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corona

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Noun

  1. A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
  2. An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body: A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
  3. An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body: The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
  4. An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body: The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
  5. The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
  6. The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
  7. An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
  8. Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
  9. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
  10. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1): A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.
  11. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1): An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
  12. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1): The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
  13. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1): The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
  14. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1): A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
  15. A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
  16. A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
  17. A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
  18. A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
  19. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
  20. A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
  21. A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
  22. A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
  23. A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
  24. A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo, commonly served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck of the bottle.
  25. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2”).
  26. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19”).
  27. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end”).

Verb

  1. To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.

Proper noun

  1. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
  2. A place in the United States: A city in Riverside County, California.
  3. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.
  5. A place in the United States: A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
  6. A place in the United States: A neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
  7. A place in the United States: A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
  8. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi.
  9. A surname from Spanish.
  10. A female given name.
  11. A male given name.

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