| cop2 |
(informal) a police officer. |
| cop3 |
a cone-shaped mass of thread wound on a spindle. |
| copal |
a hard resin from various tropical trees, used to make lacquers and varnishes. |
| cop a plea |
(informal) to plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to avoid trial on the original charge. |
| copartner |
an associate or fellow partner, as in a business enterprise. |
| copartnership |
combined form of partnership. |
| cope1 |
to contend or struggle, esp. with some success (often fol. by "with"). [2 definitions] |
| cope2 |
a long ecclesiastical robe worn as an outer garment in processions and the like. [2 definitions] |
| Copenhagen |
the seaport capital of Denmark. |
| Copernican system |
the theory, first held by Copernicus, that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. |
| copestone |
variant of capstone. |
| copier |
a machine used to make photographic copies of pages; photocopy machine. (See Xerox.) [2 definitions] |
| copilot |
one who is second in command to the pilot of an airplane. |
| coping |
the top layer of a masonry wall, often having a sloping surface so that water will run off. |
| coping saw |
a handsaw with a thin blade that is attached to the handle by a U-shaped frame, used for cutting curved shapes into wood. |
| copious |
abundant in number or quantity; plentiful. |
| copolymer |
a heavy compound produced by copolymerizing. |
| copolymerize |
to polymerize (two or more different monomers), or to undergo polymerizing. |
| cop out |
(informal) to avoid facing a responsibility or fulfilling a promise, esp. in a cowardly way. |
| cop-out |
(informal) an instance or act of evading responsibility or not fulfilling a promise. |
| copper |
a chemical element that has twenty-nine protons in each nucleus and occurs as a reddish brown, corrosion-resistant solid metal with excellent electrical conductivity, widely used for wiring and in pipes, and in alloys such as brass and bronze. (symbol: Cu). [7 definitions] |