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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

coltish
frolicsome adjective given to merry frolicking; `frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes`

coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara noun perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt`s foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly

Coluber
genus Coluber noun racers

colubrid snake
colubrid noun mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

Colubridae
family Colubridae noun nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species

Colubrina
genus Colubrina noun mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits

Columba
genus Columba noun type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons

columbarium
noun a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns

columbarium
noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead

Columbia
Columbia River noun a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

Columbia tiger lily
Oregon lily noun lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers

Columbia University
Columbia noun a university in New York City

Columbian
adjective of or relating to Christopher Columbus

columbian mammoth
Mammuthus columbi noun a variety of mammoth

Columbidae
family Columbidae noun doves and pigeons

columbiform bird
noun a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes

Columbiformes
order Columbiformes noun sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires

columbine
aquilegia noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains

columbite-tantalite
coltan noun a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips

columbium
noun a former name for niobium

columbo
American columbo noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

Columbus
Christopher Columbus noun Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Columbus Day
Discovery Day noun a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

columella
noun a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal

column
pillar noun (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure

column
noun a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

column chromatography
noun chromatography that uses selective adsorption by a column of powders

column inch
noun a unit of measurement for advertising space

columnar cell
columnar epithelial cell noun an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

columnea
noun tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage

columned
adjective having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form); `a columned portico`; `trees with columned trunks`; `white-columned houses`

columniation
noun (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

columniform
columnar 2 columnlike adjective having the form of a column; `trees with columned trunks`; `columnar forms`; `a columnlike tree trunk`

columnist
editorialist noun a journalist who writes editorials

Colutea
genus Colutea noun small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods

coma
comatoseness noun a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury

Coma Berenices
noun a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies

Comanche
noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche

Comandra
genus Comandra noun small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants

comate
comose adjective bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts; `comate royal palms`; `pineapples are comate`

comatose
adjective in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; `a comatose patient`

Comatula
genus Comatula noun former usage synonymous with Antedon

Comatulidae
family Comatulidae noun former usage synonymous with Antedonidae

comb
combing noun the act of drawing a comb through hair; `his hair needed a comb`

comb
coxcomb noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

comb-footed spider
theridiid noun spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot

comb-out
noun the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

combat
armed combat noun an engagement fought between two military forces

combat ceiling
service ceiling noun altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate

combat mission
noun a mission to capture or defend something

combat pay
noun extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat

combat pilot
noun airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces

combat zone
combat area noun a military area where combat forces operate

combat zone
noun a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

combatant
adjective engaging in or ready for combat

combatively
scrappily adverb in a bellicose contentious manner; ``Don`t trespass onto my property,` the neighbor shouted combatively`

combativeness
militance noun a militant aggressiveness

combed
adjective (of hair) made tidy with a comb; `with hair combed to the side`

combinable
combinational adjective able to or tending to combine

combination
combining noun the act of combining things to form a new whole

combination in restraint of trade
noun (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)

combination lock
noun lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence

combination plane
noun a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes

combination salad
noun containing meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetables

combinative
combinatory adjective relating to or involving combinations

combinatorial
adjective relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets

combine
noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

combine
verb have or possess in combination; `she unites charm with a good business sense`

combined
concerted adjective involving the joint activity of two or more; `the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions`; `concerted action`; `the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind`; `the conjunctive focus of political opposition`; `a cooperative effort`; `a united effort`; `joint military activities`

combined operation
noun a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces

combining
combine noun an occurrence that results in things being united

combining form
noun a bound form used only in compounds; ``hemato-` is a combining form in words like `hematology``

Combretaceae
family Combretaceae noun a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales

combretum
noun any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

Combretum appiculatum
noun small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers

Combretum erythrophyllum
noun small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks

comburent
comburant adjective supporting combustion

combustibility
combustibleness noun the quality of being capable of igniting and burning

combustible
adjective capable of igniting and burning

combustion
burning noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

come
verb move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; `He came singing down the road`; `Come with me to the Casbah`; `come down here!`; `come out of the closet!`; `come into the room`

come
verb develop into; `This idea will never amount to anything`; `nothing came of his grandiose plans`

come across
come over verb communicate the intended meaning or impression; `He came across very clearly`

come after
verb come after in time, as a result; `A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake`

come along
verb come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; `Then the computer came along and changed our lives`; `Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago`

come around
verb happen regularly; `Christmas rolled around again`

come away
verb leave in a certain condition; `She came away angry`

come back
verb be restored; `Her old vigor returned`

come by
verb obtain, especially accidentally

come close
verb nearly do something; `She came close to quitting her job`

come down
verb be the essential element; `The proposal boils down to a compromise`

come forth
emerge verb happen or occur as a result of something

come hell or high water
no matter what happens adverb in spite of all obstacles; `we`ll go to Tibet come hell or high water`

come in
verb come into fashion; become fashionable

come in
come out verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; `Jerry came in third in the Marathon`

come in for
verb be subject to or the object of; `The governor came in for a lot of criticism`

come in handy
verb be useful for a certain purpose

come near
verb almost do or experience something; `She came near to screaming with fear`

come of age
verb reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity

come off
go over verb happen in a particular manner; `how did your talk go over?`