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Colour WashnounMWEa wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigmentverified
Colouringnouna visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflectverified
Colpocystocelenounhernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vaginaverified
Coltsfootnountufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fallverified
Colubrid SnakenounMWEmostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesverified
Colugonounarboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leapsverified
Columbariumnouna sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urnsverified
Columbiform BirdnounMWEa cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toesverified
Columellanouna small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animalverified
ColumnnounIn the context of relational databases, a column is a set of data values, all of a single type, in a table.Data
Column ChromatographynounMWEchromatography that uses selective adsorption by a column of powdersverified
Columneanountropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowersverified
Columniationnoun(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structureverified
Colza OilnounMWEedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminantverified
Comanouna usually terminal tuft of bracts, such as in the pineapple, or tuft of hairs, especially on certain seedsverified
Comb JellynounMWEbiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a combverified
Combat IntelligencenounMWEintelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operationsverified
Combinationnounan alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)verified
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)verified
Combination PlanenounMWEa woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapesverified
Combination SaladnounMWEcontaining meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetablesverified
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 forcesverified
Combining WeightnounMWEthe atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another elementverified
Combretumnounany of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowersverified
Combtooth BlennynounMWEsmall usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shoresverified
Cometnoun(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbitverified
Comfort WomannounMWEa woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War IIverified
Comfort ZonenounMWEthe temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweatingverified