English words: collagenosis to colligation

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English words collagenosis to colligation

collagenosis noun: Any of a group of diseases that affect connective tissue (rather than collagen)
collagenous adjective /kəˈlæd͡ʒɪnəs/: Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen.
collager noun: An artist who produces collages.
collagey adjective: collagelike
collagic adjective /kəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/: Like a collage, made from the assemblage of diverse things.
collagist adjective, noun: In the manner of a collage, or of the making of a collage.
collagraph noun: An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
collagraphy noun: A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
collamer noun: A collagen copolymer used to make biocompatible lenses
collapsability noun: Alternative form of collapsibility.
collapsable adjective: Alternative spelling of collapsible.
collapsar noun: The black hole thought to form following the gravitational collapse of a massive star.
collapse noun, verb /kəˈlæps/: To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
collapser noun: A person or thing that collapses.
collapsibility noun: The condition of being collapsible.
collapsible adjective, noun /kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/: Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.
collapsin noun: Any of a family of glycoproteins that inhibit regeneration of mature neurones
collapsion noun: collapse
collapsism noun: The belief that a system or entity will collapse.
collapsitarian adjective, noun: A person who desires or predicts a social or economic collapse.
collapsitarianism noun: Desire to see, or belief that one will see, a social or economic collapse.
collapsium noun: A fictional material usually described as having an extremely high density.
collapsogram noun: A spectrum obtained by taking the average of a number of observations
collapsologist noun: Someone concerned with collapsology.
collapsology noun: The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it.
collar noun, verb /ˈkɒlə/: The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
collar and elbow noun: An Irish style of folk wrestling involving trips, throws, kicks, pins, etc.
collar beam noun: A horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters.
collar bomb noun: A bomb fitted around the neck of a person, as the collar. Typically used in kidnapping and ransoming.
collar bone noun: Alternative spelling of collarbone.
collar button noun: A button for fastening a collar.
collar-button abscess noun /ˈkɑ.lɚ ˈbʌ.tn̩ ˈæbˌsɛs/: A pair of pus-filled cavities that are connected by a narrow channel.
collar county noun: A suburban county that wholly or partially surrounds an urban one.
collar of esses noun: An ornamental chain made up of interlinked or juxtaposed S's, originally worn by nobles of the House of Lancaster, and later associated by some writers with...
collar stud noun /ˈkɑ.lɚ stʌd/: A small fastener used to secure the collar of a shirt to the neckband.
collar stud abscess noun: Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
collar tab noun /ˈkɒlə tæb/: insignia worn on the collar of a uniform signifying the wearer’s rank and/or branch
collar the bowling verb: (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.
collar up verb: To apply a harness to a horse.
collar-work noun: The strain of travelling uphill, for a horse drawing a vehicle.
collarable adjective: For which it is appropriate to put a collar on.
collarbone noun: The bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone.
collarboned adjective: Having a collarbone or collarbones; (in combination) having a specified kind of collarbone.
collarbutton noun: Alternative form of collar button.
collard noun /ˈkɒlɑː(ɹ)d/: A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.
collard greens noun: A form of Brassica oleracea, sometimes called Brassica oleracea var. acephala or Brassica oleracea var. viridis, similar to kale, that is a popular food in...
collared adjective, verb /ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)d/: Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).
collared anteater noun: The tamandua.
collared antshrike noun: A passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus bernardi, syn. Sakesphorus bernardi)
collared carpet shark noun: Any shark of the family Parascylliidae, of the western Pacific Ocean.
collared dove noun /ˌkɒ.ləd ˈdʌv/: A bird of the species Streptopelia decaocto.
collared flycatcher noun: Ficedula albicollis, an Old World flycatcher breeding in eastern Europe and across Central Asia, overwintering in Africa
collared lemming noun: Any rodent in the genus Dicrostonyx.
collared lizard noun: Any lizard in genus Crotaphytus, native to arid parts of southwestern North America and having distinctive markings on the back behind the head.
collared peccary noun: A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.
collared pratincole noun: A wader, Glareola pratincola.
collaret noun: Alternative form of collarette (small collar)
collarette noun /kɒləˈɹɛt/: A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff
collargol noun: A form of colloidal silver used as an antiinflammatory, antibacterial and astringent
collaring noun, verb: Material for making shirt collars.
collarino noun: Alternative form of colarino.
collarless adjective: Of a garment, having no collar.
collarlessness noun: Absence of a collar.
collarmaker noun: Someone who makes collars.
collarmaking noun: The manufacture of collars.
Collaroy proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
collarstud noun: Alternative form of collar stud.
Collas proper noun: A surname from French.
collascope noun: An instrument designed to inspect the cervix before childbirth
collastin noun: A degenerated form of collagen
collat noun: Clipping of collateral.
collatable adjective: That may be collated
collate verb /kəˈleɪt/: To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
collatee noun: A person who is in receipt of (collated to) a benefice
collater noun: Alternative spelling of collator.
collateral adjective, noun /kəˈlætəɹəl/: Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
collateral artery noun: A type of artery connecting two other arteries to form a natural bypass that restores blood flow after a vascular occlusion.
collateral circulation noun /kəˈlætəɹəl ˈsɝkjʊˌleɪʃən/: The circulation of blood through a network of vessels that is developed through enlargement of secondary vessels and use of existing anastomoses between...
collateral damage noun: Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.
collateral energy noun: Energy in an interaction that is not supplied by the initiator of the interaction.
collateral estoppel noun: The estoppel forbidding again litigating an issue decided in a previous case with the same parties, or even with the same party being estopped.
collateral form noun: A synonymous but not identical, coexisting form (variation) of a word, such as an accepted alternative spelling.
collateral material noun: Any type of media designed to convey a message about a company for an audience with the intention of increasing sales and brand awareness.
collateral review noun: A legal avenue to upset a judgment that has otherwise become final.
collateral science noun: A science of importance in medicine but not part of medicine, especially physics, chemistry and botany, and sometimes also including anatomy and physiology.
collateral security noun: Synonym of collateral.
collateral vein noun: A venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains...
collateral vessel noun: A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.
collateralisation noun: Alternative form of collateralization.
collateralise verb: Alternative spelling of collateralize.
collateralised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of collateralized.
collaterality noun: The condition of being collateral.
collateralizable adjective: Capable of being collateralized.
collateralization noun: The act or process of collateralizing.
collateralize verb: To secure a loan or other contract by using collateral.
collateralized adjective, verb: Secured by a pledge of collateral.
collateralized debt obligation noun: A type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets.
collateralized fund obligation noun: a type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fund assets.
collateralized loan obligation noun: a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle-sized and large business loans are pooled together and passed on to different classes of owners...
collaterally adverb: In collateral relation; not lineally.
collateralness noun: The state or quality of being collateral.
collaterogenesis noun: The generation of collateral circulation via new blood vessels
collaterogenic adjective: Relating to collaterogenesis
collation noun, verb /kəˈleɪʃən/: The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison.
collational adjective: of, or pertaining to collation
collationer noun: A person who collates, or who checks collation (of documents etc)
collatitious adjective: Characterised by the contributions of many people.
collative adjective /kəˈleɪtɪv/: Having the power of conferring.
collator noun: A person who collates.
collaud verb: To join in praising or worshiping.
Collazo proper noun: A surname.
Colle System noun: A Closed Game system in chess, characterized by white developing the center pawns to d4 and e3, king's knight is to f3, the king's bishop to d3, and the...
colleague noun, verb /ˈkɒliːɡ/: A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
colleagueship noun: The state of being a colleague
collect adjective, adverb, noun, verb /kəˈlɛkt/: To gather together; amass.
collect call noun: A telephone call paid for by the receiver (callee), as opposed to the caller.
collect dust verb: To remain untouched and unused for a long period of time.
collect-'em-up noun: A video game based around collecting items.
collect like infinity stones verb: To collect at a suspiciously fast pace, as if having some hidden motive.
collect on delivery noun: Synonym of cash on delivery.
collect one's thoughts verb: To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in one's emotional state or thinking,...
collect one's wits verb: Synonym of collect one's thoughts.
collect oneself verb: To recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.
collect up verb: To find and put together in the same place.
collectability noun: Alternative spelling of collectibility.
collectable adjective, noun: Suitable for collecting.
collectanea noun: A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology.
collectarium noun /ˌkɒˌlɛkˈtɛəɹi.əm/: A book that contains the collects (type of prayer).
collectary noun: Synonym of collectarium.
collectathon noun: Synonym of collect-'em-up.
collected adjective, verb /kəˈlɛktɪd/: Gathered together.
collectedly adverb /kəˈlɛk.təd.li/: In a collected manner; calmly.
collectedness noun: The state or quality of being collected.
collecter noun: Alternative form of collector.
collectibility noun: The quality of being collectible.
collectible adjective, noun /kəˈlɛktɪbəl/: Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic.
collectin noun: A form of lectin derived from collagen.
collecting noun, verb /kəˈlɛktɪŋ/: A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the...
collecting duct noun: A duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted tubule of nephrons and discharges it into the calyces of the renal pelvis.
collecting society noun: A body with the authority to license copyrighted works and collect royalties on behalf of its members.
collection noun /kəˈlɛkʃən/: A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
collection agency noun: A company used by creditors or lenders to recover funds that are past due or from accounts that have defaulted.
collection box noun: A small, closed box, typically having a slot to accept coins, used to collect funds from passers-by for charity.
collection mailbox noun: Synonym of mailbox; a collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
collection plate noun: A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
collection procedure noun: Synonym of debt collection.
collection society noun: Any organisation which manages or administers copyright or rights related to copyright as its sole purpose or as one of its main purposes
collectional adjective: Of or pertaining to collecting, gathering, or grouping items together.
collectionally adverb: Pertaining to collections (sets of pitch classes)
collectioner noun: A poor person who was entitled to receive some of the money from a church's collection plate.
collectionitis noun: An obsessive desire to collect things; collectomania.
collections noun /kəˈlɛkʃənz/: plural of collection
collective adjective, noun /kəˈlɛktɪv/: Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
collective action noun: An action taken by a group of individuals acting together.
collective agreement noun: A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers...
collective bargaining noun: A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union.
collective-bargaining agreement noun: Synonym of collective agreement.
collective buying noun: Group buying.
collective call sign noun: Any call sign which represents two or more facilities, commands, authorities, or units. The collective call sign for any of these includes the commander...
collective fruit noun: Any fruit formed from a mass of flowers, such as the mulberry or pineapple.
collective investment scheme noun: A way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than may be feasible for an individual investor, and to share the...
collective memory noun: A shared pool of information held in the memories of multiple members of a group.
collective mode noun: A weakly damped and lasting coherent motion of a large fraction of the particles in a system.
collective note noun: A formal piece of diplomatic correspondence signed by the representatives of several governments addressed to one or more other governments.
collective noun noun /kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/: A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.
collective number noun: A collective noun used to indicate a set of items of a particular size.
collective numeral noun: A numeral that signifies that several persons or things are taken definitely and unitedly together, in the sense of–both, all three, all four, etc.
collective punishment noun: A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted.
collective security noun: The concept of maintaining peace among all nations or members of a group by making the security concerns of one member important to all members.
collective species noun: Synonym of superspecies.
collective title noun: A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
collective unconscious noun: The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.
collectively adverb: In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.
collectively exhaustive adjective: Of a set of events: having the property that at least one must occur.
collectiveness noun: The state or quality of being collective.
collectivisation noun: Alternative spelling of collectivization.
collectivise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of collectivize.
collectivism noun [kəˈlɛk.tɪ.vɪ.zm̩]: An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
collectivist adjective, noun /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/: Of or pertaining to collectivism.
collectivist anarchism noun: an anarchist philosophy advocating the abolition of the state and private property in favour of collectivism
collectivist anarchist adjective, noun: Of, supporting, relating to, or advocating collectivist anarchism.
collectivistic adjective: Of or pertaining to collectivism.
collectivistically adverb: In a collectivistic manner.
collectivity noun: The condition of being collective.
collectivization noun /kəˌlɛk.tɪv.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/: The act of collectivizing
collectivize verb: To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.
collectomania noun: An obsessive desire to collect things.
collector noun /kəˈlɛk.tɚ/: A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
collector lane noun: In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane which is physically separated from the (core) lane(s) closest to the median and which...
collector road noun: A road of low to moderate traffic capacity which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads.
collector's edition noun: A release of a product containing additional features or items than the regular retail version.
collector's item noun: Anything that a collector finds desirable and worth collecting.
collector shoe noun: A current collector on an electric train or locomotive which is in contact with the live rail.
collector street noun: Synonym of collector road
collectorate noun: The district or seat of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
collectoress noun: A female collector.
collectorship noun: The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
collectory noun: The office of a collector.
collectress noun: Alternative form of collectoress.
collectrin noun: A glycoprotein that has a regulatory function in kidney development.
colleen noun: A girl.
college noun /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/: A specialized division of a university.
college-age adjective: Synonym of college-aged.
college-aged adjective: Of the age at which students typically attend higher education.
college-goer noun: One who attends college.
college-ruled adjective: Being a notebook with 10½" × 8" paper size with thirty-two evenly spaced lines with enough space to write reasonably neatly.
college town noun: A town or city that is dominated by its university population.
college try noun: Alternative form of old college try.
college wage premium noun: The wage premium due to having a college/university degree.
collegebound adjective: Bound for college; soon to attend college.
collegeboy noun: A young man who is a student in tertiary education, or one who holds a tertiary degree.
colleged adjective: Educated; having graduated from higher education.
collegegoer noun: Alternative form of college-goer.
collegeless adjective: Without a college education or degree.
collegelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a college.
collegemate noun: A person from the same college.
colleger noun: A member of a college (in any sense)
collegewide adjective: throughout a college.
collegey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of college.
collegial adjective /kəˈliːd͡ʒəl/: Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues.
collegialism noun: Collegial attitudes and practices.
collegiality noun: collegial atmosphere; working with colleagues in an effective and cooperative manner
collegially adverb: In a collegial manner.
collegian adjective, noun /kəˈliː.dʒən/: A student (or a former student) of a college
collegianer noun: A college student.
Collegiant noun: A member of an association of Arminians and Anabaptists in Holland, founded in 1619, who held a college (meeting) on the first Sunday of each month at which...
Collegiantism noun: The religious beliefs and practices of the Collegiants.
collegiate adjective, noun /kəˈliːd͡ʒi.ət/: Of, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.
collegiate church noun: A Christian church, other than a cathedral, that has a chapter of canons and a dean or provost.
collegiately adverb: In the manner of a community or of a group of colleagues.
collegiateness noun: The quality of being collegiate.
collegienne noun: A female college student.
collegium noun: A committee or council.
collegy adjective: Alternative form of collegey.
collemataceous adjective: Of or relating to the Collemataceae.
collembola noun: Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail.
collembolan noun: Any insect of the order Collembola, the springtails.
collembolid noun: Any springtail of the subclass Collembola.
collembological adjective: Relating to collembology.
collembologist noun: One who studies springtails (hexapods of the subclass Collembola).
collembology noun: The scientific study of springtails, the Collembola.
Collen proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
collenchyma noun /kəˈlɛŋkɪmə/: A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions; present just under leaves, tendrils and stems of climbers;...
collenchymatic adjective: Relating to collenchyma.
collenchymatous adjective: Relating to collenchyma.
collenchyme noun: Alternative form of collenchyma.
collencyte noun: A type of branched cell present in collenchyma
Coller proper noun: A surname.
Colleran proper noun: A surname.
collery horn noun: A long brass horn often used at funerals in the Indian subcontinent.
Colles' fracture noun: A distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.
collet noun /ˈkɑlɪt/: A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control...
colleted adjective: Fitted with a collet.
colleter noun: Alternative form of colletor.
colleterial adjective: Relating to the colleterial gland of insects.
colleterial gland noun: An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.
colleterium noun: The colleterial gland
colletid noun: Any member of the family Colletidae of solitary bees.
colletin noun: A series of plates protecting the neck and shoulder as part of a suit of armor.
Colleton proper noun: A surname.
colletor noun: A multicellular trichome of a leaf or bud scale that produces a sticky secretion; a group or tuft of mucilaginous secretory hairs, usually found near the...
Collett proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Colletta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Collette proper noun: A surname.
Colletti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
collettinside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
collettiside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
colley noun: Dated form of collie (“dog breed”).
Colleyville proper noun: A city in Tarrant County, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, United States, previously named Bransford.
Colli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
collicular adjective: Of or relating to the colliculus.
colliculate adjective: Having a surface with small rounded bumps.
colliculectomy noun: excision of the seminal colliculus
colliculo- prefix: Pertaining to the inferior colliculus or superior colliculus.
colliculofugal adjective: Moving out from the colliculus
colliculogeniculate adjective: Pertaining to the connection between the inferior colliculus or superior colliculus and the geniculate nucleus.
colliculoretinal adjective: relating to the colliculus and the retina
colliculose adjective: Covered with little round elevations or hillocks.
colliculothalamocortical adjective: In mammals, utilising the neural pathway for retinal information that runs from the retina, through the superior colliculus, to the thalamus, and thence to...
colliculus noun: A small elevation.
collide verb /kəˈlaɪd/: To make a direct impact, especially if violent.
collider noun /kəˈlaɪdɚ/: Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
collidine noun: Any of six isomers of trimethylpyridine
colliding noun, verb: A collision.
collie noun /ˈkɒli/: Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs
collie eye anomaly noun: A congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs characterized by an underdeveloped choroid.
collie-shangie noun /ˈkɒliˌʃɑŋi/: A loud quarrelsome fight.
collielike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a collie (type of dog).
collier noun /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/: A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
Collierville proper noun: A town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
colliery noun /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/: An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
collieshangie noun: Alternative form of collie-shangie.
colliferous adjective: Bearing a collar.
colliform adjective: Alternative form of coliform (“of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines or colons of mammals”).
colligability noun: The ability to group together to form a colligation.
colligable adjective: Capable of forming a colligation
Colligan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
colligate adjective, verb: To tie or bind together.
colligated adjective, verb: tied together
colligation noun: A binding together.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.