a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

tooth on the rim of gear wheel

roll steel ingots

join pieces of wood with cogs

railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction

persuasive relevance

the quality of being valid and rigorous

powerfully persuasive

any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

having cogs

walk unsteadily

move unsteadily

capable of being thought about

consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

a carefully considered thought about something

attentive consideration and meditation

of or relating to having capacities for cogitation

given to cogitation

high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

related in nature

having the same ancestral language

related by blood

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

(anthropology) related by blood

capable of being known

having knowledge of

(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

of or being or relating to or involving cognition

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena

a cognitive scientist who studies the neurophysiological foundations of mental phenomena

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind

a scientist who studies cognitive processes

the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning

the state of a person's cognitive processes

with regard to cognition

capable of being known

having knowledge of

range of what one can know or understand

range or scope of what is perceived