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Copernican

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• Copernicium

  [koh-per-nis-ee-uh m] /ˌkoʊ pərˈnɪs i əm/ noun, Chemistry, Physics. 1. a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Cn; atomic number: 112.

• Copernicus

  [koh-pur-ni-kuh s, kuh-] /koʊˈpɜr nɪ kəs, kə-/ noun 1. Nicolaus [nik-uh-ley-uh s] /ˌnɪk əˈleɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Mikolaj Kopernik) 1473–1543, Polish astronomer who promulgated the now accepted theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun (the Copernican System) 2. a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon, […]

• Copesetic

  [koh-puh-set-ik, -see-tik] /ˌkoʊ pəˈsɛt ɪk, -ˈsi tɪk/ adjective 1. . [koh-puh-set-ik, -see-tik] /ˌkoʊ pəˈsɛt ɪk, -ˈsi tɪk/ adjective, Slang. 1. fine; completely satisfactory; OK. /ˌkəʊpəˈsɛtɪk/ adjective 1. (US & Canadian, slang) very good; excellent; completely satisfactory adj. see copacetic. adj. 1919, but it may have origins in 19c. U.S. Southern black speech. Origin unknown, suspects […]

• Copestone

  [kohp-stohn] /ˈkoʊpˌstoʊn/ noun 1. the top of a building or other structure. 2. a used for or in . 3. the crown or completion; finishing touch. /ˈkəʊpˌstəʊn/ noun 1. Also called coping stone. a stone used to form a coping 2. Also called capstone. the stone at the top of a building, wall, etc

• Cop-heat

  noun Police activity: When there’s cop-heat here, the prostitutes go there [1970s+; Heat in this sense is attested from 1931]

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