| CACAFOGO | • cacafogo n. Alternative form of cacafuego. • CACAFOGO n. (Spanish) a spitfire, a blusterer, also CACAFUEGO. |
| CHECKOFF | • checkoff n. (US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages. • checkoff n. (US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen’s income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund. • checkoff n. (US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program. |
| CHOCKFUL | • chockful adj. Alternative spelling of chock-full. • CHOCKFUL adj. full to the limit. |
| COALFACE | • coalface n. (Mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined. • coalface n. (Mining) The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine. • coalface n. (Figurative, UK) A place where difficult or strenuous work is done. |
| COCKLOFT | • cockloft n. A small attic or garret. • COCKLOFT n. a small room just under the roof. |
| COCKNIFY | • cocknify v. Alternative form of cockneyfy. • COCKNIFY v. to make (an accent) cockney, also COCKNEYFY. |
| COEFFECT | • coeffect n. A joint effect. • COEFFECT n. an accompanying effect. |
| COFACTOR | • cofactor n. A contributing factor. • cofactor n. (Biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function. • cofactor n. (Biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein. |
| COINFECT | • coinfect v. To infect jointly. • COINFECT v. to infect at the same time as another infection. |
| CONFECTS | • confects n. Plural of confect. • confects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confect. • CONFECT v. to prepare by combining ingredients. |
| CONFLICT | • conflict n. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals. • conflict n. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled. • conflict v. (Intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible. |
| CONFOCAL | • confocal adj. (Optics, mathematics) Having the same foci. • confocal n. Any of a pair of confocal mirrors or lenses. • CONFOCAL adj. of a type of microscope, having the same focus. |
| CORNIFIC | • cornific adj. Producing horns; forming horn. • CORNIFIC adj. producing horns. |
| FLOCCING | • FLOC v. to aggregate into floccules. |
| FLOCCOSE | • floccose adj. (Botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts. • FLOCCOSE adj. woolly. |
| FLOCCULE | • floccule n. A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc. • FLOCCULE n. a small tuft, also FLOCCULUS. |
| FLOCCULI | • flocculi n. Plural of flocculus. • FLOCCULUS n. (Latin) a small flock, tuft or flake, also FLOCCULE. |
| FOCACCIA | • focaccia n. (Uncountable) A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped… • focaccia n. (Countable) A sandwich made with this type of bread. • FOCACCIA n. (Italian) a flat Italian bread. |
| LOCOFOCO | • locofoco n. (Archaic) A match (used for making fire). • Locofoco n. (US, politics, historical) A member of a faction of the US Democratic Party in the early 1800s, formed… • LOCOFOCO n. (Spanish) a match or cigar which can be lit by friction on any rough surface. |