<B>cosmopolis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a center of and for people of all the world, their ideas, art, and other cultural affairs; a cosmopolitan city. <BR> <I>Ex. The banker is boasting that he will make his beloved city by the bay into an international cosmopolis (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>cosmopolitan, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>belonging to all parts of the world; not limited to any one country or its inhabitants; widely spread. <BR> <I>Ex. Music is one of the most cosmopolitan of the arts.</I> (SYN) universal, international. <DD><B> 2. </B>free from national or local prejudices; feeling at home in any part of the world. <BR> <I>Ex. Diplomats and world travelers are usually cosmopolitan people. The artist's tastes were not provincial but cosmopolitan.</I> (SYN) urbane. <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with or characteristic of a cosmopolite. (SYN) worldly, mundane. <DD><B> 4. </B>widely distributed over the earth. <BR> <I>Ex. Certain plants and animals are cosmopolitan in their range.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who feels at home in any part of the world; cosmopolitan person or thing; cosmopolite. adv. <B>cosmopolitanly.</B> </DL>
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<B>cosmopolitanism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cosmopolitan character or quality. <DD><B> 2. </B>the belief that men are citizens of the world rather than of a single nation or area, having its theoretical basis in Stoic philosophy. </DL>
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<B>cosmopolitanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make cosmopolitan. </DL>
<A NAME="cosmopolite">
<B>cosmopolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cosmopolitan person. <BR> <I>Ex. All sorts of cosmopolites and notabilities stopped over, summered, wintered there (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an animal or a plant found in all or many parts of the world. </DL>
<B>cosmorama, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a peep show containing characteristic views of all parts of the world, seen through a lens by means of mirrors. </DL>
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<B>cosmoramic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to, or of the nature of, a cosmorama. </DL>
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<B>cosmos, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the universe thought of as an orderly, harmonious system. <BR> <I>Ex. Einstein was convinced that the cosmos is an orderly, continuous unity (Time).</I> (SYN) macrocosm. <DD><B> b. </B>any complete, harmonious system. (SYN) world. <DD><B> 2. </B>order; harmony. <DD><B> 3. </B>a tall, tropical American plant with showy flowers of many colors, that blooms in the fall or late summer. It belongs to the composite family. The cosmos has finely divided leaves and chiefly white, pink, purplish-red, or orange flowers. </DL>
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<B>cosmosphere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus to show the position of the earth with respect to fixed stars. </DL>
<A NAME="cosmotheism">
<B>cosmotheism, </B>noun. <B>=pantheism.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cosmotron">
<B>cosmotron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a nuclear accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, designed to produce protons with energy of over two billion electron volts. <BR> <I>Ex. The cosmotron ... thus achieved energies of 2.2 billion volts in June by speeding up protons to 177,000 miles a second (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
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<B>COSPAR</B> or <B>Cospar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Committee on Space Research (an organization established in 1958 for promoting international cooperation on space research). </DL>
<A NAME="cosponsor">
<B>co-sponsor, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a joint sponsor. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to support or sign (legislation, a charity, or other undertaking) as co-sponsor. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a resolution, initiated by the United States and co-sponsored by twenty other countries (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>coss, </B>noun. <B>=kos.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cossack">
<B>Cossack, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one of a Slavic people living on the steppes in southwestern Russia, noted as horsemen and cavalrymen, especially in czarist Russia. <DD><B> 2. </B>a winter-hardy variety of alfalfa that does not resist wilt. </DL>
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<B>Cossack asparagus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the starchy roots of cattails, eaten by the Cossacks of Russia. </DL>
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<B>Cossack post,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Military.) a group of four men on outguard duty, usually a noncommissioned officer and three privates. </DL>
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<B>cosset, </B>noun, verb, <B>-seted,</B> <B>-seting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a pet, especially a pet lamb. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to treat as a pet; pamper. <BR> <I>Ex. He had been cosseted by his grandparents all during his childhood.</I> (SYN) fondle, caress, pet, indulge, coddle. </DL>
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<B>cossette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thin slice, especially of sugar beet, cut in the manufacturing process. </DL>
<A NAME="cost">
<B>cost, </B>noun, verb, <B>cost,</B> <B>costing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the price paid or other amount demanded. <BR> <I>Ex. The cost of this watch was $10. Paper costs represent over 25 per cent of the average printing job (Time).</I> (SYN) charge, outlay, expense, expenditure. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a loss or sacrifice. <BR> <I>Ex. The poor fox escaped from the trap at the cost of a leg. The cost in lives was estimated at 214.</I> (SYN) detriment. <DD><B> 3. </B>outlay or expenditure of time, labor, trouble, or effort. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to be obtained at the price of; require. <BR> <I>Ex. The watch cost him $10.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>to cause the loss or sacrifice of (something valuable) or the consequence of (something painful or unpleasant). <BR> <I>Ex. His carelessness cost him his job. His refusal to testify cost him a month in jail.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to involve an outlay or expenditure of (time, trouble, effort or labor). <BR> <I>Ex. The school play had cost much time and effort. It cost me a month to organize the Community Chest drive.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) to estimate or fix the cost of (an article or piece of work). <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Especially British.) to fix or estimate cost, especially cost of producing goods. <BR> <I>Ex. Clerk wanted, able to cost.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at all costs</B> or <B>at any cost,</B> </I>regardless of expense; by all means; no matter what must be done. <BR> <I>Ex. We had to catch the next boat at all costs, or lose our last chance to escape.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>costs,</B> </I>the expenses of a lawsuit or case in court, whether fixed by law or granted by the court, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>those expenses which the law or the court awards to the successful party and against the losing party in a case. <BR> <I>Ex. That man was found guilty and had to pay a $1000 fine and $50 costs.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the fees paid or payable by a client to his attorney. <DD><B> c. </B>fees paid or payable to the court, such as the filing fee. adj. <B>costless.</B> </DL>
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<B>costa, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Anatomy.) a rib. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) a rib or primary vein; a midrib of a leaf or frond. <DD><B> 3. </B>a riblike part, as the anterior vein of an insect's wing or a ridge of a shell. </DL>
<A NAME="costaccountant">
<B>cost accountant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an accountant who specializes in cost accounting. </DL>
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<B>cost accounting,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any system of accounting that explains total cost by allocating and summarizing the individual costs of raw materials, labor, use of buildings, and other direct and indirect costs. <DD><B> 2. </B>the keeping of accounts for this purpose. </DL>
<A NAME="costae">
<B>costae, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>costa.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="costal">
<B>costal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Anatomy.) of or in the region of a rib or the ribs. <DD><B> 2. </B>bearing ribs. </DL>
<A NAME="costanoan">
<B>Costanoan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a linguistic stock of North American Indians in California. </DL>
<A NAME="costar">
<B>co-star, </B>noun, verb, <B>-starred,</B> <B>-starring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a leading actor, singer, or other performer who appears with another star in the same production. <BR> <I>Ex. He got along fine with his co-star, Margaret Leighton (Life).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to appear as a co-star (with). <BR> <I>Ex. He will probably co-star with Sir Laurence Olivier in ... Jean Anouilh's new play, "Becket" (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to present as a co-star or as co-stars. <BR> <I>Ex. The film co-starred two famous actors.</I> </DL>
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<B>costard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a variety of large English apple. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) (humorously) the head. </DL>
<A NAME="costarican">
<B>Costa Rican,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with Costa Rica or its people. <DD><B> 2. </B>a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica. </DL>
<A NAME="costate">
<B>costate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a rib or ribs. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) having one or more primary longitudinal veins or ribs, as a leaf. </DL>
<A NAME="costbenefit">
<B>cost-benefit, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or denoting an analysis or estimate of cost-effectiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. cost-benefit accountancy.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="costeffective">
<B>cost-effective, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> effective in terms of the relation of cost to anticipated benefits. <BR> <I>Ex. cost-effective spending.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="costeffectiveness">
<B>cost-effectiveness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the effectiveness of an operation or system in terms of the relation of its cost to the benefit anticipated from it. <BR> <I>Ex. In these days, cost-effectiveness has inevitably become the governing principle in all military estimates (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>costermonger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other produce or merchandise from a handcart or stand in the street. </DL>
