cord. |
| | adjective (a.) Made of cords. |
| | adjective (a.) Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface. |
| | adjective (a.) Bound about, or wound, with cords. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Cord |
| cordelier | noun (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans. |
| | noun (n.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris. |
| cordeling | adjective (a.) Twisting. |
| cordelle | noun (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel. |
| cordial | noun (n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. |
| | noun (n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial. |
| | noun (n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur. |
| | adjective (a.) Proceeding from the heart. |
| | adjective (a.) Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. |
| | adjective (a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. |
| cordiality | noun (n.) Relation to the heart. |
| | noun (n.) Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. |
| cordialness | noun (n.) Cordiality. |
| cordierite | noun (n.) See Iolite. |
| cordoform | adjective (a.) Heart-shaped. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CORLENE:
English Words which starts with 'cor' and ends with 'ene':
English Words which starts with 'co' and ends with 'ne':
| cobaltine | noun (n.) Alt. of Cobaltite |
| cobblestone | noun (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes. |
| cobstone | noun (n.) Cobblestone. |
| cocagne | noun (n.) An imaginary country of idleness and luxury. |
| | noun (n.) The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. |
| cocaine | noun (n.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. |
| codeine | noun (n.) 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. |
| coerulignone | noun (n.) 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. |
| coigne | noun (n.) A quoin. |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Coigny |
| colbertine | noun (n.) A kind of lace. |
| colchicine | noun (n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia. |
| collidine | noun (n.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids. |
| colline | noun (n.) A small hill or mount. |
| cologne | noun (n.) A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne. |
| colubrine | adjective (a.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber. |
| | adjective (a.) Like a snake; cunning; crafty. |
| columbine | noun (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America. |
| | noun (n.) The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. |
| comedienne | noun (n.) A women who plays in comedy. |
| commune | noun (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends. |
| | noun (n.) The commonalty; the common people. |
| | noun (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement. |
| | noun (n.) Absolute municipal self-government. |
| | verb (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. |
| | verb (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
| compline | noun (n.) Alt. of Complin |
| compone | adjective (a.) See Compony. |
| | adjective (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony. |
| | verb (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange. |
| conchinine | noun (n.) See Quinidine. |
| concubine | noun (n.) A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour. |
| | noun (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. |
| cone | noun (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex. |
| | noun (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form. |
| | noun (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base. |
| | noun (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form. |
| | verb (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels. |
| coneine | noun (n.) See Conine. |
| confine | noun (n.) Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural. |
| | noun (n.) Apartment; place of restraint; prison. |
| | verb (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. |
| | verb (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with. |
| conhydrine | noun (n.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine. |
| coniine | noun (n.) See Conine. |
| conine | noun (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2. |
| consigne | noun (n.) A countersign; a watchword. |
| | noun (n.) One who is orders to keep within certain limits. |
| contline | noun (n.) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. |
| | noun (n.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side. |
| conyrine | noun (n.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine. |
| copestone | noun (n.) A stone for coping. See Coping. |
| copplestone | noun (n.) A cobblestone. |
| coridine | noun (n.) A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. |
| corinne | noun (n.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. |
| corolline | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a corolla. |
| corrovaline | noun (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart. |
| corticine | noun (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber. |
| corvine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike. |
| cosine | noun (n.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. |
| cosmoline | noun (n.) 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. |
| cotarnine | noun (n.) 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. |
| countermine | noun (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. |
| | noun (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. |
| | verb (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine. |
| | verb (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. |
| counterpane | noun (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. |
| | noun (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart. |
| covelline | noun (n.) Alt. of Covellite |
| cowbane | noun (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock. |
