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English words: codex to coenobitical

300 English words, part 110 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words codex to coenobitical

  1. codex noun /ˈkəʊdɛks/: An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
  2. codfish noun: A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod).
  3. codfish aristocracy noun: New-money families who gained their wealth from cod fisheries.
  4. codfisher noun: One who fishes for cod.
  5. codfisherman noun: One who fishes for cod.
  6. codfishery noun: A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
  7. codfishing noun: Fishing for cod.
  8. codge verb: To patch or cobble together; to make hastily and carelessly.
  9. codger noun /ˈkɒd͡ʒə/: An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
  10. codger-hood noun: Alternative form of codgerhood.
  11. codgerhood noun: The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
  12. codgerly adjective: Like a codger; old and ill-tempered.
  13. codglove noun: A thick fingerless glove used in trimming hedges.
  14. codgy adjective: Old in age or mentality; hoary; stodgy.
  15. codhead noun: A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
  16. Codi proper noun: A unisex given name.
  17. codiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Codiaceae.
  18. codical adjective /ˈkəʊdɪkəl/: Of or pertaining to a code or codex
  19. codicil noun, verb /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/: An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
  20. codicillary adjective: Of or pertaining to a codicil.
  21. codicological adjective: Of or pertaining to codicology.
  22. codicologically adverb: In terms of codicology.
  23. codicologist noun: A person involved in codicology.
  24. codicology noun: The study of codices (early handwritten books).
  25. codictatorship noun: A joint dictatorship.
  26. codide noun: A codeine derivative, used in combination with a prefix such as chloro-
  27. Codie proper noun: A unisex given name transferred from the surname
  28. codifferential noun: The projected differential of an extensor field.
  29. codifferentiate verb: To undergo codifferentiation
  30. codifferentiation noun: The act or process of obtaining the codifferential of a function, or a function which obtains the codifferential
  31. codifiability noun: The ability to structure information or knowledge into a code, or set of rules; ability to codify.
  32. codifiable adjective: Capable of being codified.
  33. codification noun /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/: The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
  34. codificationist noun: A supporter of codification.
  35. codified adjective, verb: Organized; put in a systematic arrangement.
  36. codifier noun: One who or that which codifies.
  37. codify verb /ˈkəʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/: To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
  38. codifying noun, verb: A codification.
  39. codigest verb: To digest two or more materials (biodegradable feedstocks) at the same time
  40. codigested adjective, verb: digested by means of codigestion
  41. codigestion noun: The digestion of two or more materials at the same time
  42. codilla noun: The tow obtained from flax or hemp.
  43. codille noun: The winning of the majority of tricks in the game of ombre.
  44. codimension noun: The difference between the dimension of a space and the dimension of a given subspace of the first one.
  45. codimensional adjective: Relating to a codimension
  46. codimer noun: Any dimeric copolymer
  47. coding adjective, noun, verb /koʊdɪŋ/: The process of encoding or decoding.
  48. coding theory noun: The branch of mathematics dealing with the art of transmitting messages reliably over a noisy channel by adding redundancy to the message.
  49. coding time noun: The moment in time of an utterance or the writing of a message.
  50. Codington proper noun: A surname.
  51. codiniac noun: Quince marmalade.
  52. codiophyllous adjective: Synonym of dasyphyllous.
  53. codirect verb: To direct (an artistic work) with another person.
  54. codirection noun: The joint direction of a film, organization, venture, etc.
  55. codirectional adjective: Operating in the same direction
  56. codirectionally adverb: In a codirectional manner.
  57. codirector noun: Someone who directs something together with one or more other people.
  58. codiscover verb: To discover jointly with somebody else.
  59. codiscoverer noun: One who jointly makes a discovery.
  60. codiscovery noun: A discovery made by two or more people, especially such a discovery made independently.
  61. codisjoint adjective: Of two or more sets, having an union equal to the universal set.
  62. codispersal noun: simultaneous dispersal of two or more materials
  63. codisplay verb: To make multiple active sites of an enzyme (or enzymes) available simultaneously
  64. codissolve verb: To dissolve along with another substance
  65. codist noun: An expert in the codes of civil law.
  66. codistil verb: Distil simultaneously with another liquid.
  67. codistillation noun: The simultaneous distillation of two or more liquids
  68. codistribute verb: (of cellular components) to distribute, spread together
  69. codistributed adjective, verb: distributed along with another (species etc)
  70. codistribution noun: A distribution of two or more things at the same time
  71. codiverge verb: To diverge together
  72. codivergence noun: Mutual divergence.
  73. codivergent adjective: diverging together
  74. codiversification noun: The simultaneous diversification (evolution) of two species lineages (especially of a pathogen and its host)
  75. codiversify verb: To diversify simultaneously with another
  76. codivine adjective: Jointly divine.
  77. codivinity noun: Joint divinity; the quality of being codivine.
  78. codlemone noun: A pheromone produced by female codling moths with IUPAC name (8E,10E)-dodeca-8,10-dien-1-ol.
  79. codless adjective: Without cod (the fish).
  80. codlet noun /ˈkɒdlət/: Any fish from the family Bregmacerotidae, which resemble small cod.
  81. codlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cod (the fish).
  82. codlin noun: Alternative form of codling (“apple”).
  83. codlin moth noun: Alternative form of codling moth.
  84. codline noun: a small line made of eighteen threads, once used for cod fishing, and subsequently in place of rope for delicate work onboard ship
  85. codling noun, verb /ˈkɒdlɪŋ/: A young small cod.
  86. codling moth noun: A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit
  87. codlins and cream noun: Epilobium hirsutum, a water-loving willowherb native to Europe.
  88. codliver noun: Alternative form of cod liver.
  89. codliver oil noun: Alternative form of cod liver oil.
  90. codlock noun: Pholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
  91. codman noun: A fishing boat that fishes for cod; a fisherman on such a boat
  92. Codnor proper noun: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4149).
  93. codo noun: A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
  94. codocyte noun: A red blood cell with the appearance of a shooting target with a bullseye.
  95. codogenic adjective: Formed via the genetic code
  96. codology noun: Hoaxing, humbugging, bluffing, deception.
  97. codomain noun /ˌkoʊ.doʊˈmeɪn/: The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.
  98. codomestication noun: The domestication of multiple interacting species.
  99. codominance noun: A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.
  100. codominant adjective, noun /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/: Equally dominant.
  101. codominantly adverb: In a codominant manner
  102. codominate verb: To jointly dominate along with another
  103. codominated adjective: dominated equally by two or more things or people
  104. codon noun /ˈkəʊ.dɒn/: A handbell used for summoning monks.
  105. codonhexaster noun: A sponge spicule with six rays, terminated in anchor shapes.
  106. codonophoran noun: Any hydrozoan of the order Codonophora.
  107. codonopsis noun: Any plant, of the genus Codonopsis, the roots of which are used as a substitute for ginseng.
  108. codopant noun: Any of two or more dopants applied at the same time
  109. codoped adjective: doped along with another substance
  110. codoping noun: The doping of a semiconductor along with another substance
  111. codoxime noun: An opiate analogue, derived from hydrocodone, with antitussive effects.
  112. codpiece noun /ˈkɒdˌpiːs/: A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.
  113. codpieced adjective: Wearing, or fitted with, a codpiece.
  114. codrawer noun: A joint drawer of funds.
  115. Codrington proper noun: A hamlet in Dodington parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST726617).
  116. codrive verb: To drive (a vehicle, a project, etc.) jointly with somebody else.
  117. codriver noun: The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
  118. codrug noun: Two synergistic drugs chemically linked together, in order to improve the drug delivery properties (possibly by different mechanisms) of one or both drugs.
  119. cods wallop noun: Alternative form of codswallop.
  120. codskin noun: The skin of a cod, especially that which is cured as leather.
  121. codswallop interjection, noun /ˈkɒdzˌwɒl.əp/: Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
  122. codual adjective: complement dual.
  123. coduality noun: The property of being codual.
  124. codware noun: Pulses (edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants).
  125. codworm noun: The marine parasitic worm Lernaeocera branchialis
  126. cody noun: Alternative form of coady.
  127. codydramol noun: Alternative form of co-dydramol.
  128. COE adjective, noun: Initialism of code of ethics.
  129. coebang noun: Dated form of koban, former gold coin.
  130. Coeburn proper noun: A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
  131. coecal adjective: Alternative spelling of caecal.
  132. coecilian noun: Dated form of caecilian.
  133. coecum noun: Alternative form of caecum.
  134. coed adjective, noun: Alternative form of co-ed.
  135. coedit verb: To edit together.
  136. coedition noun: A joint edition.
  137. coeditor noun: One of two or more people serving together as editors of a work or project.
  138. coeditorship noun: The position or job of being a coeditor.
  139. coeducate verb: Alternative spelling of co-educate.
  140. coeducation noun: the education of male and female students in the same institution
  141. coeducational adjective: of or pertaining to coeducation
  142. coeducationalism noun: The policy of coeducation.
  143. coeducationalist noun: A proponent of coeducation.
  144. coeducationalize verb: To make coeducational.
  145. coeducationally adverb: In a coeducational manner.
  146. coeducator noun: One who co-educates.
  147. coef. noun: Abbreviation of coefficient.
  148. coeff. noun: Abbreviation of coefficient.
  149. coeffect noun: A joint effect
  150. coeffective adjective: effective within a cohomology
  151. coefficacy noun: Joint efficacy; an instance of things working together.
  152. coefficiency noun: joint efficiency; cooperation
  153. coefficient adjective, noun [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]: Cooperating.
  154. coefficient matrix noun: A matrix consisting of the coefficients of the variables in a set of linear equations. The matrix is used in solving systems of linear equations.
  155. coefficient of alienation noun: A numerical measure of the lack of relationship between variables.
  156. coefficient of determination noun: The proportion of the variation in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s), providing a measure of how well the observed...
  157. coefficient of friction noun: The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically...
  158. coefficient of nondetermination noun: Synonym of coefficient of alienation.
  159. coefficient of restitution noun: Ratio of the final to the initial relative velocity between two objects after they collide
  160. coefficient of thermal expansion noun: The fractional change in size of a material as it is heated through one degree
  161. coefficiently adverb: In a coefficient manner
  162. coefficientwise adjective, adverb: For each coefficient; with respect to coefficients.
  163. coehelminthic adjective: Relating to coelhelminths
  164. coehorn noun: A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two people.
  165. -coel prefix, suffix /ˈsiːl-/: A cavity.
  166. coelacanth noun /ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/: Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes–thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living...
  167. coelacanthic adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling a coelacanth
  168. coelacanthid noun: Any of the extinct coelacanth fish in the family Coelacanthidae.
  169. coelacanthiform noun: Any fish of the order Coelacanthiformes, most of which are now extinct
  170. coelacanthine adjective: Pertaining to, or having the properties of, a coelacanth (fish).
  171. coelacanthoid noun: Any extinct fish of the suborder †Coelacanthoidei
  172. coelacanthous adjective: Relating to coelacanths
  173. coelanaglyphic adjective /ˌsiːlænəˈɡlɪfɪk/: In the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface”).
  174. coelder noun: A joint elder; one who serves as elder with one or more others.
  175. -coele suffix: Alternative spelling of -coel.
  176. Coele-Syrian adjective, noun /ˌsiːliˈsɪɹi.ən/: Of or pertaining to Coele-Syria.
  177. coelectron noun: A positive free ion left behind when other electrons have joined onto other ions and become negative.
  178. coelectrophoresis noun: Electrophoresis of two samples in parallel.
  179. coelectrophoretic adjective: Relating to coelectrophoresis.
  180. coelectropolymerization noun: The electropolymerization of multiple monomers.
  181. coelectroporated adjective: electroporated by means of coelectroporation
  182. coelectroporation noun: The simultaneous electroporation of a marker and a vector
  183. coelenteramide noun: An aminopyrazine that is the oxyluciferin of coelenterazine
  184. coelenterate noun /sɪˈlɛn.tə.ɹət/: Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.
  185. coelenterazine noun: A luciferin found in many aquatic organisms.
  186. coelenteric adjective: Of or relating to the coelenteron.
  187. coelenteron noun: The body cavity of a coelenterate.
  188. coelevated adjective: elevated along with another
  189. coelhelminth noun: Any annelid of the phylum Coelhelminthes
  190. Coelho proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
  191. coelia noun: Alternative form of cœlia.
  192. coeliac adjective, noun /ˈsiːlɪæk/: Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
  193. coeliac disease noun: An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.
  194. coeliac-flux noun: chronic dysentery
  195. coeliac plexus noun: Alternative spelling of celiac plexus.
  196. coeliac sprue noun: Coeliac disease.
  197. coeliacomesenteric adjective: Alternative form of celiacomesenteric.
  198. coelibactin noun: A derivative of benzoxazole produced by Streptomyces coelicolor
  199. coelichelin noun: A peptide siderophore produced by Streptomyces coelicolor
  200. coeligenous adjective: born in the heavens
  201. coelin noun: Synonym of cerulean blue.
  202. coeline noun: Alternative spelling of coelin.
  203. coeliodynia noun: abdominal pain
  204. coelioscopy noun: Endoscopy of the abdomen.
  205. coeliotomy noun: A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as...
  206. Coello proper noun: A surname from Galician.
  207. coelo- prefix /ˈsiːloʊ-/: hollow; cavity; as
  208. coeloblast noun: Synonym of hypoblast.
  209. coeloblastic adjective: Relating to coeloblasts
  210. coeloblastula noun: A hollow blastula formed from blastomeres.
  211. coelocapitular adjective: Relating to the coelom and a capitulum
  212. coeloconic adjective, noun: Resembling a cone rising from a pit
  213. coeloconicum noun: A type of sensillum found in insects, including mosquitoes, ants, and centipedes, characterized by a peg or cone embedded within a pit, involved in...
  214. coelodont noun: Any of a group of lizards with hollow teeth.
  215. coelogastrula noun: A gastrula formed from a coeloblastula
  216. coelogyne noun: Any of the genus Coelogyne of orchids.
  217. coeloid noun: A member of the Coleoidea subclass which includes octopuses and squid.
  218. coelolepid noun: Any moth or butterfly of the clade Coelolepida
  219. coelom noun /ˈsiːləm/: A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.
  220. coeloma noun: Alternative form of cœloma.
  221. coelomate adjective, noun: Any animal possessing a fluid-filled cavity within which the digestive system is suspended.
  222. coelomatic adjective: Alternative form of coelomic.
  223. coelome noun: Alternative form of coelom.
  224. coelomesoblast noun: The mesoblast of the mesothelium
  225. coelomic adjective /siːˈlɒmɪk/: Of, or relating to a coelom.
  226. coelomitis noun: inflammation of the coelom, typically of chickens
  227. coelomocyte noun: Any of several cells (including the amebocytes and eleocytes) found in annelids and some other organisms
  228. coelomocytic adjective: Relating to or composed of coelomocytes.
  229. coelomoduct noun: An excretory and genital duct that opens into the coelom of annelid worms
  230. coelomostome noun: An opening of a coelomoduct into a coelom
  231. coelomycete noun: A type of fungus that produces conidiomata.
  232. coelomycetous adjective: relating to fungi of the former division Coelomycetes (now Ascomycota)
  233. coelophysid noun: Any dinosaur in the family Coelophysidae.
  234. coelophysoid noun: Any dinosaur of the superfamily Coelophysoidea
  235. coelopid noun: Any member of the Coelopidae.
  236. coeloplanid noun: Any comb jelly in the family Coeloplanidae.
  237. coelopteran noun: Any member of the Coeloptera genus of moths.
  238. coelopulse noun: A pulsation of the autonomic nervous system of insects
  239. coelospermous adjective: Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
  240. coelostat noun: A device that rotates a telescope so as to keep its orientation constant with relation to the stars.
  241. coelostomidiid noun: Any scale insect of the family Coelostomidiidae
  242. -coelous suffix: hollowed out, relating to concavity
  243. coelozoic adjective: That lives in a cavity (of an animal's body)
  244. coelum noun: Alternative form of coelom (“body cavity”).
  245. coelum empireum noun /ˈsiːləm ɛmˌpaɪɹiəm/: The outermost part of the cosmos in the Ptolemaic system; Heaven.
  246. coelurid noun: Any member of the often revised family Coeluridae of dinosaurs.
  247. coelurosaur noun: Any of several small theropod dinosaurs of the clade Coelurosauria
  248. coelurosauravid noun: Any extinct diapsid reptile in the family †Coelurosauravidae, a synonym of the †Weigeltisauridae.
  249. coelurosaurian adjective, noun: Any dinosaur of the taxonomic group Coelurosauria
  250. coelurosaurid noun: Synonym of coelurosaur.
  251. coelute verb: Of two or more chemical compounds: to elute from a chromatographic column together.
  252. coelution noun: Chromatographic coelution occurs when two or more compounds cannot be chromatographically separated because their retention times are less different than...
  253. coemerge verb: To emerge together.
  254. coemergence noun: emergence along with another
  255. coemperor noun: An emperor who rules jointly with another.
  256. coemployee noun: Synonym of coworker.
  257. coemployment noun: Alternative form of co-employment.
  258. coemption noun: The buying of the entire supply of a commodity.
  259. coemptional adjective: Relating to coemption.
  260. coemptive adjective: Relating to coemption
  261. coen- prefix /siːn/: common
  262. coenacle noun: Alternative spelling of cenacle.
  263. coenact verb: To enact jointly with somebody else.
  264. coenaesthesis noun: Alternative form of coenesthesis.
  265. coenagrionid noun: Any damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.
  266. coencapsidate verb: To encapsidate two related viruses
  267. coencapsulant noun: Any material that coencapsulates
  268. coencapsulate verb: To encapsulate along with another material
  269. coencapsulated adjective, verb: encapsulated along with another material
  270. coend noun: The dual of an end in category theory.
  271. coendemic adjective: endemic along with another disease or organism
  272. coendemicity noun: The condition of being coendemic
  273. coendocytosis noun: The endocytosis of multiple things
  274. coendou noun: A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America.
  275. coendure verb: Alternative form of co-endure.
  276. coene noun: Alternative spelling of koine.
  277. coenecium noun: A branching tubular network inhabited by colonies of pterobranches
  278. Coenen proper noun: A surname.
  279. coenenchym noun: Alternative form of coenenchyme.
  280. coenenchyma noun: coenenchym
  281. coenenchymal adjective: Relating to or composed of coenenchyme.
  282. coenenchymatous adjective: Composed of coenenchyme
  283. coenenchyme noun: The tissue that surrounds and links the polyps in octocorals.
  284. Coenesque adjective: Reminiscent of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, known for their dark humor, genre-bending, mannered dialogue, and vivid sense of time and place.
  285. coenesthesia noun: Alternative form of cenesthesia.
  286. coenesthesiopathy noun: Cenesthopathy
  287. coenesthesis noun: Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, such as the eye...
  288. coenesthetic adjective: Of or relating to coenesthesis.
  289. coenestopathic adjective: Of or relating to a localized distortion of awareness of one's own body.
  290. coenhancement noun: An enhancement that is implemented with another related one
  291. coeno- prefix: Alternative form of coen-.
  292. coenobe noun: Synonym of coenobium.
  293. coenobial adjective: Alternative form of coenobian.
  294. coenobian adjective: Relating to a coenobium
  295. coenobiar adjective: Alternative form of coenobian.
  296. coenobiarch noun: Alternative form of cenobiarch.
  297. coenobioid adjective: Having the form of a coenobium
  298. coenobite noun /ˈsiːnəbaɪt/: Alternative spelling of cenobite.
  299. coenobitic adjective: Alternative form of cenobitic.
  300. coenobitical adjective: Synonym of cenobitic.

Part 109 · Part 111 · English words: C

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.