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Definition & Synonyms
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• Com-
- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.
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• Coma
- (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
- (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
- (n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
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• Comanches
- (n. pl.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.
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• Comart
- (n.) A covenant.
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• Comate
- (a.) Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
Synonyms:
Comose,
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• Comatose
- (a.) Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
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• Comatous
- (a.) Comatose.
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• Comatula
- (n.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.
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• Comatulid
- (n.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.
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• Comb
- (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
- (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
- (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
- (n.) The curling crest of a wave.
- (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
- (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.
- (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
- (n.) A dry measure. See Coomb.
- (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.
- (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
- (n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
- (n.) Alt. of Combe
- (n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
- (n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
- (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
- (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
- (v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.
Synonyms:
Cockscomb, Combing, Coxcomb, Disentangle, Ransack,
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