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coprocessor
nounLow
/ˌkəʊˈprəʊsesə/A secondary processor designed to supplement the functions of the primary CPU, typically handling specialized tasks to improve overall system performance.
coproduce
verb-transitiveLow
/ˌkəʊ.prəˈdjuːs/To produce (something) jointly with another person or organization.
coproduct
nounRare
/ˈkəʊˌprɒdʌkt/A product that is created as a secondary or unintended output of a primary industrial or biological process.
coprolagnia
nounVery Low
/ˌkɒprə(ʊ)ˈlæɡnɪə/A paraphilia in which sexual arousal is derived from faeces or defecation.
coprolalia
nounVery low
/ˌkɒprəˈleɪlɪə/The involuntary, often repetitive use of obscene or socially unacceptable language, especially as a symptom of a neurological or psychiatric condition.
coprolite
nounLow
/ˈkɒprəlʌɪt/A piece of fossilised animal dung.
coprology
nounRare
/kɒˈprɒlədʒi/The study of excrement or feces, often in medical or anthropological contexts.
coprophilia
nounVery Low
/ˌkɒprəˈfɪlɪə/A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from feces.
coprophobia
nounC1/C2 / Rare
/ˌkɒprəˈfəʊbiə/An irrational, excessive fear of faeces.
coprosecutor
nounVery Low
/ˌkəʊˈprɒsɪkjuːtə/An attorney who jointly prosecutes a legal case alongside another prosecutor.
coprosma
nounvery low
/kəˈprɒzmə/A genus of flowering plants, shrubs or small trees.
cops and robbers
nounMedium
/ˌkɒps ən ˈrɒb.əz/A children's game where players take on the roles of police officers and criminals, with the 'cops' trying to catch the 'robbers'.
copse
nounC1
/kɒps/A small group of trees.
copt
nounVery Rare / Obsolete
/kɒpt/To cut or shear (especially wool from sheep).
copter
nounMedium
/ˈkɒptə/A shortened, informal term for a helicopter.
coptic
adjectivenounC2
/ˈkɒptɪk/The language of the indigenous Christians of Egypt from the 2nd to 17th centuries AD, descended from ancient Egyptian and written in a script derived from Greek.
coptic church
nounC1
/ˌkɒptɪk ˈtʃɜːtʃ/The ancient Christian church originating in Egypt, based on the teachings of Saint Mark, and using the Coptic language in its liturgy.
copula
nounC2
/ˈkɒp.jə.lə/A verb, most often a form of 'be', that connects a subject to a subject complement (a noun, adjective, or phrase that describes or renames it).
copulate
adjectiveverbverb-intransitiveC2
/ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/To engage in sexual intercourse.
copulation
nounC1
/ˌkɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/The act of sexual intercourse.

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