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• cot|ton|y — «KOT uh nee», adjective. 1. covered with a down or nap resembling cotton. 2. of cotton. 3. like cotton; soft; fluffy; downy: »cottony clouds …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton-pick|ing — «KOT uhn PIHK ihng», adjective, adverb. U.S. Slang. –adj. 1. lowly; worthless. 2. (as an intensive only) confounded: »Whoever said that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door was out of his cotton picking mind… …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|mouth — «KOT uhn MOWTH», noun. = water moccasin. (Cf. ↑water moccasin) ╂[American English (its open mouth is whitish in appearance)] …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|seed — «KOT uhn SEED», noun, plural seeds or (collectively) seed. the seed of cotton. It is used for making cottonseed oil, fertilizer, and cattle feed …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|tail — «KOT uhn TAYL», noun, or cottontail rabbit, the common North American wild rabbit with a fluffy, white tail …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|weed — «KOT uhn WEED», noun. any one of various plants whose downy leaves suggest cotton, such as the pearly everlasting …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|wood — «KOT uhn WUD», noun. 1. a kind of American poplar tree with tufts that look like cotton on its small seeds: »But now, windbreaks of growing trees, especially of cottonwoods, shelter many of the homes on these same far flung plains (Fred W.… …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|y-cush|ion scale — «KOT uh nee KUSH uhn», a scale insect that attacks fruit trees, especially citrus trees …   Useful english dictionary

• gun|cot|ton — «GUHN KOT uhn», noun. an explosive made by treating cotton or other cellulose fibers with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids …   Useful english dictionary

• ni|tro|cot|ton — «NY troh KOT uhn», noun. = guncotton. (Cf. ↑guncotton) …   Useful english dictionary