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copy·cat noun : a slavish imitator

copy·desk noun : the desk at which newspaper copy is edited

copy editor noun : one who edits newspaper copy and writes headlines; also : one who reads and corrects manuscript copy in a publishing house

copy·read·er noun : COPY EDITOR

1copyright noun : the sole right to reproduce, publish, and sell a literary or artistic work

2copyright verb : to secure a copyright on

copy·writ·er noun : a writer of advertising copy

co·quet or co·quette verb co·quet·ted; co·quet·ting : FLIRT

— co·quet·ry noun

co·quette noun [ORIGIN: F, fem. of coquet, flirtatious man, dim. of coq cock]

: FLIRT

co·quett·ish adjective : having the air or nature of a coquette

Synonyms

coy, demure, kittenish—more at COY

cor abbreviation corner

Cor abbreviation Corinthians

cor·a·cle noun [ORIGIN: W corwgl]

: a boat made of a frame covered usu. with hide or tarpaulin

cor·al noun 1 : a stony or horny material that forms the skeleton of colonies of tiny sea polyps and includes a red form used in jewelry; also : a coral-forming polyp or polyp colony

2 : a deep pink color

— coral adjective

coral snake noun : any of several venomous chiefly tropical New World snakes brilliantly banded in red, black, and yellow or white

cor·bel noun : a bracket-shaped architectural member that projects from a wall and supports a weight

1cord noun 1 : a usu. heavy string consisting of several strands woven or twisted together

2 : a long slender anatomical structure (as a tendon or nerve)

3 : a small flexible insulated electrical cable used to connect an appliance with a receptacle

4 : a cubic measure used esp. for firewood and equal to a stack 4×4×8 feet

5 : a rib or ridge on cloth

Synonyms

cable, lace, line, rope, string, wire; also guy, lanyard, stay

2cord verb 1 : to tie or furnish with a cord

2 : to pile (wood) in cords

cord·age noun : ROPES, CORDS; especially : ropes in the rigging of a ship

1cordial adjective [ORIGIN: ME, fr. ML cordialis, fr. L cord-, cor heart]

: warmly receptive or welcoming

— cor·dial·ly adverb

Synonyms

amicable, companionable, comradely, friendly, genial, hearty, neighborly, warm, warmhearted—more at FRIENDLY

affable, genial, gracious, hospitable, sociable—more at GRACIOUS

cor·di·al·i·ty noun : sincere affection and kindness

Synonyms

amity, benevolence, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness—more at GOODWILL

2cordial noun 1 : a stimulating medicine or drink

2 : LIQUEUR

cor·dil·le·ra noun [ORIGIN: Sp]

: a series of parallel mountain ranges

cord·less adjective : having no cord; especially : powered by a battery

— cord·less noun

cor·don noun 1 : an ornamental cord or ribbon

2 : an encircling line (as of troops or police)

— cordon verb

cor·do·van noun : a soft fine-grained leather

cor·du·roy noun, plural -roys : a heavy ribbed fabric; also, pl : trousers of this material

cord·wain·er noun : SHOEMAKER

1core noun 1 a : the central usu. inedible part of some fruits (as the apple)

b : an inmost part of something

2 : the essential meaning : GIST

3 : a central or most important part distinct from the enveloping part

Synonyms

[1b] crux, gist, heart, nub, pith, pivot—more at CRUX

[3] base, center, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat—more at CENTER

[3] body, bulk, generality, main, mass—more at BODY

2core verb cored; cor·ing : to take out the core of

— cor·er noun

CORE abbreviation Congress of Racial Equality

co·re·op·sis noun, plural coreopsis : any of a genus of widely cultivated composite herbs with showy often yellow flower heads

co·re·spon·dent noun : a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit

co·ri·an·der noun : an herb related to the carrot; also : its aromatic dried fruit used as a flavoring

Cor·in·thi·ans noun : either of two letters written by St. Paul to the Christians of Corinth and included as books in the New Testament