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  • COLITISnoun159 findersinflammation of the colon.
  • COLLverbLatin3 findersTo hug or embrace.
  • COLLABORATEverbLatin2 findersTo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
  • COLLAGENnounAncient Greek1 finderThe main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.
  • COLLAPSARnoun1 finderThe black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star.
  • COLLARDnounMiddle English1 finderA Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.
  • COLLATEverbLatin2 findersTo examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
  • COLLATIONnounLatin3 findersBringing 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
  • COLLECTIONnounProto-Indo-European3 findersA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
  • COLLECTORSHIPnoun1 finderThe rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
  • COLLEENnounIrish1 finderA girl.
  • COLLEGEnounLatin1 finderAn academic institution. A specialized division of a university.
  • COLLEGIATEadjectiveLatin1 finderOf, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
  • COLLEGIUMnounLatin2 findersA committee or council.
  • COLLETnounMiddle French2 findersA band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually
  • COLLIDEverbLatin1 finderTo make a direct impact, especially if violent.
  • COLLIDERnoun1 finderAny of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
  • COLLIERnounOld English6 findersA person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel). A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (th
  • COLLIERYnoun3 findersAn underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
  • COLLIMATEverbLatin3 findersTo focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
  • COLLINEARadjective2 findersLying on the same straight line.
  • COLLINEARITYnoun2 findersThe condition of being collinear.
  • COLLOIDadjectiveAncient Greek8 findersGlue-like; gelatinous.
  • COLLOPnounMiddle English7 findersA slice of meat.
  • COLLUDERnoun1 finderOne who colludes; one who conspires.
  • COLLUSIONnounLatin7 findersA private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
  • COLLYadjectiveOld English1 finderBlack as coal.
  • COLLYRIUMnounAncient Greek2 findersA lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve.
  • COLOBUSnoun15 findersAny of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.
  • COLOGARITHMnoun1 finderThe logarithm of the reciprocal of a number (equal to the negative of the original logarithm)
  • COLOGNEnounFrench29 findersA type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
  • COLOGNEDadjective3 findersPerfumed with cologne.
  • COLONnounAncient Greek66 findersThe punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
  • COLONIALadjective2 findersOf or pertaining to a colony.
  • COLONICadjective25 findersOf, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.
  • COLONISERnoun27 findersNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.
  • COLONISTnoun19 findersA founder of a colony.
  • COLONITISnoun5 findersColitis.
  • COLONIZEverb4 findersTo settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
  • COLONIZERnoun5 findersOne who colonizes: One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
  • COLONUSnounLatin3 findersA sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
  • COLONYnounProto-Indo-European48 findersA geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
  • COLORnounLatin13 findersThe spectral composition of visible light.
  • COLORABLEadjective1 finderUS standard spelling of colourable.
  • COLORANTnounFrench6 findersAlternative spelling of colourant.
  • COLOREDadjective6 findersHaving a color.
  • COLORFASTadjectiveDutch5 findersHaving colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
  • COLORFULadjective16 findersPossessing prominent and varied colors.
  • COLORFULNESSnoun1 finderThe state of being colorful.
  • COLORIFICadjectiveLatin1 finderThat produces colored precipitates
  • COLORIMETERnounLatin1 finderAny of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
  • COLORIMETRYnoun1 finderThe science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
  • COLORISEverb2 findersUncommon spelling of colorize.
  • COLORISMnoun13 findersPrejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
  • COLORISTnoun19 findersOne who colors; an artist with a talent for coloring.
  • COLORISTICadjective2 findersOf, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour
  • COLORIZEverb4 findersTo add color to.
  • COLORWAYnoun4 findersAny of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
  • COLOSSEUMnounAncient Greek1 finderAlternative spelling of coliseum.
  • COLOSTRICadjective1 finderOf or relating to colostrum.
  • COLOSTRUMnounLatin148 findersA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
  • COLOURANTnoun2 findersA pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.
  • COLOURFASTadjective1 finderAlternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
  • COLOURFULadjective4 findersBritish standard spelling of colorful.
  • COLOURISEverb6 findersNon-Oxford British standard spelling of colorize.
  • COLOURISTnoun9 findersOne who colours; an artist with a talent for colouring
  • COLOURIZEverb1 finderAlternative spelling of colourise.
  • COLOURLESSadjective4 findersHaving little or no colour.
  • COLOURWASHnoun1 finderA coloured distemper
  • COLPITISnoun2 findersSynonym of vaginitis.
  • COLPORTAGEnounFrench5 findersThe distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
  • COLTnounProto-Indo-European41 findersA young male horse.
  • COLTANnoun10 findersA metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.
  • COLTERnoun6 findersUS standard spelling of coulter.
  • COLTISHadjectiveMiddle English73 findersResembling a colt, especially: Lively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature).
  • COLTISHLYadverb3 findersIn a coltish manner.
  • COLUBRIDnounLatin15 findersAny snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
  • COLUBRINEadjectiveLatin6 findersSnakelike.
  • COLUGOnounMalay11 findersAn arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
  • COLUMBARYnounLatin6 findersA pigeon house, pigeon loft, or dovecot.
  • COLUMBINEnounLatin58 findersAny plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
  • COLUMBITEnoun4 findersA black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
  • COLUMNnounAncient Greek54 findersA solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
  • COLUMNALnoun3 findersA disklike part of the stem of a crinoid
  • COLUMNARadjectiveLatin226 findersHaving the shape of a column.
  • COLUMNARITYnoun8 findersThe state or quality of being columnar.
  • COLUMNEDadjective13 findersHaving columns.
  • COLUMNISTnounProto-Indo-European26 findersA regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.
  • COLUREnounAncient Greek2 findersEither of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.
  • COLYnounLatin11 findersAny bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
  • COMAnounAncient Greek19 findersA state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
  • COMALnounSpanish11 findersA flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods.
  • COMANAGEverb1 finderTo manage together; to run jointly.
  • COMATEadjectiveLatin3 finderscomose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).
  • COMATOSEadjectiveAncient Greek84 findersIn a coma: unconscious.
  • COMATOSELYadverb5 findersIn, or as if in, a coma; in a manner that is sluggish, oblivious, etc.
  • COMBnounProto-Indo-European28 findersA toothed implement: A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. T
  • COMBATnounLatin8 findersA battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
  • COMBATIVEadjective28 findersGiven to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
  • COMBATIVELYadverb17 findersIn a combative way.

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