Words That Start With: CORN

• the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn

• (of an animal) Fed on corn.

• (sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.

• (of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).

• A hairstyle, of African origin, having rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp

• To braid the hair in this fashion.

• a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

• a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall

• the topmost projecting part of an entablature

• furnish with a cornice

• dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

• the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

• ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

• a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

• (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

• whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

• something sentimental or trite

• feed (cattle) with corn

• preserve with large-grained rock salt

• (used especially of meat) cured in brine

• of or related to the cornea