First Names Rhyming CORNELIUS
English Words Rhyming CORNELIUS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CORNELƯUS AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CORNELƯUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (ornelius) - English Words That Ends with ornelius:
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (rnelius) - English Words That Ends with rnelius:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (nelius) - English Words That Ends with nelius:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (elius) - English Words That Ends with elius:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (lius) - English Words That Ends with lius:
| metanauplius | noun (n.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages. |
| nauplius | noun (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ius) - English Words That Ends with ius:
| aesculapius | noun (n.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. |
| antibacchius | noun (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#). |
| apocrisiarius | noun (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. |
| aquarius | noun (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East. |
| | noun (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus. |
| bacchius | noun (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short. |
| bathybius | noun (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. |
| cassius | noun (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius. |
| celsius | noun (n.) The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale. |
| chelidonius | noun (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm. |
| congius | noun (n.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts. |
| | noun (n.) A gallon, or four quarts. |
| denarius | noun (n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as. |
| dochmius | noun (n.) A foot of five syllables (usually / -- -/ -). |
| ericius | noun (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine. |
| esculapius | noun (n.) Same as Aesculapius. |
| gastrocnemius | noun (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg. |
| genius | noun (n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee. |
| | noun (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting. |
| | noun (n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language. |
| | noun (n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius. |
| | noun (n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius. |
| gladius | noun (n.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids. |
| gordius | noun (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs. |
| hyporadius | noun (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather. |
| internuncius | noun (n.) Internuncio. |
| medius | noun (n.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it. |
| modius | noun (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck. |
| nonius | noun (n.) A vernier. |
| nuncius | noun (n.) A messenger. |
| | noun (n.) The information communicated. |
| polygordius | noun (n.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva. |
| radius | noun (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere. |
| | noun (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla. |
| | noun (n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2. |
| | noun (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather. |
| | noun (n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates. |
| | noun (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument. |
| regius | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; royal. |
| retiarius | noun (n.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him. |
| sagittarius | noun (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer. |
| | noun (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow. |
| sardius | noun (n.) A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate. |
| sartorius | noun (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting. |
| serpentarius | noun (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus. |
| sirius | noun (n.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star. |
| splenius | noun (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck. |
| tarsius | noun (n.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier. |
| xiphius | noun (n.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CORNELƯUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (corneliu) - Words That Begins with corneliu:
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (corneli) - Words That Begins with corneli:
| cornelian | noun (n.) Same as Carnelian. |
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (cornel) - Words That Begins with cornel:
| cornel | noun (n.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries. |
| | noun (n.) Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (corne) - Words That Begins with corne:
| cornea | noun (n.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. |
| corneal | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the cornea. |
| cornemuse | noun (n.) A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. |
| corneocalcareous | adjective (a.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. |
| | adjective (a.) Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. |
| corneouss | adjective (a.) Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. |
| corner | noun (n.) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. |
| | noun (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner. |
| | noun (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. |
| | noun (n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. |
| | noun (n.) Direction; quarter. |
| | noun (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. |
| | noun (n.) A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line. |
| | verb (v. t.) To drive into a corner. |
| | verb (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument. |
| | verb (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum. |
| cornering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corner |
| cornercap | noun (n.) The chief ornament. |
| cornered | adjective (p. a.) 1 Having corners or angles. |
| | adjective (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Corner |
| cornet | noun (n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. |
| | noun (n.) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston. |
| | noun (n.) A certain organ stop or register. |
| | noun (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. |
| | noun (n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. |
| | noun (n.) The standard of such a troop. |
| | noun (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. |
| | noun (n.) A headdress |
| | noun (n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. |
| | noun (n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. |
| | noun (n.) See Coronet, 2. |
| cornetcy | noun (n.) The commission or rank of a cornet. |
| corneter | noun (n.) One who blows a cornet. |
| corneule | noun (n.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (corn) - Words That Begins with corn:
| corn | noun (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. |
| | noun (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. |
| | noun (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. |
| | noun (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. |
| | noun (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain. |
| | verb (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue. |
| | verb (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. |
| | verb (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. |
| | verb (v. t.) To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. |
| corning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corn |
| cornage | noun (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn. |
| cornamute | noun (n.) A cornemuse. |
| cornbind | noun (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. |
| corncob | noun (n.) The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. |
| corncrake | noun (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird. |
| corncrib | noun (n.) A crib for storing corn. |
| corncutter | noun (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle. |
| | noun (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn. |
| corndodger | noun (n.) A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. |
| cornfield | noun (n.) A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn. |
| cornfloor | noun (n.) A thrashing floor. |
| cornflower | noun (n.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields. |
| cornic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida). |
| cornice | noun (n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. |
| corniced | adjective (a.) Having a cornice. |
| cornicle | noun (n.) A little horn. |
| cornicular | noun (n.) A secretary or clerk. |
| corniculum | noun (n.) A small hornlike part or process. |
| corniferous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York. |
| cornific | adjective (a.) Producing horns; forming horn. |
| cornification | noun (n.) Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn. |
| cornified | adjective (a.) Converted into horn; horny. |
| corniform | adjective (a.) Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped. |
| cornigerous | adjective (a.) Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. |
| cornin | noun (n.) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid. |
| | noun (n.) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge. |
| corniplume | noun (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds. |
| cornish | noun (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. |
| cornist | noun (n.) A performer on the cornet or horn. |
| cornloft | noun (n.) A loft for corn; a granary. |
| cornmuse | noun (n.) A cornemuse. |
| cornopean | noun (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston. |
| cornsheller | noun (n.) A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob. |
| cornshuck | noun (n.) The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. |
| cornstalk | noun (n.) A stalk of Indian corn. |
| cornstarch | noun (n.) Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc. |
| cornu | noun (n.) A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. |
| cornucopia | noun (n.) The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. |
| cornute | adjective (a.) Alt. of Cornuted |
| | verb (v. t.) To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. |
| cornuted | adjective (a.) Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped. |
| | adjective (a.) Cuckolded. |
| cornuto | noun (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. |
| cornutor | noun (n.) A cuckold maker. |
| corny | adjective (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. |
| | adjective (a.) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. |
| | adjective (a.) Containing corn; tasting well of malt. |
| | adjective (a.) Tipsy. |
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 |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CORNELƯUS:
English Words which starts with 'corn' and ends with 'lius':
English Words which starts with 'cor' and ends with 'ius':
English Words which starts with 'co' and ends with 'us':
| cobaltiferous | adjective (a.) Containing cobalt. |
| cobaltous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence. |
| cocciferous | adjective (a.) Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants. |
| coccosteus | noun (n.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles. |
| cocculus indicus | noun (n.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant. |
| coccus | noun (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti). |
| | noun (n.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule. |
| coccygeous | adjective (a.) Coccygeal. |
| coelospermous | adjective (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed. |
| coenurus | noun (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid. |
| coetaneous | adjective (a.) Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous. |
| coevous | adjective (a.) Coeval |
| cognatus | noun (n.) A person connected through cognation. |
| coinstantaneous | adjective (a.) Happening at the same instant. |
| coleopterous | adjective (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera. |
| coleus | noun (n.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves. |
| collagenous | adjective (a.) Containing or resembling collagen. |
| collatitious | adjective (a.) Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. |
| colossus | noun (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. |
| | noun (n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size. |
| columbiferous | adjective (a.) Producing or containing columbium. |
| comatous | adjective (a.) Comatose. |
| combustious | adjective (a.) Inflammable. |
| commentitious | adjective (a.) Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion. |
| commodious | adjective (a.) Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. |
| compendiarious | adjective (a.) Short; compendious. |
| compendious | adjective (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. |
| complexus | noun (n.) A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication. |
| compositous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the Compositae; composite. |
| compsognathus | noun (n.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. |
| compunctious | adjective (a.) Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction. |
| conatus | noun (n.) A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. |
| concavous | adjective (a.) Concave. |
| conceptious | adjective (a.) Apt to conceive; fruitful. |
| conchiferous | adjective (a.) Producing or having shells. |
| conchylaceous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Conchyliaceous |
| conchyliaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. |
| conchylious | adjective (a.) Conchylaceous. |
| concinnous | adjective (a.) Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. |
| concolorous | adjective (a.) Of the same color throughout. |
| concupiscentious | adjective (a.) Concupiscent. |
| confervaceous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the confervae. |
| confervous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. |
| confus | adjective (a.) Confused, disturbed. |
| congenerous | adjective (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. |
| congenious | adjective (a.) Congeneric. |
| congruous | adjective (a.) Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. |
| coniferous | adjective (a.) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type. |
| connutritious | adjective (a.) Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. |
| consanguineous | adjective (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. |
| conscientious | adjective (a.) Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person. |
| | adjective (a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions. |
| conscious | adjective (a.) Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. |
| | adjective (a.) Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. |
| | adjective (a.) Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt. |
| consectaneous | adjective (a.) Following as a matter of course. |
| consensus | noun (n.) Agreement; accord; consent. |
| consentaneous | adjective (a.) Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. |
| consonous | adjective (a.) Agreeing in sound; symphonious. |
| conspectus | noun (n.) A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome. |
| conspicuous | adjective (a.) Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. |
| | adjective (a.) Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault. |
| contagious | adjective (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease. |
| | adjective (a.) Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air. |
| | adjective (a.) Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others. |
| contemporaneous | adjective (a.) Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. |
| contemptuous | adjective (a.) Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. |
| contentious | adjective (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. |
| | adjective (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. |
| | adjective (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. |
| conterminous | adjective (a.) Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. |
| conterraneous | adjective (a.) Of or belonging to the same country. |
| contiguous | adjective (a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. |
| continuous | adjective (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. |
| | adjective (a.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. |
| contrarious | adjective (a.) Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. |
| contumacious | adjective (a.) Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. |
| | adjective (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. |
| contumelious | adjective (a.) Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. |
| | adjective (a.) Shameful; disgraceful. |
| conus | noun (n.) A cone. |
| | noun (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4. |
| convicious | adjective (a.) Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. |
| convolvulaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples. |
| convolvulus | noun (n.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea. |
| copious | adjective (a.) Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. |
| coprophagous | adjective (a.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects. |
| coriaceous | adjective (a.) Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough. |
| | adjective (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment. |
| cormus | noun (n.) See Corm. |
| | noun (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached. |
| corollaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla. |
| corolliflorous | adjective (a.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral. |
| corpus | noun (n.) A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. |
| corpusculous | adjective (a.) Corpuscular. |
| corticiferous | adjective (a.) Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark. |
| | adjective (a.) Having a barklike c/nenchyms. |
| corticous | adjective (a.) Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose. |
| corymbiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit. |
| corypheus | noun (n.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. |
| costiferous | adjective (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae. |
| cotemporaneous | adjective (a.) Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. |
| coterminous | adjective (a.) Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with. |
| cothurnus | noun (n.) Same as Cothurn. |
| cottonous | adjective (a.) Resembling cotton. |
| cotyledonous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe. |
| cotyligerous | adjective (a.) Having cotyles. |
| courageous | adjective (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. |
| courteous | adjective (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. |
| couscous | noun (n.) A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo. |
| covenous | adjective (a.) See Covinous, and Covin. |
| covinous | adjective (a.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest. |
