| cornea |
the portion of the eyeball's outer coating that is transparent and covers the iris and pupil. |
| cornel |
any of the dogwood trees or shrubs. |
| cornelian |
variant of carnelian. |
| Cornell University |
an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York, founded in 1865. |
| corner |
the place where two lines or surfaces meet to form an angle. [10 definitions] |
| cornerback |
in football, one of two players on the outer edges of the defensive secondary who guard against end runs and cover wide receivers. |
| cornered |
with corners. [2 definitions] |
| cornerstone |
a stone placed at the corner joining two masonry walls. [3 definitions] |
| cornerwise |
proceeding from one corner of a rectangle through the center to the opposite corner; diagonally. [3 definitions] |
| cornet |
a brass wind instrument resembling a compact trumpet. [2 definitions] |
| cornfield |
a field in which corn is cultivated. |
| cornflakes |
a commercially prepared breakfast cereal made of small toasted flakes of coarse cornmeal, usu. eaten in milk. |
| cornflower |
a garden plant native to Eurasian grasslands, bearing bluish white to purplish or pink flowers; bluebottle; bachelor's button. [2 definitions] |
| 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 section of hair braided tightly and close to the scalp. [3 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. |