Doctor: What seems to be the trouble?
Patient: Doctor, I keep getting the feeling that nobody can hear what I say.
Doctor: What seems to be the trouble?
—n. - system of words, letters, symbols, etc., used to represent others for secrecy or brevity.
- system of prearranged signals used to ensure secrecy in transmitting messages.
- computing piece of program text.
- systematic set of laws etc.
- prevailing standard of moral behaviour. —v. (-ding) put into code. [latin *codex]
COED
colloq. —n. - school for both sexes.
- esp. Us female pupil of a coed school. —adj. Coeducational. [abbreviation]
COIF
n. Hist. Close-fitting cap. [latin cofia helmet]
COIL
—v. - arrange or be arranged in spirals or concentric rings.
- move sinuously. —n. - coiled arrangement.
- coiled length of rope etc.
- single turn of something coiled.
- flexible loop as a contraceptive device in the womb.
- coiled wire for the passage of an electric current and acting as an inductor. [latin: related to *collect1]
COIN
—n. - stamped disc of metal as official money.
- (collect.) Metal money. —v. - make (coins) by stamping.
- make (metal) into coins.
- invent (esp. A new word or phrase). coin money make much money quickly. [latin cuneus wedge]
COIR
n. Coconut fibre used for ropes, matting, etc. [malayalam kayar cord]
COKE
—n. Solid substance left after gases have been extracted from coal. —v. (-king) convert (coal) into coke. [dial. Colk core]
- n. Slang cocaine. [abbreviation]
COLA
n. (also kola) 1 w. African tree bearing seeds containing caffeine.
- carbonated drink usu. Flavoured with these. [west african]
COLD
call —n. Marketing call on a person who has previously not shown interest in the product. —v. Visit or telephone (a person) in this way.
- chisel n. Chisel for cutting metal, stone, or brick.
- comfort n. Poor consolation.
- cream n. Ointment for cleansing and softening the skin.
- feet n.pl. Colloq. Loss of nerve.
- frame n. Unheated glass-topped frame for growing small plants.
- fusion n. Nuclear fusion at room temperature, esp. As a possible energy source.
- shoulder —n. (prec. By the) intentional unfriendliness. —v. (cold-shoulder) be deliberately unfriendly towards.
- sore n. Inflammation and blisters in and around the mouth, caused by a virus infection.
- storage n. - storage in a refrigerator.
- temporary putting aside (of an idea etc.), postponement.
- sweat n. Sweating induced by fear or illness.
- table n. Selection of dishes of cold food.
- turkey n. Slang abrupt withdrawal from addictive drugs.
- war n. Hostility between nations without actual fighting.
- —adj. - of or at a low temperature.
- not heated; cooled after heat.
- feeling cold.
- lacking ardour, friendliness, or affection.
- a depressing, uninteresting. B (of colour) suggestive of cold.
- a dead. B colloq. Unconscious.
- (of a scent in hunting) grown faint.
- (in games) far from finding what is sought. —n. - a prevalence of low temperature. B cold weather or environment.
- infection of the nose or throat with sneezing, catarrh, etc. —adv. Unrehearsed. in cold blood without emotion, deliberately. Out in the cold ignored, neglected. Throw (or pour) cold water on be discouraging about. coldly adv. Coldness n. [old english]
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