| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| colander | noun | A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like. |
| colation | noun | The act or process of straining or filtering. |
| colature | noun | The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. |
| coldness | noun | The state or quality of being cold. |
| coleseed | noun | The common rape or cole. |
| coleslaw | noun | A salad made of sliced cabbage. |
| colewort | noun | A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head., Any white cabbage before the head has become firm. |
| coliseum | noun | The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. |
| collagen | noun | The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue. |
| collapse | verb i. | To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses., To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian’s government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance., A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel., A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown., Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance. |
| collared | imp. & past participle | of Collar, Wearing a collar., Wearing a collar; — said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins., Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t. |
| collards | noun pl. | Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort. |
| collated | imp. & past participle | of Collate |
| collator | noun | One who collates manuscripts, books, etc., One who collates to a benefice., One who confers any benefit. |
| colletic | adjective | Agglutinant., An agglutinant. |
| colliery | noun | The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it., The coal trade. |
| collogue | verb i. | To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. |
| colloped | adjective | Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops. |
| colloquy | noun | Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation., In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship. |
| colluded | imp. & past participle | of Collude |
| colluder | noun | One who conspires in a fraud. |
| collying | present participle & vb. noun | of Colly |
| collyria | plural | of Collyrium |
| colocolo | noun | A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot. |
| colombin | noun | See Calumbin. |
| colonial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars. |
| colonist | noun | A member or inhabitant of a colony. |
| colonize | verb t. | To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in., To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. |
| colonies | plural | of Colony |
| colophon | noun | An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer’s name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book. |
| coloring | present participle & vb. noun | of Color, The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color., Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. |
| colorate | adjective | Colored. |
| colorist | noun | One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. |
| colormen | plural | of Colorman |
| colorman | noun | A vender of paints, etc. |
| colossal | adjective | Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue., Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic. |
| colossus | noun | A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes., Any man or beast of gigantic size. |
| colotomy | noun | An operation for opening the colon |
| colstaff | noun | A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders. |
| columbae | noun pl. | An order of birds, including the pigeons. |
| columbia | noun | America; the United States; — a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. |
| columbic | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic., Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. |
| columbin | noun | A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin. |
| columnar | adjective | Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. |
| columned | adjective | Having columns. |