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Definition: Corneous |
CorneousAdjective1. Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CorneousSynonyms: hornlike (adj), horny (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hardness | Adamant, adamantine, adamantean; concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous; horny, corneous; bony; osseous, ossific; cartilaginous; hard as a rock. Noun: stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker; stiff as starch, stiff as as board. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Corneous |
| English words defined with "corneous": Kerasine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corneous": hyperkeratosis. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "corneous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قرني (centennial, horny, podded, secular), صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | рогов (horn, horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rohový. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | corneus (horny), hornet (horny), horn- (horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verhoornd (horny, keratinized), hoornig (horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sarvimainen (horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | corné. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | corneus (horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεράτινος (horny), κερατώδησ (horny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szaruszemû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orneouscay córneo (cornu, horn). (various references) cornos (horn-like, horny). (various references) роговой (horn-rimmed, keratoid). (various references) rožast (hornlike). (various references) córneo (horny). (various references) hornartad. (various references) boynuzdan yapılmış (horny), boynuz gibi (horny). (various references) роговий (horn). (various references) bằng sừng giống sừng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Corneous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Borenius, Cornabus, Corneanu, Corneau, Cornejo, Corneloup, corneum, cornutus, coronopus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: onerous. | |
-2 letters: censor, cerous, cooers, cornus, course, crones, croons, crouse, nooser, ounces, recons, roscoe, rouens, sooner, source. | |
-3 letters: ceros, cones, conus, cooer, coons, cores, corns, cornu, corse, crone, croon, cruse, cures, curns, curse, ecrus, euros, noose, nurse, onces, ounce, recon, roose, rouen, roues, rouse, runes, scone, score, scorn, scour, senor, snore, sucre, uncos. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: concourse, counselor. | |
+2 letters: censorious, cofounders, concourses, coniferous, conquerors, counsellor, counselors, courantoes, indecorous, outscorned, overcounts, pronounces, recontours, undercools. | |
+3 letters: arenicolous, ceremonious, compounders, confounders, congenerous, connoisseur, coterminous, counsellors, counterions, counterpose, countershot, countertops, cryosurgeon, nonconsumer, noncustomer, nonrecourse, overconsume, pronouncers, prosecution. | |
+4 letters: broncobuster, canorousness, carbonaceous, censoriously, chloroquines, colorfulness, connoisseurs, conterminous, counterblows, countercoups, counterflows, counterfoils, countermemos, countermoves, counterplots, counterploys, counterpoise, counterposed, counterposes, countershots, croquignoles, cryosurgeons, decorousness, electrotonus, enterococcus, indecorously, mispronounce, monocultures, mononuclears, mucoproteins, necrophagous, noncancerous, nonconsumers, noncountries, noncustomers, overcautions, overconsumed, overconsumes, overdiscount, overfocusing, porcelaneous, preconscious, proconsulate, prosecutions, supercooling, uncensorious, uncourageous. | |
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