| cornhusking |
the action of removing the husks from ears of corn. [2 definitions] |
| cornice |
in architecture, a decorative horizontal projection running near or along the upper edge of a wall or building; molding. [4 definitions] |
| Cornish |
of, concerning, or typical of Cornwall, its people, or their ancient Celtic language. [2 definitions] |
| corn liquor |
see corn whiskey. |
| cornmeal |
a coarse meal ground from corn. |
| corn pone |
in the southern United States, bread made of corn meal, without eggs or milk, and usu. baked in small oval loaves. |
| cornrow |
a hairstyle, originally African, in which the hair is divided into sections from front to back, and each section is then tightly braided close to the scalp. [2 definitions] |
| corn silk |
the long silky part of the pistil of the corn plant, lying between the rows of kernels and extending beyond the tip of the ear. |
| cornstalk |
the fibrous stem of a corn plant. |
| cornstarch |
a fine, starchy flour ground from corn grains, used as a thickener for cooked foods or a source of industrial starch. |
| corn sugar |
dextrose, esp. that derived from cornstarch. |
| corn syrup |
a sweetener derived from cornstarch, containing glucose, maltose, and dextrin. |
| cornucopia |
a mythological goat's horn containing an endless supply of food, used as a symbol of abundance and prosperity; horn of plenty. [3 definitions] |
| corn whiskey |
whiskey made from a mash of at least eighty percent corn; corn liquor. |
| corny |
(informal) of humor, lacking subtlety; obvious; trite. [2 definitions] |
| corolla |
the petals of a flower collectively. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. [4 definitions] |
| corona |
in meteorology, a ring or series of concentric rings seen around a heavenly body, caused by diffraction due to fine mist or dust in the atmosphere. (See aureole.) [5 definitions] |
| Corona Borealis |
a spring constellation in the northern sky, located between Hercules and Boötes; Northern Crown. |
| coronary |
of or pertaining to the heart or the blood vessels that supply it. [5 definitions] |
| coronary insufficiency |
a medical condition in which the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygenated blood, resulting in angina pectoris or heart failure. |