| GOOD | BAD | SERIOUS | CRITICAL | NEUTRAL |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), noun; pl. {Corpora} (-p[-o]*r[.a]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
{Corpus callosum} (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}.
{Corpus Christi} (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
{Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}.
{Corpus delicti} (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime.
{Corpus luteum} (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
{Corpus striatum} (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn: {principal}, {corpus}, {principal sum}]
2: a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
| GOOD | BAD | SERIOUS | CRITICAL | NEUTRAL |
Definitions retrieved from the Open Source DICT Webster's English and WordNet 3.0 dictionaries. Click here for database copyright information.
http://www.define.com is a PRIVATE SECTOR EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT TERRESTRIAL ALIEN BLOG that PROMOTES FUTURISTIC SECULARISM, WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY, OPEN and TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT and WORLDWIDE BANKING REFORM. THIS IS COMPUTER-AIDED PEACE ON EARTH. COMPUTERS WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING. PEOPLE DO NOT NEED MONEY.
www.FreeWorldBank.org on Amazon S3
facebook.com/groups/FreeWorldBank
Eye and Pyramid BANKING REFORM CHALLENGE