Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z courtward Toward a court. courtwards Towards a court. courtwear Clothing to be worn in a sports court. Courtwright A surname. courtyard An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. courtyarded Having a courtyard. courtyardful Enough to fill a courtyard. courtyardlike Resembling or characteristic of a courtyard. courtyardy Resembling or characteristic of a courtyard. courtzilite A type of asphalt allied to uintahite and gilsonite. Courville A surname. Coury A surname from Arabic. cous cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin) Cousar A surname. couscous A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. couscoussier A double-chambered steamer used to prepare couscous. Couse A surname originating as a patronymic. Couser A surname. Couserans A historical region of Ariège department, Occitania, France. Coushatta A member of a Native American people found mainly in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. cousin Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman. cousinage relationship; kinship cousinal Of or relating to a cousin. cousincest Sexual relations between cousins. Cousineau A surname. cousiness A female cousin. cousinette A type of soup containing chard and sorrel. cousinfucker A generic term of abuse. cousinfucking Incestuous. cousinhood Relationship as of cousins. cousinless Without a cousin. cousinliness The quality of being cousinly. cousinly Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin Cousino A surname. cousinry Collectively, someone's cousins cousins The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective). cousinship The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins. cousiny Resembling or characteristic of cousins. Cousland A surname. coussinet A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch or vault. Cousteron A commercial French cow's-milk cheese Cousy A surname from French. Coutances A town and commune in Manche department, Normandy, France. coutareagenin A neoflavonoid found in the bark of Hintonia latiflora. couteau A knife; a dagger. Coutee A surname. couter A piece of armor which covers the elbow. Coutet A wine from Château Coutet in Bordeaux, France. couth Familiar, known; well-known, renowned. couthie Friendly, agreeable, pleasant. couthiness The quality of being couthie. couthless Uncouth. coutil A woven cloth created specifically for making corsets. coutilier A title of a low-ranking professional soldier in medieval French armies. Coutinho A surname from Portuguese. coutinhoite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, thorium, and uranium. Couto A surname. Coutras A commune in Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Coutts A surname. Coutu A surname. couture The production of high-end, custom-made clothing. couturial Relating to couture couturier A person who designs haute couture (high fashion). couturist A maker of couture; a couturier. couvade A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman. couvert cover charge couverture Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate. couveuse An incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely. Couvillion A surname. Couvinian An age from 397.5 ± 2.7 to 391.8 ± 2.7 million years ago, a subdivision of the Devonian. couxia Synonym of black bearded saki. couyon joker, funny person Couzen A surname from Middle English Couzens A surname from Middle English. couzeranite A scapolite mineral. COV Coventry. covado A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand. Covadonga A village in Asturias. covaledictorian A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student covalence A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms covalent Containing or characterized by a covalent bond. covalently Using covalent bonds. Covalt A surname from Dutch. Covareca A dialect of the Otuke language. covariability The quality of being covariable covariable covariate covariance A statistical measure defined as scriptstyle operatorname Cov(X,Y)= operatorname E((X-μ)(Y-ν)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values scriptstyle E(X),=,μ and scriptstyle E(Y),=,ν. covariant Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y). covariantization The process of covariantizing. covariantize To make covariant. covariantly In a covariant manner. covariate A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study. covariated Having covariates covariation covariance covariational Relating to a covariation or covariance covariogram correlogram covarion concomitantly variable codon Covarrubias A surname from Spanish. covary To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive Covasna A town and county of Romania. Covault A surname. Covay A surname. cove A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. covector A linear map from a vector space to its field of scalars Covel A surname. covelet A little cove. covelike Resembling or characteristic of a cove. Covell A surname. Covelli A surname. covelline covellite covellite A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper. covellitic Of or relating to covellite. Covello A surname. Covelo A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. coven A nunnery, a convent. covenableness The state or quality of being covenable. covenant An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. covenantal Of or pertaining to a covenant. covenantalism An interpretive framework for the Bible, viewing the history (and future) of God's dealings with humankind through the lens of the various covenants described in the Scriptures. covenantalist A proponent of covenantalism. covenantality The quality of being covenantal. covenantally In terms of or by means of a covenant. covenanted Bound by a covenant. covenantee The person in whose favor a covenant is made. covenanter One who makes a covenant. covenantism covenantalism covenantist covenantalist covenantor The party who makes a covenant. covendom The area served by a covenstead and inhabited by members of the coven. covener A member of a coven. Coveney A surname. covenstead A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location. covent Convent. coventilated ventilated along with another coventrate To devastate by heavy bombing. Coventrian A person from Coventry, England. coventrize To bomb (a place) into rubble. Coventry A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire. coventure An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries. coventurer Any of the parties involved in producing a coventure. cover A lid. coverability The condition of being coverable or being able to cover coverable Able to be covered. Coverack A fishing village in St Keverne parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7818). coverage An amount by which something or someone is covered. coverall A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing. coveralled Wearing a coverall. coveralls A coverall. coverb Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages. coverbal Accompanying speech.