<B>cookie sheet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flat piece of metal, usually with a lip in front, used for baking cookies or biscuits and for warming food in an oven. </DL>
<A NAME="cooking">
<B>cooking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of preparing foods for the table, usually by heating them until they are changed in flavor, tenderness, appearance, and chemical composition. Cooking develops flavor, and makes many foods more attractive in appearance. </DL>
<A NAME="cookout">
<B>cookout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a picnic or similar meal cooked outdoors on a grill or the like, and eaten outdoors. </DL>
<A NAME="cookshop">
<B>cookshop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a place where food is cooked and sold; small restaurant. </DL>
<A NAME="cookstour">
<B>Cook's tour,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a hasty and superficial tour; quick sightseeing trip. <BR> <I>Ex. Around the World in 80 Days--A Cook's tour [is] derived from the fantasy by Jules Verne (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any cursory survey or examination. <BR> <I>Ex. The term's course might involve, not a Cook's tour, but a concentrated study of ... some focal problem or issue (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cookstove">
<B>cookstove, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stove for cooking. </DL>
<A NAME="cooktop">
<B>cooktop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a flat metal or ceramic plate embedded with individual heating elements for cooking utensils. <BR> <I>Ex. Overall, considering the various cooking chores ceramic cooktops are used for, we'd estimate they require about 15 percent more energy than regular electric tops (Consumer Reports).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cookware">
<B>cookware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> articles used in cooking, such as bowls, pans, and spoons. </DL>
<A NAME="cooky">
<B>cooky, </B>noun, pl. <B>cookies.</B> =cookie.</DL>
<A NAME="cool">
<B>cool, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>somewhat cold; agreeably cold; more cold than hot. <BR> <I>Ex. a cool, cloudy day. The cool night bathes the world as with a river (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>allowing or giving a cool feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. a cool, thin dress for summer wear. Under the cool shade of a sycamore (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) not excited; calm; unemotional. <BR> <I>Ex. Every one kept cool when paper in the wastebasket caught fire. While she wept, and I strove to be cool (Tennyson).</I> (SYN) dispassionate. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) having little enthusiasm or interest; not cordial. <BR> <I>Ex. My former friend gave me a cool greeting. The Liberals' reception of the moves has remained cool (London Times).</I> (SYN) indifferent, lukewarm. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) bold or impudent in a calm way. <BR> <I>Ex. In a cool tone the student told the teacher that her test was unfair.</I> (SYN) audacious, outrageous. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) without exaggeration; no less than. <BR> <I>Ex. He said he had made a cool million dollars trading in stocks.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang.) admirable; excellent. <DD><B> 8. </B>(of colors) blue, green, or gray. <BR> <I>Ex. The cool colors are those between violet and green with a maximum coolness near a greenish blue (Matthew Luckiesh).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>not contaminated by radioactivity. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) characterized by a sophisticated, unemotional, and relaxed style, rendition, or technique. <BR> <I>Ex. Cool jazz shows a marked influence of classical music.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> (Slang.) in a cool way; coolly. <BR> <I>Ex. Charlotte says, "I just can't come on cool--I don't know why" (Maclean's).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something cool; a cool part, place, or time. <BR> <I>Ex. in the cool of the evening.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a moderate temperature; coolness. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) calm restraint; presence of mind. <BR> <I>Ex. I thought nothing could shock me any more. I maintained my cool (Saturday Review). The Mexican-American kept his cool in his own ghetto (Time). Sorry if I blew my cool, but it builds up and I have to let go sometimes (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) self-control. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make cool; give a feeling of coolness to. <BR> <I>Ex. Ice cools water. He was cooled by the shade of the apple tree.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to cause to lose enthusiasm or zeal; make less ardent; moderate. <BR> <I>Ex. Losing every bet cooled his interest in gambling.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become cool. <BR> <I>Ex. The ground cools off when the sun goes down.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to lose enthusiasm or zeal; become less ardent; become moderate. <BR> <I>Ex. His interest in flying cooled after he cracked up his plane. What makes her decide to give him up ... is not his cooling off nor his being already married (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to resume an ordinary mental balance after showing a fit of temper. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't talk to him now; wait until he cools down. It took him a while to cool off after the quarrel.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>cool it,</B> (Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to calm down. </I> <I>Ex. Simmer down! Cool it!</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to take it easy; relax. <BR> <I>Ex. I cooled it at a table for a while (Time).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to loosen up; be carefree. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys ... want to go out and cool it with the neighbor's daughters (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>cool one's heels.</B> </I>See under <B>heel</B> (1). <BR><I>expr. <B>cool out,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to relax (a race horse) after a race or exercise by leading him gently about. <DD><B> b. </B>to become relaxed in this manner. </I> <I>Ex. The trainer said that he "will wait to see how the filly cools out before deciding on her next race" (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>play it cool,</B> </I>(Slang.) to act unemotionally; affect complete reserve or detachment. <BR> <I>Ex. Contemporary realists play it too cool for words like confidence and sympathy, but, almost reluctantly, they seem to be ... in touch with life (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coolabah">
<B>coolabah</B> or <B>coolibah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of Australian eucalyptus, often found near water. </DL>
<A NAME="coolant">
<B>coolant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cooling substance, used to reduce heat in machinery. <BR> <I>Ex. Purified water under high pressure formed the primary coolant which extracted the heat from the thermal reactor (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cooler">
<B>cooler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>anything that cools. <DD><B> 2. </B>a container that cools foods or drinks, or keeps them cool. <DD><B> 3. </B>a cooling medicine or agent; refrigerant. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a prison or jail. <BR> <I>Ex. "Well, Mister, into the cooler," the cop said (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<B>Coolidge tube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tube for the generation of X rays by means of a cathode consisting of a spiral of tungsten heated to incandescence. </DL>
<A NAME="coolie">
<B>coolie, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an unskilled laborer in India or China. <BR> <I>Ex. In 1924 he was evicted and fled Peking disguised as a coolie (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a laborer who does hard work for very little pay. <DD><I>adj. </I> like that worn by a coolie. <BR> <I>Ex. a coolie hat or suit.</I> <DD> Also, <B>cooly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coolingoff">
<B>cooling-off, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> arranged or decreed for the purpose of calming down the parties in a quarrel or dispute and preparing for reasonable negotiations. <BR> <I>Ex. A "cooling-off" clause specified that a 30-day no-strike period should follow (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a cooling-off interval or period. <BR> <I>Ex. Some international diplomatic initiative may produce a cooling-off (William Beecher).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coolingtower">
<B>cooling tower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a structure in which waste steam or water from power plants is cooled for reuse. <BR> <I>Ex. The designer of a large cooling tower must ... know what the temperature of the water will be when it enters the tower and what temperature it should be when it leaves the tower (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coolish">
<B>coolish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rather cool. </DL>
<A NAME="coolly">
<B>coolly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a cool condition; with coolness. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) without emotion, excitement, or haste; calmly; collectedly. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) without fervor, enthusiasm, or friendly warmth; with an air of indifference. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) with calm and unabashed assurance. </DL>
<A NAME="coolness">
<B>coolness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being or feeling cool; cool quality or sensation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) freedom from excitement; calmness. <BR> <I>Ex. Only [his] coolness and tact averted a conflict (John Richard Green).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) lack of fervor or enthusiasm; absence of warmth or cordiality. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) calm and unabashed assurance. </DL>
<A NAME="coolth">
<B>coolth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being cool; coolness. <BR> <I>Ex. Other electronically active solids convert heat to electricity ... and still others change electricity to coolth (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cooly">
<B>cooly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B> =coolie.</DL>
<A NAME="coom">
<B>coom</B> (1), noun. =combe.</DL>
<A NAME="coom">
<B>coom</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>soot. <DD><B> 2. </B>grease from axles or bearings. </DL>
<A NAME="coomb">
<B>coomb, </B>noun. =combe.</DL>
<A NAME="coon">
<B>coon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=raccoon.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of the Whig Party in the United States from 1838 to 1844, when the raccoon was the party emblem. <BR><I>expr. <B>coon's age,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) a long time. <BR> <I>Ex. We had not seen the amount of cash mentioned as lost, in a coon's age (J. J. Hooper).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coonbear">
<B>coon bear,</B> =giant panda.</DL>
<A NAME="cooncan">
<B>cooncan, </B>noun. =conquian.</DL>
<A NAME="coonhound">
<B>coonhound, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a dog especially good at hunting raccoons. </DL>
<A NAME="coonskin">
<B>coonskin, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the skin of a raccoon, used for making caps, coats, mittens, or boots. <BR> <I>Ex. Because of the paucity of coonskins, he's using Australian rabbit, skunk, and even silver fox (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> made of coonskin. <BR> <I>Ex. a coonskin coat.</I> </DL>
