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Corona

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1.NounA large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
2.NounAn 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. The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown. The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
3.NounA region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
4.NounThe external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
5.NounThe circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
6.NounThe large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
7.NounThe 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. 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.NounThe 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.
9.NounAn 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.
10.NounAny luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
11.NounAny 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. An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth. The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas. The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms. A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
12.NounA 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.
13.NounAn annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth. The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas. The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
14.NounAn annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
15.NounThe main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
16.NounThe crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
17.NounA fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
18.NounA luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
19.NounA 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.
20.NounA 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.
21.NounA manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
22.NounA crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
23.VerbTo surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
24.NounA coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
"The recent surge of deaths due to corona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system."
25.NounA disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
"She caught corona last week."
26.NounA series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
27.NounA long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
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