Cord
121cord foot — (cd ft) a traditional unit of volume used to measure stacked firewood. A cord foot is the volume of a stack of firewood 4 feet wide, 1 foot long, and 4 feet high. Thus the cord foot is 1/8 cord, or 16 cubic feet, or about 0.4531 cubic meter …
122Cord, Errett Lobban — ▪ American automobile manufacturer born July 20, 1894, Warrensburg, Mo., U.S. died Jan. 2, 1974, Reno, Nev. U.S. automobile manufacturer, advocate of front wheel drive vehicles. Previously a racing car mechanic and driver, he became… …
123cord grass — noun any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders • Syn: ↑cordgrass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Hyponyms: ↑salt reed grass, ↑Spartina cynosuroides, ↑prairie cordgrass, ↑ …
124cord foot — noun : a quantity of wood equal to a stack 4×4×1 foot or 16 cubic feet * * * a quantity of wood 4 ft. high, 4 ft. wide, and 1 ft. long (1.2 m × 1.2 m × 0.3 m), or 16 cu. ft. (0.5 cu. m). * * * cord foot, a measure of cut wood equal to 1/8 of a… …
125cord grass — Marsh Marsh, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] [1913 Webster]… …
126cord blood — Blood taken post partum from the umbilical cord …
127cord blood — blood from the placenta drawn through the newly severed umbilical cord, collected for study or for possible transfusion to treat disease in the child. * * * …
128cord moss — ▪ plant genus any of the plants of the genus Funaria (subclass Bryidae), distinguished by the spirally twisted seta (stalk) of the capsule (spore case). About 86 species of Funaria are found in many habitats throughout the world, especially on… …
