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- COLIFORMOf or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
- COLLTo hug or embrace.
- COLLABORATETo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- COLLATETo examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
- COLLATIONBringing together. The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison. The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc. A collection, a gatheri
- COLLEGEAn academic institution. A specialized division of a university.
- COLLEGIATEOf, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
- COLLEGIUMA committee or council.
- COLLIDETo make a direct impact, especially if violent.
- COLLIMATETo focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
- COLLUSIONA private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
- COLONUSA sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
- COLORThe spectral composition of visible light.
- COLORIFICThat produces colored precipitates
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- COLUBRIDAny snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
- COLUBRINESnakelike.
- COLUMBARYA pigeon house, pigeon loft, or dovecot.
- COLUMBINEAny plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
- COLUMNA solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- COLUMNARHaving the shape of a column.
- COLYAny bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
- COMATEcomose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).
- COMBATA battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
- COMBINATEThe result of a combining of two or more components.
- COMBINETo bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- COMBUSTTo burn up, to burn away, to consume with fire.
- COMBUSTIBLECapable of burning.
- COMBUSTION(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- COMBUSTIVEOf, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
- COMBUSTORA chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
- COMEDOA clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
- COMEDONESplural of comedo
- COMFITA confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
- COMFITUREA confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- COMFREYAny of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
- COMITALOf or pertaining to a count or earl.
- COMITATIVEOf, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
- COMITATUSA group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.
- COMITIALOf or pertaining to a comitia.
- COMITIASA popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
- COMITYCourtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- COMOSEBearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.
- COMPAGECompages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
- COMPANYA team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.
- COMPARABLEAble to be compared (to).
- COMPARATIVEOf or relating to comparison.
- COMPARETo assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or diffe
- COMPARISONThe act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- COMPATIBLECapable of working together without conflict.
- COMPATRIOTSomebody from one's own country.
- COMPEERThe equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
- COMPELTo drive together, round up.
- COMPENDIOUScontaining a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
- COMPENSATETo do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- COMPENSATIVEthat compensates for something; compensatory
- COMPEREA master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.
- COMPETETo be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
- COMPETENTHaving sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- COMPILATIONThe act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- COMPILETo make by gathering pieces from various sources.
- COMPILEROne who compiles.
- COMPITALOf the vein of a leaf, intersecting at a wide angle.
- COMPLAINTo express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
- COMPLAINTThe act of complaining.
- COMPLAISANTCompliant.
- COMPLETIONThe act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
- COMPLETIVEMaking complete.
- COMPLEXMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- COMPLEXIONThe quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
- COMPLEXUSA complex, an aggregate of parts
- COMPLINEThe last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.
- COMPONYDivided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
- COMPORTTo tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- COMPOSETo make something by merging parts.
- COMPOSITEMade up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- COMPOSITIVEHaving the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
- COMPOSTThe decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
- COMPOSTURECompost, composted manure.
- COMPOSTUREDCompost, composted manure.
- COMPREHENDTo understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
- COMPREHENSIBLEAble to be comprehended.
- COMPREHENSIVEBroadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
- COMPRISETo be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
- COMPTNeat; spruce.
- COMPULSIONAn irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
- COMPULSIVEUncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
- COMPULSORYRequired; obligatory; mandatory.
- COMPURGATIONAcquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
- COMPUTATIONThe act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- COMPUTETo reckon, calculate.
- COMRADEA mate, companion, or associate. A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
- CONATIONThe power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
- CONATIVEOf or pertaining to a striving action.
- CONATUSAn effort, an endeavour, a striving. Such a striving effort that is a life force.
- CONCHAAny shell-shaped structure: The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening. Ellipsis of nasal concha.
- CONCISEBrief, yet including all important information.
- CONCOURSEA large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to an
- CONCUSSTo injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
- CONDOTTIEREA mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.