| colonel |
in the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marines, a rank above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier general. |
| colonial |
of or pertaining to a territory ruled by a distant country; of or pertaining to a colony or colonies. [5 definitions] |
| colonialism |
the policy or practices of a nation extending or maintaining control over previously independent territories. |
| colonic |
of, pertaining to, or affecting the colon. [2 definitions] |
| colonist |
an inhabitant or member of a colony. [2 definitions] |
| colonization |
the act or process of forming colonies. |
| colonize |
to establish a settlement on (a distant territory) and begin to rule. [3 definitions] |
| colonnade |
in architecture, a series of evenly spaced columns supporting an entablature or roof. |
| colonoscopy |
examination of the colon with a flexible, fiber-optic instrument inserted into the rectum. |
| colony |
a territory governed by a distant country, often occupied by numbers of citizens of that country. [2 definitions] |
| colony collapse disorder |
an event in which all or most of the worker bees of a hive disappear, leaving in the hive the queen, the immature bees, and some adult bees to care for the immature bees, and the honey. |
| colophon |
a publisher's emblem or trademark, which appears usu. on the title page of a book. |
| color |
the visible aspect of an object, other than form or size, that depends on the hue, chroma, or brightness of light that it reflects or emits. [12 definitions] |
| colorable |
able to be colored. [2 definitions] |
| Colorado |
a western U.S. state bordered by Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah. (abbr.: CO) [2 definitions] |
| colorado |
of cigars, medium in strength and color. |
| Colorado beetle |
a black and yellow beetle that eats potatoes and other plants. |
| colorant |
something that changes the color of something else, esp. a pigment or dye. |
| coloration |
arrangement or appearance of color; coloring. [2 definitions] |
| coloratura |
flourishes, such as runs or trills, in vocal music. [4 definitions] |
| color bar |
segregation or discrimination based on race or skin color, usu. as practiced by whites against nonwhites; color line. |