English words: cowanyoung to COYG

300 English words, part 165 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words cowanyoung to COYG

cowanyoung noun: A fish, the greenback horse mackerel Trachurus declivis.
coward adjective, noun, verb /ˈkaʊəd/: A person who lacks courage.
coward's castle noun: Parliament, wherein parliamentary privilege offers the protection from law suits to lawmakers and parliamentarians.
coward's ratio noun: A disproportionately high ratio favoring likes over retweets or reposts, suggesting wide approval of the original post, but an unwillingness for approving...
Cowardesque adjective: Characteristic of Noel Coward (1889-1973), English playwright and actor, or his works, characterized by flamboyant wit.
cowardess noun: A female coward.
Cowardian adjective: Of or pertaining to Noel Coward (1889-1973), English playwright and actor, or his works, characterized by flamboyant wit.
Cowardiana noun: objects or texts relating to Noel Coward
cowardice noun /ˈkaʊədɪs/: Lack of courage.
cowardie noun: cowardice
cowardish adjective: cowardly
cowardize verb: To render (someone or something) cowardly, to cause to become a coward.
cowardlily adverb: In a cowardly manner.
cowardliness noun: The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowardly adjective, adverb /ˈkaʊədli/: Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
cowardly lion noun: A person who acts tough but misses a golden opportunity out of fear or cowardice.
cowardness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being a coward.
cowardry noun: Cowardice.
cowardship noun: cowardice
cowardy adjective: Cowardly.
Cowart proper noun: A surname.
cowash verb: To wash the hair with conditioner only, without the use of shampoo – supposed to aid hydration.
Cowass noun: Synonym of Cowasuck.
Cowasuck noun: An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in northeastern North America.
cowback noun: The back of a cow.
cowbane noun /ˈkaʊbeɪn/: Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
cowbarn noun: A barn for cows.
cowbell noun /ˈkaʊˌbɛl/: A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
cowbellist noun: Someone who plays a cowbell.
cowberry noun /ˈkaubəɹɪ/: A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
cowbind noun: Any plant of genus Bryonia, which form dense mats of vines when they are not overgrowing shrubs, trees, and structures, especially white bryony (Bryonia alba).
cowbird noun: Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.
cowboy noun, verb /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/: A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowboy action shooting noun: A competitive shooting sport that originated in southern California in the early 1980s, in which competitors use various different kinds of gun in Old...
cowboy beans noun: A dish of beans and ground beef in a sweet tangy sauce.
cowboy boot noun: A kind of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys, with a high heel traditionally made of stacked leather, a rounded to pointed toe, a high shaft, and...
cowboy butter noun: A dip or spread made from butter with herbs and spices.
cowboy caviar noun: Baked beans (of various different recipes).
cowboy chord noun: An open chord, i.e. one played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
cowboy church noun: A local Christian church characterized heavily by Western culture.
cowboy coffee noun: Coffee made by heating coarse grounds with water in a pot, letting the grounds settle, and pouring off the liquid to drink.
cowboy hat noun: A broad-brimmed hat worn by cowboys, ranchers, and farmers, common in the western United States and Mexico.
cowboy-hatted adjective: wearing a cowboy hat
cowboy killer noun: A cigarette.
cowboy load noun: An underpowered load used in cowboy action shooting.
cowboy pool noun: A game derived from English billiards, with more of the characteristics of standard pocket billiards, and with players competing to reach a total of 101...
cowboy shorts noun: High-rise denim cutoffs, modified western jeans, or short leather riding chaps.
cowboy shot noun: A shot framed to include a region from the actor's head to mid-thigh.
cowboy shower noun: A simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.
Cowboy Stater noun: Synonym of Wyomingite.
cowboy steak noun: Synonym of ribsteak (“a beefsteak with rib bone attached”).
cowboy supper noun: A meal of sausages, baked beans, and chips or mashed potatoes.
cowboy tea noun: A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
cowboy up verb: To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.
cowboyish adjective: cowboylike
cowboyism noun: The behaviour or attitudes of cowboys.
cowboyitis noun: A desire to lead the life of a cowboy, e.g. to own or work on a ranch or wear stereotypical trappings such as a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, etc.
cowboylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cowboy.
cowboys noun, verb: A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
cowboys and Indians noun: A children's game, with chasing and mock battles, in which the players assume the traditional roles of cowboys and American Indians.
Cowbridge proper noun: A market town in Cowbridge with Llanblethian community, Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9974).
Cowcaddens proper noun: An inner-city neighbourhood in the city of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5866).
cowcatcher noun: A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the...
cowchild noun: A child who is a cowboy or cowgirl.
cowchip noun: Alternative form of cow chip.
cowcod noun: A fish of species Sebastes levis, found off the coasts of California and northern Mexico.
cowculator noun: A calculator.
Cowden proper noun: A surname.
Cowden's disease noun: Synonym of Cowden syndrome.
Cowden syndrome noun: A rare inherited disorder characterized by multiple hamartomas and an increased risk of certain cancers.
Cowdenbeath proper noun /ˌkaʊdənˈbiːθ/: A town and burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1691).
cowdie noun: The kauri tree.
cowdom noun: The state or essence of being a cow.
Cowdrey proper noun: A surname.
cowdriosis noun: ehrlichiosis
Cowdry body noun: An eosinophilic nuclear inclusion composed of nucleic acid and protein, seen in cells infected with Herpes simplex virus, Varicella-zoster virus, and...
cowdung noun: The excrement of a cow.
Cowe proper noun: A surname.
cowed adjective, verb /kaʊd/: Frightened into submission.
cowedly adverb: In a cowed or intimidated manner.
cowedness noun: The quality of being cowed.
coween noun: Synonym of long-tailed duck.
Cowell proper noun: A surname.
Cowellian adjective: Of or relating to Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer and musician.
cower verb /ˈkaʊɚ/: To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
cowerer noun: One who cowers.
coweringly adverb: In a cowering manner.
Cowes proper noun: A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
Cowessess noun: A First Nations mixed tribe of Plains Cree, Saulteaux and Métis.
Coweta proper noun: A city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States.
cowfeeder noun: The tenant of a small dairy farm with cows.
cowfinch noun: A female bullfinch
cowfish noun: Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
cowflap noun: Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”).
cowflesh noun: The meat or flesh of a cow; beef.
cowflop noun: A cowpat.
cowfoot noun: A cow's foot used as food.
cowgal noun: cowgirl
Cowger proper noun: A surname.
Cowgill proper noun: A surname.
cowgirl noun, verb /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/: A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowgirl boot noun: A variant of the cowboy boot designed to be worn by women.
cowgirl hat noun: A variation of the cowboy hat designed to be worn by women.
cowgirl position noun: A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.
cowgrass noun: Synonym of red clover (“Trifolium pratense”).
cowhage noun: Alternative form of cowage.
cowhand noun /ˈkaʊˌhænd/: One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowhearted adjective: cowardly
cowheel noun: The foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
Cowher proper noun: A surname from German.
cowherb noun: Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.
cowherd noun: One who herds cattle; a cowboy.
cowherder noun: cowherd
cowherdess noun: A female cowherd.
cowhide noun, verb /ˈkaʊˌhaɪd/: A hide of a cow.
cowhiding noun, verb: A flogging with a cowhide.
cowhorse noun: Synonym of cowpony.
cowhouse noun: A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
cowhunter noun: Someone from Florida who tends free-range cattle.
Cowichan adjective, noun /ˈkaʊwɪtʃən/: A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
cowie noun: A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
cowife noun: Alternative spelling of co-wife.
Cowin proper noun: A surname.
cowinner noun: A joint winner; somebody who is declared a winner along with somebody else.
cowish adjective, noun: An umbelliferous plant (Lomatium cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon, USA.
cowitch noun: Alternative form of cowage.
cowjuice noun: Alternative form of cow juice.
cowkeeper noun: A smallholder who keeps one or several milk cows to fulfill household needs and earn some sales but is not a dairyer in the sense of running a herd of...
cowkid noun: A child who is a cowboy or cowgirl.
cowkind noun: All cows, considered as a group.
cowkini noun: A bikini (typically a microkini) patterned with cow print.
cowl adjective, noun, verb /kaʊl/: A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
cowl flap noun: A small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.
cowl-staff noun: Alternative form of cowlstaff.
cowl unit noun: A bodystyle of diesel locomotive, one with fullwidth enclosing bodywork.
cowld adjective: Eye dialect spelling of cold.
cowle noun: A lease, or grant in writing; a safe-conduct, amnesty, etc.
cowled adjective, verb: Wearing a cowl; hooded.
cowleech noun: Someone who treats disease of cows; a cow doctor or vet.
cowleeching noun: The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowlesite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
cowless adjective: Without cows.
cowlessness noun: Absence of cows.
cowlet noun: A young or little cow; a female calf.
Cowley proper noun /ˈkaʊli/: A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK338770).
Cowley Father noun: A member of the Society of St John the Evangelist.
Cowleyan adjective: Of or relating to Abraham Cowley (1618–1667), English poet.
cowlick noun /ˈkaʊˌlɪk/: An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or...
cowlicked adjective: In a cowlick.
cowlift noun: A hoist for lifting cattle.
cowlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
cowling noun, verb: A young or little cow; calf.
Cowlishaw proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Cowlitz noun: An indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.
cowlless adjective: Without a cowl.
cowlneck noun: A loose neckline supposed to resemble that of a monk's cowl.
cowlot noun: A plot of land for keeping and grazing cows.
cowlstaff noun /ˈkaʊlstɑːf/: A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
cowman noun: A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.
cowmanship noun: The skills of a cattle rancher in breeding and looking after cattle.
cowmilk noun /ˈkaʊ.mɪlk/: Alternative form of cow milk.
cowness noun: The quality of being a cow.
cownose noun: Any of various eagle rays of the genus Rhinoptera.
cownose ray noun: Rhinoptera bonasus, an eagle ray found throughout a large part of the western Atlantic and Caribbean.
coworker noun /ˌkəʊˈwɜː.kər/: Somebody with whom one works.
coworking noun: The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
cowp noun, verb: A filthy and disgusting place.
cowpad noun: Alternative form of cowpat.
cowpat noun: A dropping of cow dung.
cowpath noun: A path made by, or used by, cows; especially, one that connects their barnyard to their pasturage.
cowpea noun /ˈkaʊpiː/: Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
cowpen noun: An enclosed area used to hold cows.
cowper noun: A cooper.
Cowper's fluid noun: The clear, colorless, viscous fluid that is secreted from an aroused penis before ejaculation.
Cowper's gland noun: The bulbourethral gland.
Cowperian adjective: Of or pertaining to William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist.
cowperitis noun: inflammation of Cowper's gland
cowperson noun: A cowhand.
cowpie noun /ˈkaʊˌpaɪ/: A single pile of cowshit.
cowpilot noun: Alternative form of cow-pilot
cowplop noun: cow excrement
cowpoke noun: A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowpony noun /ˈkaʊˌpoʊni/: A horse ridden by cowboys when controlling cattle
cowpool noun, verb: A pond used by cows.
cowpooling noun, verb: The practice of two or more parties jointly purchasing all or part of a butchered cow and dividing the meat between them.
cowpox noun: A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats....
cowpox virus noun: Any virus of the species Cowpox virus
cowpoxviral adjective: Relating to cowpox virus
cowpoxvirus noun: Alternative form of cowpox virus.
cowproof adjective: Resistant to cows; preventing a cow from entering or escaping.
cowpunch noun: A cowpuncher; a cowboy.
cowpuncher noun: A cowboy
cowpunching noun: The work of a cowpuncher, or cowboy.
cowpunk noun: A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.
cowquake noun: quaking grass; Briza media, or other species of the genus Briza
Cowra proper noun: A town and local government area (Cowra Shire) in the Central West region, New South Wales, Australia.
cowrie noun /ˈkaʊ.ɹi/: A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
cowrite verb: To write in collaboration with another person
cowriter noun: Someone who writes something together with one or more other people.
cowry noun: Alternative spelling of cowrie.
cows noun, verb /kaʊz/: Alternative form of kouse.
cows and bulls noun: A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
cows' milk noun: Alternative form of cow's milk.
cowsense noun: An instinctive ability to work well with cattle.
cowshark noun: Alternative form of cow shark.
cowshed noun: A shed for keeping cows.
cowshot noun: Alternative form of cushat
cowskin noun: Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
cowslip noun /ˈkaʊ.slɪp/: A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
cowslip tea noun: A kind of green tea.
cowslipped adjective: Adorned with cowslips.
cowson adjective, noun: An objectionable, contemptible, unfortunate or stubborn person, place or situation (sometimes used ironically or humorously); bastard; git.
cowsona noun: A fursona that is a cow.
cowstall noun: Alternative form of cow stall.
cowstealer noun: One who steals cattle.
cowtail noun: The tail of a cow.
cowtastrophe noun: A catastrophe involving cattle.
cowtaur noun: A taur with the lower body of a cow.
cowter noun: Alternative form of couter.
cowtown noun: A small town, a hick or backwards town.
cowturd noun: A piece of solid cow feces.
cowwheat noun: Alternative spelling of cow-wheat.
cowy adjective: Resembling a cow, cowlike
cowyard noun: An enclosure for cows close by the farm buildings.
cox noun, prefix, verb /kɒks/: A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
Cox and Box noun: Alternative form of Box and Cox.
cox box noun: An electronic device with a digital readout displaying the stroke rate and a voice amplifier allowing the coxswain to give instructions to the crew.
cox'n noun: Alternative form of coxswain.
Cox ring noun: A sort of universal homogeneous coordinate ring for a projective variety, and (roughly speaking) a direct sum of the spaces of sections of all isomorphism...
Cox's Orange Pippin noun: An English cultivar of eating apple
coxa noun /ˈkɒksə/: The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).
coxa valga noun: A hip deformity where the angle between the head and neck of the femur and its shaft is increased, usually above 135 degrees.
coxa vara noun: A hip deformity where the angle between the head and shaft of the femur is reduced to less than 120 degrees, resulting in a shortened leg and a limp.
coxal adjective: sciatic (relating to the hip)
coxalgia noun: pain in the hip
coxalgic adjective: Relating to coxalgia.
coxalgy noun: Dated form of coxalgia.
coxapodite noun: Synonym of coxa.
coxarthrosis noun: arthrosis of the hip
coxarthrotic adjective: Relating to coxarthrosis.
coxcomb noun /ˈkɒks.koʊm/: The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
coxcomb chart noun: Synonym of polar area diagram.
coxcombed adjective: Synonym of coxcombical.
coxcombery noun: Alternative form of coxcombry.
coxcombic adjective: Synonym of coxcombical.
coxcombical adjective: Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.
coxcombicality noun: The quality of being coxcombical.
coxcombically adverb: in the manner of a coxcomb
coxcombly adjective: foolish
coxcombry noun /ˈkɒkskəmɹɪ/: A behaviour or manner that is characteristic of a coxcomb; a foppish behaviour.
coxcomby adjective: foolish and conceited
coxcomical adjective: Alternative form of coxcombical.
coxcomically adverb: Alternative form of coxcombically.
Coxe proper noun: A surname.
coxed adjective, verb: Having a cox
Coxeter proper noun: A surname.
Coxeter diagram noun: A Coxeter-Dynkin diagram.
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram noun: A graph with numerically labelled edges (called branches) representing the spatial relations between a collection of mirrors (or reflecting hyperplanes).
Coxeter graph noun: A 3-regular graph with 28 vertices and 42 edges, one of the 13 known cubic distance-regular graphs.
Coxeter group noun: Any of a class of groups whose finite cases are precisely the finite reflection groups (including the symmetry groups of polytopes), but which are more...
Coxeter matrix noun: The n×n symmetric matrix with entries m_ij, which can be conveniently encoded by a Coxeter diagram.
Coxhead proper noun: A surname.
-coxib noun, suffix /ˈkɒk.sɪb/: Any COX-2 selective inhibitor.
coxie noun /ˈkɒksi/: A coxswain.
coxiellosis noun: Any disease caused by infection with Coxiella bacteria
coximetry noun: The measurement of carbon monoxide, typically in the blood of smokers
coxiness noun: cockiness
coxinha noun: A popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.
coxite noun: Either of a pair of lamellate structures on the underside of each abdominal segment in certain insects.
coxitic adjective: Relating to coxitis.
coxitis noun: Inflammation of the hip joint.
coxless adjective: Not having a cox.
coxless four noun: A boat, used in competitive rowing, having four rowers, each with a single oar
coxless pair noun: A boat, used in competitive rowing, having two rowers, each with a single oar
coxo- prefix: Relating to the hip.
coxofemoral adjective: Relating to the hip and the femur
Coxon proper noun /ˈkɒk.sən/: A surname transferred from the given name.
coxopleural adjective: Of or pertaining to the coxa and the pleura of an insect
coxopleurite noun: A sclerite of the thoracic pleuron of some arthropods
coxopleuron noun: Synonym of coxopleurite.
coxopodite noun: Synonym of coxa.
coxosternal adjective: Relating to a coxosternum
coxosternite noun: A basal plate making up the maxillae in some insects or the first pair of legs of Chilopoda, formed from the fused coxae of each leg plus the ventral body...
coxosternum noun: Part of the sternum of an arthropod, adjacent with the coxa.
coxsackie noun: Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus
coxsackieviral adjective: Of or relating to coxsackieviruses.
coxsackievirus noun: Any of many enteroviruses that cause disease mostly in children.
coxswain noun, verb /ˈkɒk.s(ə)n/: In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
Coxwell proper noun: A surname.
coxy adjective, noun: Cocky.
coy adjective, noun, prefix, verb /kɔɪ/: Bashful, shy, retiring.
coy dog noun: Alternative form of coydog.
coya noun: The wife of the Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire
coyan noun: Alternative form of kojang (“former unit of weight”).
coyang noun: Alternative form of kojang (“former unit of weight”).
COYB interjection: Initialism of come on you Blues (used by supporters of Chelsea F.C. and Everton F.C.)
COYBIG interjection: Acronym of come on you boys in green, a chant in support of Celtic F.C. and the Republic of Ireland national football team.
coydog noun: Any hybrid of a coyote (Canis latrans) and a (usually feral) dog (Canis lupus familiaris).
Coye proper noun: A surname.
COYG interjection: Initialism of come on you Gunners (used by supporters of Arsenal F.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.