<B>codling</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a young or small cod. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=hake.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="codling">
<B>codling</B> or <B>codlin moth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small moth whose larvae destroy apples, pears, and other fruits. </DL>
<A NAME="codliveroil">
<B>cod-liver oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> oil extracted from the liver of cod or of related species, used in medicine as a source of vitamins A and D. </DL>
<A NAME="codon">
<B>codon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a sequence of three chemical units or bases forming the arrangement for a specific amino acid in protein synthesis and represented in the genetic code by a three-letter code word. <BR> <I>Ex. Codon after codon in the messenger RNA ... adds the attached appropriate amino acid in the right sequence to the growing protein molecule (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the three-letter code word. <BR> <I>Ex. Each of the 20 different amino acids ... is represented by one or more three-letter words, or codons (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="codpiece">
<B>codpiece, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a baglike flap at the front of tight-fitting breeches worn by men in the 1400's and 1500's. </DL>
<A NAME="codswallop">
<B>codswallop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) nonsense; rubbish. <BR> <I>Ex. The trite saying "the game's the thing" is so much codswallop (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="codwar">
<B>cod war,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a prolonged conflict between nations over fishing rights in territorial waters. <BR> <I>Ex. For the third time since World War II, Iceland and Britain are near blows in what citizens of both nations call the cod war (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coed">
<B>coed</B> or <B>co-ed, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a girl or woman student at a coeducational school. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=coeducational.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. a coed school.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coeducation">
<B>coeducation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the education of boys and girls or men and women together in the same school or classes. </DL>
<A NAME="coeducational">
<B>coeducational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>educating boys and girls or men and women together in the same school or classes. <BR> <I>Ex. a coeducational school.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>for both sexes. <BR> <I>Ex. The coeducational camp, in which boys and girls enjoy shared activities, is now no rarity (Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with coeducation. adv. <B>coeducationally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coeducationalism">
<B>coeducationalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the system or practice of coeducation. <DD><B> 2. </B>belief in coeducation. </DL>
<A NAME="coef">
<B>coef.</B> or <B>coeff.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coefficient. </DL>
<A NAME="coefficient">
<B>coefficient, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a number or symbol put with and multiplying another; cofactor. In <I>3x, 3</I> is the coefficient of <I>x,</I> and <I>x</I> is the coefficient of <I>3;</I> in <I>axy, a</I> is the coefficient of <I>xy.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Physics.) a ratio used as a multiplier to calculate the behavior of a substance under different conditions of heat, light, pressure, friction, or other physical conditions. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing that unites in action with something else in producing an effect or result; cooperating cause. <DD><I>adj. </I> cooperating. </DL>
<A NAME="coefficientofcorrelation">
<B>coefficient of correlation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics) <B>=correlation coefficient.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coelacanth">
<B>coelacanth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of an order of fishes having rounded scales and lobed fins, formerly considered extinct. A coelacanth is similar to the primitive sea vertebrates which gave rise to all land vertebrates. </DL>
<A NAME="coelacanthine">
<B>coelacanthine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a coelacanth or the coelacanths. </DL>
<A NAME="coelenterate">
<B>coelenterate, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a phylum of aquatic invertebrates with radially symmetrical, saclike bodies and a single internal cavity. Hydras, jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones are coelenterates. <DD><I>adj. </I> belonging to this phylum. </DL>
<A NAME="coelenteron">
<B>coelenteron, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tera.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the internal and digestive cavity of a coelenterate. </DL>
<A NAME="coeliac">
<B>coeliac, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or in the abdominal cavity. Also, <B>celiac.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coelodont">
<B>coelodont, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having hollow teeth, as certain lizards. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an extinct, woolly mammal, related to the rhinoceros, that lived in the vast prairies of Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene. <DD><B> 2. </B>any animal having hollow teeth. </DL>
<A NAME="coelom">
<B>coelom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the body cavity of most many-celled animals, developed within the mesoderm and different from the intestinal cavity. <BR> <I>Ex. A different type of body cavity, the coelom, exists in the starfishes ... and is present in all animals of greater complexity (Harbaugh and Goodrich).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>celom,</B> <B>coeloma,</B> <B>coelome.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="coeloma">
<B>coeloma, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mata.</B> =coelom.</DL>
<A NAME="coelomate">
<B>coelomate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having a coelom. <BR> <I>Ex. The earthworm ... is the traditional type with which students begin their study of coelomate animals (Betty I. Roots).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an animal having a coelom. </DL>
<A NAME="coelome">
<B>coelome, </B>noun. =coelom.</DL>
<A NAME="coelomic">
<B>coelomic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the coelom. <BR> <I>Ex. Circulation is aided by the movements of the coelomic fluid flowing in the cavity which lies between the intestine and the muscle layer (A. M. Winchester).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coelostat">
<B>coelostat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of telescope in which a reflected image of the sky is made to appear stationary by means of a mirror which revolves slowly by clockwork. </DL>
<A NAME="coemption">
<B>coemption, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the purchase of all of a given commodity in the market, in order to control its price. <DD><B> 2. </B>a form of civil marriage in Roman law consisting in a mutual fictitious sale of the two parties. </DL>
<A NAME="coenenchyma">
<B>coenenchyma, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mata.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common calcareous tissue uniting the individual polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan. </DL>
<A NAME="coenenchymal">
<B>coenenchymal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of coenenchyma. <BR> <I>Ex. coenenchymal tubes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coenesthesia">
<B>coenesthesia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) the total undifferentiated mass of impressions from all organic sensations occurring at the same time, by which one derives a sense of body and body condition. Also, <B>cenesthesia.</B> </DL>
<B>coenoby, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies.</B> =cenoby.</DL>
<A NAME="coenocyte">
<B>coenocyte, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei enclosed by a single cell wall, as in some green algae and many fungi. <BR> <I>Ex. Wall formation does not take place and therefore the fully grown cell, which may be half an inch long, has thousands of nuclei distributed within the cytoplasm, forming a large coenocyte (Fred W. Emerson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coenocytic">
<B>coenocytic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or containing coenocytes. <BR> <I>Ex. coenocytic algae.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coenosarc">
<B>coenosarc, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the common soft tissue which unites the individual polyps or zooids of a compound zoophyte, such as coral, and circulates food through the colony. </DL>
<A NAME="coenosarcal">
<B>coenosarcal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of coenosarc. </DL>
<A NAME="coenure">
<B>coenure, </B>noun. =coenurus.</DL>
<A NAME="coenurus">
<B>coenurus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stage in the life history of a tapeworm, in which many heads are asexually produced within a single cyst. In the brains of sheep, it causes staggers or gid. </DL>
<A NAME="coenzyme">
<B>coenzyme, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lightweight organic substance, usually containing a mineral or vitamin, capable of attaching itself to a specific protein (the apoenzyme) and supplementing it to form an active enzyme system. <BR> <I>Ex. A coenzyme is much smaller than an enzyme, ... is not a protein, and is usually resistant to breakdown by heat (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coenzymea">
<B>coenzyme A,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coenzyme important in the metabolism of organic acids in plants and animals. <BR> <I>Ex. Coenzyme A is essential to the oxidation of fatty acids (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coenzymeq">
<B>coenzyme Q,</B> =ubiquinone.</DL>
<A NAME="coequal">
<B>coequal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> equal in rank, degree, or extent. <DD><I>noun </I> a person or thing that is equal to another. adv. <B>coequally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coequality">
<B>coequality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being equal in rank, degree, or extent. <BR> <I>Ex. He cannot be admitted to coequality, social or political (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coerce">
<B>coerce, </B>transitive verb, <B>-erced,</B> <B>-ercing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to compel; force. <BR> <I>Ex. The prisoner was coerced into confessing to the crime. The boy was coerced into learning to dance.</I> (SYN) oblige. <DD><B> 2. </B>to control or restrain by force or authority. <BR> <I>Ex. The unruly crowd had to be coerced.</I> (SYN) constrain. <DD><B> 3. </B>to effect by compulsion. <BR> <I>Ex. to coerce obedience.</I> (SYN) enforce. noun <B>coercer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coercible">
<B>coercible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be coerced. <DD><B> 2. </B>compressible or condensable. <BR> <I>Ex. coercible gas.</I> </DL>
