| costar |
one of two or more lead performers in the same presentation. [3 definitions] |
| Costa Rica |
a Central American country between Panama and Nicaragua. |
| cost-effective |
producing optimum results for the amount spent; efficient or economical. |
| costive |
having or causing difficult or infrequent bowel movement; constipated or constipating. [2 definitions] |
| costless |
combined form of cost. |
| costly |
of high cost, value, or expense. [2 definitions] |
| cost of living |
the average cost of food, shelter, clothes, and other basic necessities for a household or a single person. |
| cost-of-living |
determined by, or adjusted to, changes in the cost of living. |
| cost-plus |
the sum of the actual costs of manufacture and a previously fixed profit. [2 definitions] |
| cost-push |
of or denoting the situation in which higher costs of production cause higher retail prices. (Cf. demand-pull.) |
| costume |
the type or style of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and the like worn in a particular place or time or by members of a particular profession or group. [4 definitions] |
| costume jewelry |
jewelry made of inexpensive materials or set with imitation or semiprecious stones. |
| costumer |
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for costume parties or theater companies. |
| cosy |
variant of cozy. |
| cot1 |
a small portable bed, esp. one that folds up. [2 definitions] |
| cot2 |
a small dwelling, such as a hut. [3 definitions] |
| cotangent |
in trigonometry, the ratio between the side adjacent to a given acute angle in a right triangle and the opposite side. |
| cote |
a small shelter, esp. one built for birds or animals. |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
a West African country on the Atlantic coast between Ghana and Liberia. |
| cotenant |
one of two or more persons who own or occupy common property. |
| coterie |
a small, exclusive group of friends or associates with similar interest or activities; clique. |