English words: covelline to cowan

300 English words, part 164 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words covelline to cowan

covelline noun: covellite
covellite noun: A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
covellitic adjective: Of or relating to covellite.
Covello proper noun: A surname.
Covelo proper noun /ˈkoʊvəloʊ/: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
coven noun /ˈkʌv.ən/: A nunnery, a convent.
covenableness noun: The state or quality of being covenable.
covenant noun, verb /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/: An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
covenant-lite noun: A loan that has fewer restrictive covenants on it than a standard loan, so is potentially more risky for the lender.
covenant of grace noun: God's promise of eternal life for all people who have faith in Christ.
covenant of salt noun: A long-lasting agreement.
covenant of title noun: In the law of real property, a guarantee made by the seller of a parcel of land to the buyer of that parcel regarding the legal status of the title.
covenant of warranty noun: A legal agreement or promise, one of the English covenants of title and future covenants, whereby the grantor of a property assures the grantee that he or...
covenantal adjective: Of or pertaining to a covenant.
covenantalism noun: An interpretive framework for the Bible, viewing the history (and future) of God's dealings with humankind through the lens of the various covenants...
covenantalist noun: A proponent of covenantalism.
covenantality noun: The quality of being covenantal.
covenantally adverb: In terms of or by means of a covenant.
covenanted adjective, verb: Bound by a covenant.
covenanted servant noun: A member of the regular civil service of India.
covenantee noun: The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
covenanter noun: One who makes a covenant.
covenantism noun: covenantalism
covenantist noun: covenantalist
covenantor noun: The party who makes a covenant.
covendom noun: The area served by a covenstead and inhabited by members of the coven.
covener noun: A member of a coven.
Coveney proper noun: A surname.
covenous adjective: Alternative form of covinous.
covenstead noun /ˈkʌvn̩ˌstɛd/: A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.
covent noun: Convent.
Covent Garden noun /ˌkɒvənt ˈɡɑːdn/: A farthing.
Covent Garden abbess noun: A procuress; a woman who procures customers for prostitutes.
Covent Garden ague noun: A venereal disease; a sexually transmitted disease.
Covent Garden nun noun: A prostitute.
coventilated adjective: ventilated along with another
coventrate verb: To devastate by heavy bombing.
Coventrian noun: A person from Coventry, England.
coventrize verb: To bomb (a place) into rubble.
Coventry proper noun /ˈkɒvəntɹi/: A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.
Coventry blue noun: Blue cloth made with a high-quality dye, made in Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.
coventure noun: An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
coventurer noun: Any of the parties involved in producing a coventure.
cover adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌvɚ/: A lid.
cover 0 noun: Synonym of zero blitz
cover all of one's bases verb: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover all of the bases verb: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover all the bases verb: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover art noun: The artwork that is used on the cover of a published work, such as a musical recording.
cover artist noun: A person who creates cover art for a published work.
cover band noun: A band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs.
cover board noun: An insulation board used over closed cell plastic insulation (e.g., polyisocyanurate) to prevent blistering when used in conjunction with hot bituminous...
cover boy noun: The male equivalent of a cover girl.
cover charge noun: An amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant where entertainment is provided.
cover crop noun: Any of many crops planted between others or after others so as to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); such a crop...
cover drive noun, verb: A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover.
cover girl noun: An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.
cover ground verb: To move across an area; to traverse a certain distance.
cover letter noun: A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.
cover meter noun: An instrument for locating rebars and measuring the depth of concrete that covers them.
cover name noun: A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.
cover note noun: A temporary insurance policy, used to provide cover while the main policy formalities are finalised.
cover one's back verb: To protect or look out for oneself.
cover one's bases verb: To be thorough; to prepare thoroughly or completely.
cover one's feet verb: To lower one’s garment, especially to urinate or defecate.
cover one's tracks verb: To conceal how one has arrived at a certain result or position.
cover oneself in glory verb: To make a good impression.
cover oneself with glory verb: Alternative form of cover oneself in glory
cover page noun: front page; front cover
cover point noun: a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
cover price noun: The price of a publication, such as a book, newspaper or magazine, traditionally shown on the cover.
cover sand noun: A layer (or layers) of sand deposited by wind, typically in a coastal environment
cover-shame noun: Something used to conceal infamy.
cover shorts verb: To buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, etc.
cover slide noun: A microscope slide used as a cover slip
cover slip noun: Alternative form of coverslip.
cover-slut noun /ˈkʌvɚslʌt/: An apron or pinafore, worn to hide slovenliness (such as dirt, stains, or tears) in the clothing beneath.
cover someone's back verb: Alternative form of have someone's back.
cover song noun: cover version
cover stock noun: card stock
cover story noun: A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover.
cover the bases verb: Alternative form of cover one's bases.
cover the buckle noun, verb: To execute a cover-the-buckle (a traditional dance step in which one foot is brought across to cover or nearly cover the buckle of the other shoe).
cover the spot noun: A carnival game in which the player attempts to cover a marked spot completely, by dropping a number of smaller discs from above.
cover the waterfront verb: To cover every aspect of a topic or situation.
cover to cover adverb: Alternative form of from cover to cover.
cover up noun, verb /ˈkʌvɚˌʌp/: To conceal or disguise.
cover version noun: A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.
cover zero noun: Synonym of zero blitz
coverability noun: The condition of being coverable or being able to cover
coverable adjective: Able to be covered.
coverage noun /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/: An amount by which something or someone is covered.
coverage analysis noun: A part of computerised stock control that identifies the minimum stock needed to avoid shortage.
coverall noun /ˈkʌv.ə.ɹɔːl/: A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.
coveralled adjective: Wearing a coverall.
coveralls noun: A coverall.
coverb noun: Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of...
coverbal adjective: Accompanying speech.
coverboard noun: Alternative form of cover board.
coverchief noun: A covering for the head.
covercle noun: A small cover; a lid.
covercoat noun: A thin surface coating of glaze, paint or plastic film.
covercosine noun: Synonym of coversed cosine.
Coverdale proper noun: A surname.
coverdisc noun: Alternative spelling of coverdisk.
coverdisk noun: A floppy disk offered as a covermount, containing video games or other software.
covered adjective, verb /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/: Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
covered bridge noun: A bridge with a (usually wooden) house-like structure covering it; in many of the wooden versions, the roof and siding protect the structural timbers from...
covered call noun: An investment comprising two parts: (i) long stock, and (ii) short call option. It is an income-oriented strategy that is conservative in nature. The...
covered court noun: A basketball court under a roof that can be used for other purposes.
covered dish supper noun: Synonym of potluck (“shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”).
covered goods wagon noun: Synonym of box van (“an enclosed railway goods wagon”).
covered wagon noun: A wagon with a frame (typically arched) over which a canvas cover is fixed.
covered way noun: In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the...
coverglass noun: A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
coverholder noun: One authorized by the managing agent of an insurance syndicate to enter into policies on its behalf.
coverin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of covering.
covering noun, verb /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/: That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
covering fire noun: supporting fire; small-arms fire directed at an enemy to prevent them firing elsewhere.
covering horse noun: A stud horse; a stallion kept as a stud.
covering index noun: A database table index that contains all the columns needed to fulfill the query.
covering letter noun: A cover letter.
covering number noun: The number of vertices in a minimum vertex cover of a graph, often denoted as τ=τ(G).
covering sickness noun: A disease of equids, caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum and spread through sexual intercourse.
covering space noun: The domain of a covering of a topological space; the covering together with its domain. (See Usage notes at covering).
coverless adjective: Without a cover or covers.
coverlessness noun: Lack of a cover.
coverlet noun /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/: A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
coverleted adjective: Covered with a coverlet.
coverletted adjective: Alternative form of coverleted.
coverlid noun: A coverlet.
coverline noun: A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, briefly describing and promoting the content.
covermeter noun: Alternative spelling of cover meter.
covermount noun, verb: A freebie, such as a compact disc, mounted on the cover of a magazine.
covername noun: Alternative form of cover name.
covers noun, verb /ˈkʌvɚz/: The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
coversand noun: Alternative form of cover sand.
coversed cosine noun: The trigonometric function 1 − cos(x)
coversed sine noun: The trigonometric function 1 − sin(x).
coversheet noun: An extra sheet attached to the front of a document.
coverside noun: A region of country having covers; hunting country.
coversin noun: coversed sine
coversine noun: The coversed sine.
coverslide noun: Alternative form of cover slide.
coverslip noun, verb: A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
coverslipped adjective: Covered by a coverslip.
coverstock noun: Alternative spelling of cover stock.
coverstrip noun: A thin strip of material covering a join or edge of larger flat items, for example on ceiling panels, plasterboard or carpet.
covert adjective, noun /ˈkəʊvɜːt/: Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
covert baron adjective, noun: Covert, under coverture; married.
covert channel noun: A means of transferring information objects between processes that are not supposed to be allowed to communicate according to the security policy.
covert-coat noun: A coat suitable for wearing while shooting game, usually with a neutral colour and windproof or waterproof qualities.
covert-coating noun: Cloth for making covert-coats.
covert curriculum noun: Synonym of hidden curriculum.
covert hack noun: A horse ridden to and from the hunt (as opposed to the hunter ridden during the hunt).
covert hound noun: a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd
covert prestige noun: Prestige acquired in a community by using a non-standard language variety, such as a working-class dialect.
covert stutter noun: Alternative form of covert stuttering.
covert stuttering noun: A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.
covertape noun: A cassette tape offered as a covermount, containing music or computer software.
covertex noun: A point of intersection between an ellipse and its minor axis.
covertext noun: A seemingly innocuous text that contains a secret text encoded within it.
coverthound noun: Alternative form of covert hound.
covertism noun: A bias or policy of being covert.
covertless adjective: offering no shelter, cover, or place to hide.
covertly adverb: In a covert manner, secretly.
covertness noun: The characteristic of being covert.
coverture noun: Concealing cover, disguise, veil; (also figurative).
coverup noun: Alternative spelling of cover-up.
covery noun: A dispelling of false or misleading notions.
covess noun: A woman.
covet verb /ˈkʌvɪt/: To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
covetable adjective: Which may be coveted.
coveted adjective, verb /ˈkʌvɪtɪd/: Highly sought-after.
covetedness noun: The quality of being coveted.
coveter noun: One who covets.
covetess noun: A woman who covets; a coveter.
coveting noun, verb: The act of one who covets.
covetingly adverb: in a coveting way
covetious adjective: Covetous.
covetise noun /ˈkʌvɪtaɪz/: Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
covetive adjective: Tending to covet; acquisitive.
covetiveness noun: The state or quality of being covetive.
covetous adjective /ˈkʌvətəs/: Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
covetously adverb: In a covetous manner
covetousness noun /ˈkʌvətəsnəs/: Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
covey noun, verb /ˈkʌvi/: A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus...
covfefe noun /koʊ.ˈfɛf.i/: A notional representation of the success, discourse, or ideas of Donald Trump.
Covian noun: A native or inhabitant of a specific cove.
covid noun /ˈkəʊvɪd/: Clipping of COVID-19.
covid-19 party noun: A party where people come together to spread COVID-19 between each other to attempt to acquire temporary immunity and/or to accelerate herd immunity.
covid-crazy adjective: Suffering mentally from the stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
covid cut noun: A self-administered haircut performed during a COVID-19 lockdown.
COVID-friendly adjective: Of an activity, able to be undertaken while alone or while socially distancing, thus less likely to potentially spread COVID-19.
Covid normal noun: A lifestyle similar to that before the advent of COVID-19, but where some precautions such as social distancing, hand sanitising, contact tracing protocols,...
covid party noun: Ellipsis of covid-19 party.
COVID-positive adjective: Infected with the COVID-19 virus.
covid-safe adjective: Safe with regards to reducing the possibility of spreading COVID-19.
COVID toes noun: A PIIRS (“post-inflammatory infectious response syndrome”) associated with COVID-19, affecting mostly children, showing up as reddish or bluish swollen toes...
covid-wise adjective, adverb: With reference to or in terms of COVID-19.
covidian adjective, noun: Of, related to, or characteristic of COVID-19 or the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.
covidiot noun /ˌkoʊˈvɪd.i.ət/: A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.
covidivorce noun: A divorce obtained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
covidless adjective: Without COVID-19
COVIDlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of COVID-19.
Covidly adverb: With regards or respect to COVID-19.
covidy adjective: Of, relating to, or affected by the COVID-19 virus or pandemic.
covie verb /ˈkʌvi/: Alternative spelling of covey (“to gather into a group”).
Coviello proper noun: A surname.
covil noun: A Hindu temple.
covillager noun: A person from the same village.
Coville proper noun: A surname.
covin noun /ˈkʌvɪn/: Fraud, deception.
Covina proper noun: A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
covincular adjective: Having a vincular inverse
covine noun: Alternative form of covin (“fraud, deception”).
coving noun /ˈkəʊvɪŋ/: A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
Covington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
Covino proper noun: A surname.
covinous adjective: Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
covinously adverb: In a covinous manner.
covisitor noun: A joint visitor; one who visits a place with another or others.
covisualization noun: The simultaneous visualization of two or more different things
covisualize verb: To undergo, or to produce covisualization
covitrification noun: vitrification of two or more materials
covolatility noun: The related volatility of two or more financial instruments.
covolume noun: The part of a volume (typically of a gas) available for the oscillation and translation of the material therein
cow noun, verb /kaʊ/: An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
cow bean noun: Synonym of cowpea
cow bell noun: Alternative form of cowbell.
cow bingo noun: An outdoor game where players attempt to predict the square of a numbered grid on which a wandering cow will defecate.
cow bite noun, verb: A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
cow blowing noun: The forceful blowing of air into a cow's vagina (or sometimes anus), traditionally supposed to induce her to produce more milk.
cow bunny noun: A cowman's sweetheart or wife.
cow cat noun: A cat with a two-colored blotchy coat, like that of some cows.
cow catcher noun: Alternative form of cowcatcher.
cow chip noun: A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.
cow cocky noun: A small-scale dairy farmer.
cow cod soup noun: A traditional Jamaican dish made with bull penis cooked with bananas and Scotch bonnets in a rum-based broth.
cow corner noun: A region of the field, roughly between deep midwicket and long on.
cow creamer noun: A traditional creamer (jug) in the shape of a cow.
cow dung noun: Alternative spelling of cowdung.
cow elephant noun: A female elephant.
cow-eyed adjective: Having large, full, wide eyes, like those of cows.
cow eyes noun: A wide-eyed expression meant to discreetly signal otherwise unstated romantic attraction to the one it is directed at.
cow grease noun: Butter.
cow gum noun: A solvent-based latex adhesive used for pasteups.
cow gun noun: A type of heavy naval gun.
cow handed adjective: awkward
cow-hearted adjective: Alternative form of cowhearted.
cow hitch noun: A hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object, comprising a pair of half hitches tied in opposing directions.
cow-hocked adjective: Having its back knee set inward and lower back legs splayed
cow itch noun: Synonym of buffalo bean (“Mucuna pruriens”)
cow juice noun: Cow’s milk.
cow killer noun: Any of several species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae, which are known for their painful stings.
cow-lick noun: Alternative form of cowlick.
cow lily noun: A water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America.
cow magnet noun: A magnet fed to cattle (where it remains permanently in the rumen or reticulum) to attract any swallowed metal away from the tissues and reduce the risk of...
cow meat noun: The meat of a cow; beef.
cow milk noun: Synonym of cow's milk (“milk produced by cows”).
cow moose noun: a female moose
cow-mother noun: A personification of a maternal cow worshipped as a goddess.
cow-nosed ray noun: Alternative form of cownose ray.
cow-orker noun: co-worker
cow parsley noun: Anthriscus sylvestris, a weedy biennial umbellifer native to the Old World.
cow parsnip noun: Any member of the genus Heracleum of umbelliferous plants.
cow pat noun: The excrement of a cow forming a somewhat rounded flat piece of dung on the ground.
cow patty noun: Alternative form of cow pat.
cow pie noun: Alternative spelling of cowpie.
cow pilot noun: A fish, the mojarra.
cow pony noun: Alternative form of cowpony.
cow pool noun: A collective or organization through which members have their cows milked in a centralized location.
cow print noun: A black and white mottled pattern reminiscent of the coloring of Holstein cattle.
cow-puncher noun: Alternative form of cowpuncher.
cow pusher noun: A cowcatcher
cow race noun: Synonym of bull race.
cow reindeer noun: A female reindeer
cow's grass noun: A farmer's measurement for the size of a field, equal to the amount of land that could produce enough grass to feed a cow.
cow's grease noun: Alternative form of cow grease (“butter”).
cow's lungwort noun: mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
cow's milk noun: A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of a cow, and used as food by humans.
cow shark noun: Any shark of the family Hexanchidae.
cow shot noun: A batting stroke played across the line and aiming to hit the ball towards cow corner.
cow stall noun: A compartment in which cows are housed and kept.
cow sucker noun: The eastern kingsnake.
cow-tastrophe noun: Alternative form of cowtastrophe.
cow tipper noun: A person who engages in cow tipping.
cow tipping noun: A fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over.
cow town noun: Alternative form of cowtown.
cow tree noun: Any of various South American trees which, when wounded, exude a rich milky liquid.
cow vetch noun: A plant of species Vicia cracca, native to Europe and Asia.
cow weed noun: Synonym of cowbane.
cow-wheat noun: Any of several flowering plants in the genus Melampyrum.
cowabonga interjection: Alternative spelling of cowabunga.
cowabunga interjection /ˌkæɔəˈbaŋɡə/: Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.
cowach noun: Alternative form of cowage.
cowage noun /ˈkaʊ.ɪd͡ʒ/: A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
cowal noun: A billabong, or stagnant pool.
cowalker noun: A phantom or astral body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelganger.
cowan noun /ˈkəʊən/: A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

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.