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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Colorimetric AnalysisnounMWEquantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coloring BooknounMWEa picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by childrenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Coloring MaterialnounMWEany material used for its colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour BarnounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour BlindnessnounMWEgenetic inability to distinguish differences in hueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour ConstancynounMWEthe tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
colour inverbMWEto add color toverifiedJun 3, 2026
Colour LinenounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour of LawnounMWEa mere semblance of legal rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour SchemenounMWEa planned combination of colorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour SupplementnounMWE(British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour TelevisionnounMWEa television that transmits images in colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour Television SystemnounMWEa television that transmits images in colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour Television TubenounMWEa television tube that displays images in full colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour TubenounMWEa television tube that displays images in full colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour TVnounMWEa television that transmits images in colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour TV TubenounMWEa television tube that displays images in full colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour Vision DeficiencynounMWEgenetic inability to distinguish differences in hueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colour WashnounMWEa wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colouring MaterialnounMWEany material used for its colorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colubrid SnakenounMWEmostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Columbian MammothnounMWEa variety of mammothverifiedMay 18, 2026
Columbiform BirdnounMWEa cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Column ChromatographynounMWEchromatography that uses selective adsorption by a column of powdersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Column InchnounMWEa unit of measurement for advertising spaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Columnar CellnounMWEan epithelial cell that is shaped like a columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Columnar Epithelial CellnounMWEan epithelial cell that is shaped like a columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Colza OilnounMWEedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Comb JellynounMWEbiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a combverifiedMay 18, 2026
comb outverbMWEto smoothen and neaten with or as with a combverifiedJun 3, 2026
Comb-Footed SpidernounMWEspider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind footverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat AreanounMWEa military area where combat forces operateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat BootnounMWEa boot reaching halfway up to the kneeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat CasualtynounMWEloss of military equipment in battleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat CeilingnounMWEaltitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat FatiguenounMWEa mental disorder caused by stress of active warfareverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat InjurynounMWEa casualty to military personnel resulting from combatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat IntelligencenounMWEintelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operationsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat MissionnounMWEa mission to capture or defend somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat NeurosisnounMWEa mental disorder caused by stress of active warfareverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat PaynounMWEextra pay for soldiers engaged in active combatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat PilotnounMWEairplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat ShipnounMWEa government ship that is available for waging warverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combat ZonenounMWEa city district known for its vice and high crime rateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combination in Restraint of TradenounMWE(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Combination LocknounMWElock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combination PlanenounMWEa woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combination SaladnounMWEcontaining meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetablesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combined OperationnounMWEa military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combining FormnounMWEa bound form used only in compoundsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combining WeightnounMWEthe atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another elementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combretum FamilynounMWEa family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order MyrtalesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combtooth BlennynounMWEsmall usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shoresverifiedMay 18, 2026
Combustible MaterialnounMWEa substance that can be burned to provide heat or powerverifiedMay 18, 2026
come aboutverbMWEto come to passverifiedJun 3, 2026
come acrossverbMWEto communicate the intended meaning or impressionverifiedJun 3, 2026
come afterverbMWEto come after in time, as a resultverifiedJun 3, 2026
come aliveverbMWEto stop sleepingcandidateJun 3, 2026
come alongverbMWEto come into being or existence, or appear on the scenecandidateJun 3, 2026
come apartverbMWEto become separated into pieces or fragmentscandidateJun 3, 2026
come aroundverbMWEto change one's position or opinionverifiedJun 3, 2026
come awayverbMWEto leave in a certain conditioncandidateJun 3, 2026
come backverbMWEto go back to something earliercandidateJun 3, 2026
come beforeverbMWEto be the predecessor ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
come byverbMWEto visit informally and spontaneouslycandidateJun 3, 2026
come closeverbMWEto nearly do somethingcandidateJun 3, 2026
come downverbMWEto move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the waycandidateJun 3, 2026
come forthverbMWEto happen or occur as a result of somethingcandidateJun 3, 2026
come forwardverbMWEto make oneself visiblecandidateJun 3, 2026
Come Hell or High WateradverbMWEin spite of all obstaclescandidateMay 18, 2026
come homeverbMWEto become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotionscandidateJun 3, 2026
come inverbMWEto take a place in a competitioncandidateJun 3, 2026
come in forverbMWEto be subject to or the object ofcandidateJun 3, 2026
come in handyverbMWEto be useful for a certain purposecandidateJun 3, 2026
come intoverbMWEto obtain, especially accidentallycandidateJun 3, 2026
come into beingverbMWEto be born or come into existencecandidateJun 3, 2026
come nearverbMWEto almost do or experience somethingcandidateJun 3, 2026
come of ageverbMWEto reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturityverifiedJun 3, 2026
come offverbMWEto break off a piece from a wholecandidateJun 3, 2026
come onverbMWEto start running, functioning, or operatingcandidateJun 3, 2026
come outverbMWEto state openly and publicly one's romantic attraction to members of the same sexcandidateJun 3, 2026
come out of the closetverbMWEto state openly and publicly one's homosexualitycandidateJun 3, 2026
come oververbMWEto communicate the intended meaning or impressioncandidateJun 3, 2026
come roundverbMWEto change one's position or opinionverifiedJun 3, 2026
come shortverbMWEto fail to meet expectations or standardsverifiedJun 3, 2026
come throughverbMWEto succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problemscandidateJun 3, 2026
come toverbMWEto cause to experience suddenlycandidateJun 3, 2026
come to gripsverbMWEto deal with a problem or a subjectverifiedJun 3, 2026
come to handverbMWEto be revealed or disclosedverifiedJun 3, 2026
come to lifeverbMWEto be born or come into existenceverifiedJun 3, 2026
come to lightverbMWEto be revealed or disclosedverifiedJun 3, 2026
come to mindverbMWEto be rememberedverifiedJun 3, 2026
come to the foreverbMWEto make oneself visiblecandidateJun 3, 2026
come togetherverbMWEto come together, as if in an embracecandidateJun 3, 2026
come upverbMWEto move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebodycandidateJun 3, 2026
come up toverbMWEto speak to someonecandidateJun 3, 2026
come uponverbMWEto take possession ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
come withverbMWEto be present or associated with an event or entitycandidateJun 3, 2026
Comedy BalletnounMWEa ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Comfort FoodnounMWEfood that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeingverifiedMay 18, 2026