One evening Sherlock Holmes was going along the street and suddenly saw a man down…
- It’s certain, this gentleman is very tired after work… or he is dead drunk… or he is after being with a woman, … — reflected Holmes. As it’s Sunday today, he can’t be coming back from work… At such a late hour all shops are closed, and he couldn’t buy alcohol. So he is coming back from a woman. But in this remote place there are only two women — Watson’s wife and mine. Consequently, as I’m coming back from Watson’s wife, …
- Watson, rascal, get up!!!
n. Woman who flirts. coquetry n. (pl. -ies). Coquettish adj. [french diminutive: related to *cock1]
CORDLESS
adj. (of a hand-held electrical device) usable without a power cable because working from an internal source of energy or battery.
CORDUROY
n. - thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.
- (in pl.) Corduroy trousers. [cord = ribbed fabric]
CORONARY
artery n. Artery supplying blood to the heart.
- thrombosis n. Blockage caused by a blood clot in a coronary artery.
- —adj. Anat. Resembling or encircling like a crown. —n. (pl. -ies) = *coronary thrombosis. [latin: related to *corona]
CORPORAL
punishment n. Physical punishment.
- n. Non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. [french from italian]
- adj. Of the human body. corporality n. [latin corpus body]
CORRIDOR
n. - passage giving access into rooms.
- passage in a train giving access into compartments.
- strip of territory of one state passing through that of another.
- route which an aircraft must follow, esp. Over a foreign country. [french from italian]
CORUNDUM
n. Extremely hard crystallized alumina, used esp. As an abrasive. [tamil from sanskrit]
CORVETTE
n. - small naval escort-vessel.
- hist. Warship with one tier of guns. [french from dutch]
COSECANT
n. Math. Ratio of the hypotenuse (in a right-angled triangle) to the side opposite an acute angle.
COSMETIC
—adj. - beautifying, enhancing.
- superficially improving or beneficial.
- (of surgery or a prosthesis) imitating, restoring, or enhancing normal appearance. —n. Cosmetic preparation, esp. For the face. cosmetically adv. [greek, = ornament]
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