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Collembolannounany of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing patternverified
Collienouna silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotlandverified
Collierynouna workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with itverified
Collimatornounoptical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lensverified
Collision CoursenounMWEa course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabatedverified
Colloidal SolutionnounMWEa colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquidverified
Colloidal SuspensionnounMWEa colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquidverified
Colloquiumnounan academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meetingverified
Collotypenouna photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproducedverified
Collotype PrintingnounMWEa photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproducedverified
Colobusnounarboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbsverified
Colobus MonkeynounMWEarboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbsverified
Colonnouna punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)verified
Colonelnouna commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier generalverified
Colonoscopenounan elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectumverified
Colonoscopynounvisual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectumverified
Colonynouna place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentratedverified
Colophonnouninformation about the publishing of a book, usually found printed on the title pageverified
Color BarnounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverified
Color BearernounMWEthe soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battleverified
Color CirclenounMWEa chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circleverified
Color ConstancynounMWEthe tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditionsverified
Color ForcenounMWEin physics, the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atomsverified
Color LinenounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverified
Color WashnounMWEa wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigmentverified
Color WheelnounMWEa chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circleverified
Colored AuditionnounMWEa form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuliverified
Colored HearingnounMWEa form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuliverified
Colorimeternouna measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagentsverified
Coloringnouna visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflectverified
Coloring BooknounMWEa picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by childrenverified
Colostomynouna surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anusverified
Colour BarnounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverified
Colour ConstancynounMWEthe tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditionsverified
Colour LinenounMWEbarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whitesverified
Colour SupplementnounMWE(British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends)verified