Definition of code

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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..

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Codify :: Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws..
Codex :: Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament..
Ostracodermi :: Ostracodermi (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Law :: Law (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old 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..
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..
Fuero :: Fuero (n.) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
Codist :: Codist (n.) A codifier; a maker of codes.
Pterichthys :: Pterichthys (n.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.
Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
Placodermal :: Placodermal (a.) Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
Mycoderma :: Mycoderma (n.) A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother..
Cacodemon :: Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Sarcode :: Sarcode (n.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
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..
Ritual :: Ritual (n.) Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons..
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..
Penal :: Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code..
Zincode :: Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.
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