| cottontail |
any of several North American rabbits having conspicuous white tails. |
| cottonwood |
any of several rapid-growing American poplars that bear seeds with cottonlike hair. [2 definitions] |
| cotton wool |
cotton that is in its raw state or unprocessed. [3 definitions] |
| cottony |
of or resembling cotton, esp. in texture. [2 definitions] |
| cotyledon |
in a great number of plants, one of usu. two leaves that appear first after a seed has sprouted and are usu. different in shape from later leaves. |
| couch |
a large piece of upholstered furniture with a back and usu. with arms, on which several people can sit or one can lie; sofa. [4 definitions] |
| couchant |
lying or reclining. [2 definitions] |
| couch grass |
a grass that has creeping rootstocks, by which it spreads rapidly, and is considered a troublesome weed; quack grass; quitch. |
| couching |
(archaic) the act or an instance of crouching or bowing low to the ground. |
| couch potato |
(informal) a person whose main leisure pastime is television viewing. |
| cougar |
a large tan wild cat of North and South America; mountain lion; puma. |
| cough |
to release air noisily and spasmodically from the lungs as a result of illness or foreign matter in the respiratory system. [6 definitions] |
| cough drop |
a small candylike lozenge that is medicated for relieving a cough, sore throat, or the like. |
| cough up |
(slang) to give over (something demanded, esp. money). [2 definitions] |
| could |
used to express that there was ability to do something in the past, or that an action or state was possible in the past. [4 definitions] |
| could do with |
would benefit from (something); need or needs to some degree. |
| couldn't |
contracted form of "could not." |
| could've |
contracted form of "could have." |
| coulee |
a deep, narrow ravine, esp. in the western United States, cut by rain or melting snow. [2 definitions] |
| coulomb |
a unit of electrical charge equal to the charge of 6.28 times 1018 electrons or the charge transferred in one second by a steady current of one ampere. |
| coulter |
variant of colter. |