Vocabulary : Corniferous to Cornish

Corniferous : Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.
Cornific : Producing horns; forming horn.
Cornification : Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.
Cornified : Converted into horn; horny.
Corniform : Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
Cornigerous : Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals.
Cornin : A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid. ;; An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
Corning : of Corn
Corniplume : A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Cornish : Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. ;; The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
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