Broom corn
() A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. |
Corn
(n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome. |
Corn
(n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize |
Corn
(n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. |
Corn
(n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field |
Corn
(n.) A small, hard particle |
Corn
(v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains |
Corn
(v. t.) To form into small grains |
Corn
(v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats |
Corn
(v. t.) To render intoxicated |
Sea corn
() A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. |
-type
(n.) A combining form signifying impressed form |
Type
(n.) The mark or impression of something |
Type
(n.) Form or character impressed |
Type
(n.) A figure or representation of something to come |
Type
(n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities |
Type
(n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals |
Type
(n.) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy |
Type
(n.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. |
Type
(n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. |
Type
(n.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively |
Type
(v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand |
Type
(v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of |
Ward-corn
(n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. |
Woodbury-type
(n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing. |
Woodbury-type
(n.) A print from such a plate. |
| corn dance | a rain dance of Amerindians |
corn snake
red rat snake
Elaphe guttata | large harmless snake of southeastern United States, often on farms |
corn borer European corn borer moth
corn borer moth
Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
| corn borer Pyrausta nubilalis | larva of the European corn borer moth, a serious pest of maize |
corn earworm
cotton bollworm
tomato fruitworm
tobacco budworm
vetchworm
Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
| corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
| n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
| p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
| pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
| type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug
slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
| corn | something sentimental or trite, that movie was pure corn |
body type
somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type
ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy
pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type
mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A
type A
group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B
type B
group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB
type AB
group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O
type O
group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
| type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen
holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
| type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
| type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
| type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type
roman letters
roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| corn gluten | gluten prepared from corn |
| corn gluten feed | a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten |
| corn chowder | chowder containing corn |
| corn sugar | dextrose used as sweetening agent |
| candy corn | a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn |
| corn pudding | pudding made of corn and cream and egg |
| corn fritter | fritter containing corn or corn kernels |
bully beef
corned beef
corn beef | beef cured or pickled in brine |
| corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
| corn cake | baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland) |
| skillet corn bread | cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet |
ashcake
ash cake
corn tash | corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) |
corn dab
corn dodger
dodger | small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) |
| corn muffin | cornbread muffin |
| corn flake | crisp flake made from corn |
| corn chip | thin piece of cornmeal dough fried |
corn
edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
sweet corn
green corn | corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft |
| corn syrup | syrup prepared from corn |
moonshine
bootleg
corn liquor | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash |