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Cnemis
- unknown - The section of the leg from the knee to the ankle; shin
Cnicus
- noun - one species: blessed thistle
Cnidus
- unknown - Ancient Greek city in Asia Minor. Present day Turkey.
Co-Opt
- verb - appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"
- choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
- neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
- take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
Coacts
- verb - act together, as of organisms
Coaita
- - The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. Ateles paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.
Coaled
- verb - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
- supply with coal
- take in coal; "The big ship coaled"
Coapts
- verb - cause to adhere; "The wounds were coapted"
- fit tightly and fasten
Coarse
- adjective - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
- of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
- of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"