<B>copepod, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a group of tiny crustaceans found in both fresh and salt water and important as fish food. <DD><I>noun </I> a copepod crustacean. </DL>
<A NAME="copepodous">
<B>copepodous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to or characteristic of copepods. </DL>
<A NAME="coper">
<B>coper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a dealer, especially a horse dealer. </DL>
<A NAME="copernican">
<B>Copernican, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Copernicus or his system of astronomy. </DL>
<A NAME="copernicansystem">
<B>Copernican system,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a system of astronomy based on the now accepted theory developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473-1543, that the earth rotates on its axis and that the planets revolve around the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. In the Copernican system the sun was stationary at the center (Robert H. Baker).</I> </DL>
<B>copestone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the top stone of a wall or building. <DD><B> b. </B>a stone used for or in a coping. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the finishing touch; climax. (SYN) crown, completion. </DL>
<A NAME="copiable">
<B>copiable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be copied. </DL>
<A NAME="copier">
<B>copier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who copies; imitator. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who makes written copies; transcriber; copyist. <BR> <I>Ex. He supposed it [the text] to be corrupted by the copiers (Samuel Johnson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=copying machine.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="copilot">
<B>copilot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the assistant or second pilot in an aircraft. </DL>
<A NAME="coping">
<B>coping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the top layer of a brick or stone wall. It is usually built with a slope to shed water. </DL>
<A NAME="copingsaw">
<B>coping saw,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a narrow saw in a U-shaped frame, used to cut curves. </DL>
<A NAME="copious">
<B>copious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>more than enough; plentiful; abundant. <BR> <I>Ex. copious tears. There was a copious supply of wheat in the grain elevators.</I> (SYN) overflowing, ample. <DD><B> 2a. </B>containing much matter; full of information. <DD><B> b. </B>containing many words; profuse; diffuse. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) having or yielding an abundant supply. adv. <B>copiously.</B> noun <B>copiousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coplanar">
<B>coplanar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) (of points, lines, figures) situated in the same plane. A circle is a set of coplanar points. </DL>
<A NAME="coplanarity">
<B>coplanarity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or fact of being coplanar. </DL>
<A NAME="copolymer">
<B>copolymer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a compound formed by the polymerization of unlike compounds, each of which usually is able to polymerize alone. </DL>
<A NAME="copolymerize">
<B>copolymerize, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) to polymerize two or more unlike substances; change or be changed by a reaction in which two or more unlike molecules, each of which usually is able to polymerize alone, polymerize to form a complex molecule. <BR> <I>Ex. Styrene-butadiene rubber is made by copolymerizing styrene and butadiene (James S. Fritz).</I> noun <B>copolymerization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="copout">
<B>cop-out, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a backing out or quitting; an avoidance, evasion, or escape. <BR> <I>Ex. Addiction is a kind of "cop-out." Without heroin, there would be pain and uncertainty (Atlantic). "That was no strategy," one of them observed bitterly, "that was a cop-out" (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who backs out or quits. <BR> <I>Ex. The "flower children" have my vote as the cop-outs of the decade (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a plea of guilty to the lesser of several charges. <BR> <I>Ex. One goal is to do away with the need for a lengthy trial by producing a fast guilty plea--a "cop-out" (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="copped">
<B>copped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rising to a point; cone-shaped. <BR> <I>Ex. copped hills.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="copper">
<B>copper</B> (1), noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tough, reddish-brown, metallic chemical element which occurs in various ores. Copper resists rust and is easily shaped into thin sheets or fine wire. It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. <BR> <I>Ex. On account of its high electrical conductivity, copper finds its greatest utilization in the electrical industry (W. R. Jones).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something made of copper. <DD><B> 3. </B>a coin made of copper or bronze, especially a penny. <DD><B> 4. </B>a large boiler or caldron, originally made of copper but now usually of other materials. <DD><B> 5. </B>a reddish-brown color like that of polished copper. <DD><B> 6. </B>any one of various small butterflies with copper-colored wings, that can fly at great speed. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cover or coat with copper. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) (in the game of faro) to lay a copper coin or other token upon (a card) to indicate that the player bets against the card; bet against. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of copper. <BR> <I>Ex. a copper kettle.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>reddish-brown; copper-colored. <BR> <I>Ex. She had copper hair.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>coppers,</B> </I>the large boilers or cooking vessels on shipboard. <BR> <I>Ex. What can you expect from officers who boil their 'taters in the ship's coppers? (Frederick Marryat).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="copper">
<B>copper</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a policeman. </DL>
<A NAME="copperage">
<B>Copper Age,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the prehistoric period after the Stone Age in which implements of copper were first produced. <BR> <I>Ex. Bronze ... was not sufficiently superior to copper to enable the Bronze Age to greatly surpass the Copper Age (White and Renner).</I> </DL>
<B>copperas, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a compound of iron and sulfur which occurs in light-green crystals, used in making ink, in dyeing, in medicine as a disinfectant, in purifying water, and in photography; green vitriol. Copperas is a hydrated sulfate of iron. </DL>
<A NAME="copperbeech">
<B>copper beech,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cultivated variety of the beech tree of southern and central Europe, having purplish leaves. </DL>
<B>copper color,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lustrous, reddish-brown color. </DL>
<A NAME="coppercolored">
<B>copper-colored, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a lustrous, reddish-brown color. <BR> <I>Ex. a copper-colored sky at sunset.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="coppercyanide">
<B>copper cyanide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous, white or greenish powder used in electroplating. </DL>
<A NAME="copperglance">
<B>copper glance,</B> <B>=chalcocite.</B></DL>
<A NAME="copperhead">
<B>copperhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous snake of eastern North America; redeye. It has a copper-colored head and is related to the water moccasin and the rattlesnake. Copperheads grow to be about three feet long. <BR> <I>Ex. Copperheads have pretty copper-colored bands of irregular shape on their slender, graceful bodies that make them beautiful snakes (A. M. Winchester).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="copperhead">
<B>Copperhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a person in the North who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. </DL>
<A NAME="copperish">
<B>copperish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like copper; coppery. </DL>
<A NAME="coppernaphthenate">
<B>copper naphthenate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a greenish solid containing about 5 to 10 per cent copper, used in making wood preservatives and germicidal paint. </DL>
<B>copperplate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thin, flat piece of copper on which a design, writing, or the like, is engraved or etched. <DD><B> 2. </B>an engraving, picture, or print made from a copperplate. <DD><B> 3. </B>the copperplate printing or engraving process. <DD><B> 4. </B>Often, <B>Copperplate.</B> a style of cursive writing popular in Europe and America during the 1700's, characterized by lines of varying thickness; English Round Hand. </DL>
<A NAME="copperpyrites">
<B>copper pyrites,</B> <B>=chalcopyrite.</B></DL>
<A NAME="coppers">
<B>coppers, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>copper</B> (1). </DL>
<A NAME="coppersmith">
<B>coppersmith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who makes things out of copper. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bird, the crimson-breasted barbet of India, that utters a gong-like cry. </DL>
<A NAME="coppersulfate">
<B>copper sulfate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous, blue crystalline substance produced from copper, used as a dye, chemical reagent, preservative, etc.; blue vitriol. <BR> <I>Ex. Copper sulfate is effective only against algae, and does not injure fish if used at a low enough concentration (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="copperworm">
<B>copperworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shipworm. </DL>
<A NAME="coppery">
<B>coppery, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or containing copper. <DD><B> 2. </B>like copper. <BR> <I>Ex. a coppery sky at sunset.</I> </DL>
