Definition of code

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Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest..

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Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
Ostracodermi :: Ostracodermi (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Sarcode :: Sarcode (n.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
Code :: Code (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals..
Protoplasm :: Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called physical basis of life; the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc..
Cacodemon :: Cacodemon (n.) The nightmare.
Placodermi :: Placodermi (n. pl.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus..
Codex :: Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament..
Slugworm :: Slugworm (n.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies..
Codices :: Codices (pl. ) of Code.
Manucode :: Manucode (n.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise..
Sarcoderma :: sarcoderma (n.) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments..
Cacodemon :: Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Sarcoderma :: sarcoderma (n.) A sarcocarp.
Codical :: Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code..
Wigwag :: Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Codeine :: Codeine (n.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia..
Mycoderma :: Mycoderma (n.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zooloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance..
Codefendant :: Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.
Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.
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