English words: colone to colorwise
300 English words, part 118 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.
English words colone to colorwise
- colone noun /kəˈloʊn/: Alternative form of colon (“husbandman”).
- colonectomy noun: Alternative form of colectomy.
- colonel noun, verb /ˈkɜːnəl/: A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies,...
- Colonel Blimp noun: A stereotype of a pompous, ex-military middle-aged man, conservative and opposed to new ideas.
- colonel commandant noun: A senior colonel who had authority over other colonels; nowadays used as a ceremonial title for some military formations in the United Kingdom, similar to...
- colonel general noun: A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.
- colonel-in-chief noun: The holder of a ceremonial position in a military regiment, often a member of the royal family.
- colonelcy noun /ˈkɜːnəlsi/: The rank or office of a colonel.
- coloneless noun: A female colonel.
- colonels' coup noun: A military coup d'état instigated by a group of unit commanders, a faction of the military, and not the military establishment.
- colonelship noun: The status or rank of a colonel; colonelcy.
- coloner noun: A colonist.
- colonette noun: A narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel.
- colongitude noun: The longitude of the morning terminator (division between illuminated and dark regions) on the Moon, as measured in degrees westward from the prime meridian.
- colonia noun: a slum or shantytown near the US-Mexican border, generally without modern infrastructure
- colonial adjective, noun /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/: Of or pertaining to a colony.
- colonial bent noun: Grass of species Agrostis capillaris, native in Eurasia, introduced elsewhere.
- colonial blue noun: A grayish medium blue color.
- colonial empire noun: A collective of territories that are either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, and settled by the population of a certain state and...
- colonial goose noun: A roast leg of lamb or mutton, boned and stuffed with honey, dried apricots, etc., and marinated with red wine.
- colonial lag noun: The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
- Colonial Revival adjective, noun: Of an American architectural style that hearkens back to the architecture prominent in the United States when it was settled by the English, Spanish and Dutch.
- colonial salmon noun: A fish, the kahawai.
- colonialisation noun: Alternative spelling of colonialization.
- colonialise verb: Alternative form of colonialize.
- colonialism noun /kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/: The seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.
- colonialist adjective, noun /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/: Of or pertaining to colonialism.
- colonialistic adjective: Of or pertaining to colonialism.
- colonialistically adverb: In a colonialistic manner
- coloniality noun: The quality of being colonial.
- colonialization noun: Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.
- colonialize verb: To make colonial.
- colonially adverb: In a colonial manner.
- colonialness noun: The state or quality of being colonial.
- coloniarch noun: A colonizer.
- colonic adjective, noun /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/: Of, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.
- colonic cocktail noun: A barium mixture taken orally as a contrast medium to facilitate a later rectal examination.
- colonic irrigation noun: Synonym of colon cleansing
- colonic transit time noun: The amount of time required for a substance to travel through the colon.
- colonical adjective: Of or relating to farmers or farming; agricultural.
- colonically adverb: In a colonic manner
- Colonie proper noun: A town and village in Albany County, New York.
- colonigenic adjective: That forms a bacterial colony
- colonisable adjective: Alternative form of colonizable.
- colonisation noun /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/: Alternative spelling of colonization.
- colonisational adjective: Alternative form of colonizational.
- colonisationist noun: Alternative spelling of colonizationist
- colonise verb /ˈkɒlənaɪz/: Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.
- colonisee noun: Rare spelling of colonizee.
- coloniser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.
- colonist noun /ˈkɒlənɪst/: A founder of a colony.
- colonitis noun: Colitis.
- colonizability noun: Ability to be colonized.
- colonizable adjective: Capable of being colonized.
- colonization noun /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/: The process of establishing a colony.
- colonizational adjective: Relating to colonization
- colonizationism noun: Advocacy of colonization
- colonizationist noun: An advocate of colonizationism.
- colonize verb /ˈkɑlənaɪz/: To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
- colonizee noun: A victim of colonization.
- colonizer noun: One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
- colonless adjective: Without a colon.
- Colonna proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- colonnade noun /ˌkɒləˈneɪd/: A series of columns at regular intervals.
- colonnaded adjective: Having one or more colonnades.
- colonnette noun: A small, thin column, especially one used to support an arcade.
- colono- prefix: Dealing with the colon/large intestine.
- colonocyte noun: An epithelial cell of the colon
- colonofiberoscopy noun: fiberoscopy of the colon (and rectum)
- colonofibroscopic adjective: Relating to colonofiberoscopy
- colonogenic adjective: Forming the tissues of the colon
- colonogenicity noun: The condition of being colonogenic.
- colonogram noun: A diagnostic image produced by colonography.
- colonographic adjective: Of or relating to colonography.
- colonography noun: A virtual, non-invasive form of colonoscopy that uses computed tomography
- colonoid noun: An organoid derived from the colon
- colonometric adjective: Relating to colonometry
- colonometrical adjective: Alternative form of colonometric.
- colonometrogram noun: A graphical representation of colonic contractions
- colonometry noun: The measurement of colonic contractions
- colonopathy noun: Any disease or disorder of the colon
- colonopexy noun: Synonym of colopexy.
- colonorectal adjective: Alternative form of colorectal.
- colonoscope noun: A flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon and obtain tissue samples.
- colonoscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to colonoscopy.
- colonoscopically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, colonoscopy.
- colonoscopist noun: The physician who administers a colonoscopy
- colonoscopy noun /ˌkɒ.ləˈnɒ.skə.pi/: The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.
- colonosphere noun: A colonic spheroid
- Colonsay proper noun: An island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.
- colonus noun: A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
- colony noun, verb /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/: A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
- colony collapse disorder noun: A mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees.
- colony counter noun: laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.
- colony-forming unit noun: A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
- colony-stimulating factor noun: A secreted glycoprotein that binds to receptor proteins on the surfaces of committed progenitors in the bone marrow, thereby activating intracellular...
- colonyhood noun: The state of being a colony.
- colonylike adjective: Resembling a colony.
- colonywide adjective: Throughout a colony.
- coloop noun: An element in a matroid that belongs to no circuit or (equivalently) belongs to every basis.
- colopathy noun: Any disease or disorder of the colon
- colopexia noun: Synonym of colopexy.
- colopexotomy noun: Incision into the colon after it is fixed to the abdominal wall.
- colopexy noun: The attachment of a portion of the colon to the abdominal wall.
- colophany noun: rare spelling of colophony
- colophene noun: (chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
- colophon noun /ˈkɒləfən/: In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his...
- colophone noun: Alternative form of colophon.
- Colophonian adjective, noun /kɒləˈfəʊnɪən/: Of or relating to the Lydian city of Colophon.
- colophonic adjective: Of or relating to a colophon.
- colophonist noun: The writer of a colophon.
- colophonite noun: A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
- colophonitic adjective: Of, relating to, or containing colophonite.
- colophony noun: Rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin, used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.
- coloplasty noun: Surgery on the colon; often, especially, partial resection thereof.
- coloproctitis noun: inflammation of the colon and the rectum
- coloproctological adjective: Relating to coloproctology.
- coloproctologist noun: A physician specializing in the colon, rectum and anus; an expert in coloproctology.
- coloproctology noun: Branch of medicine dealing with pathology of the colon, rectum, and anus and colorectal surgery.
- coloproctostomy noun: A surgical procedure in which the colon is connected to the rectum after a diseased or damaged section of the intestine has been removed, allowing waste to...
- colopsinol noun: Any of a group of aliphatic polyhydroxy cytotoxins present in a marine dinoflagellate of the genus Amphidinium
- coloptosis noun: prolapse of the colon.
- coloptotic adjective: Relating to coloptosis.
- coloquintid noun: colocynth
- coloquintida noun: Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
- color adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌl.ə/: The spectral composition of visible light.
- color analyst noun: Synonym of color commentator.
- color announcer noun: Synonym of color commentator.
- color banding noun: The presence of visibly disjointed gradients, caused by an inability to represent intermediate colors.
- color bar noun: US standard spelling of colour bar.
- color barrier noun: An unspoken social code of racial segregation or discrimination, particularly in sports, education, and public service.
- color bass noun: An electronic music subgenre rooted in dubstep and bass music, characterized for its vibrant, melodic sound design featuring processed tones with vocoded...
- color blind adjective: Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).
- color-blindly adverb: In a color blind manner; without reference to color.
- color blindness noun /ˈkʌl.ɚ.blaɪnd.nəs/: Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.
- color by number noun, verb: A simple coloring exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color...
- color by numbers noun, verb: alternative form of color by number
- color center noun: A network primarily centered around Area V4 (Visual Area 4) in the fusiform gyrus within the ventral occipital lobe, crucial for processing color perception...
- color charge noun: In the Standard Model of particle physics, a property possessed by quarks, antiquarks, and gluons that determine rules for how these particles may interact....
- color code noun, verb: Alternative spelling of colour code.
- color coded adjective, verb: Anything marked with a color code as a means of sorting.
- color commentary noun: The commentary provided by a color commentator.
- color commentator noun: At a sporting event, a member of the radio or television announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player...
- color compass noun: The colour wheel.
- color constancy noun: The ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically;...
- color coordinate noun, verb /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/: Each value in a set of coordinates representing the position of a color in a color space.
- color coordinate system noun: A set of values representing the position of a color in a color space.
- color coordinated adjective, verb: Alternative form of color coordinated.
- color coordination noun: The act or process of color coordinating.
- color depth noun: The number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.
- color fade noun: a film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely a single color
- color field noun: A large area of flat, solid color, characteristic of a school of modernist abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s.
- color font noun: A digital font whose glyphs carry color (instead of being monochrome like traditional digital fonts). The technology is commonly used for emoji, but has...
- color force noun: Alternative spelling of colour force.
- color grading noun: A post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of enhancing various attributes of an image such as contrast, color, saturation, detail,...
- color guard noun: A uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other...
- color in verb: To add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.
- color inside the lines verb: To behave conventionally, to follow the rules.
- color killer noun: An electronic stage in a television set that cuts off the color amplifiers when a monochrome signal is received.
- color line noun: Synonym of colour bar.
- color man noun: A male color commentator (a radio or television announcer who provides analysis, background information, and light humor).
- color me phrase: I am (adjective).
- color model noun: A system which uses numerical tuples to describe and display color.
- color-octet noun: The eight color components of the gluon.
- color of law noun: A mere semblance of legal right; a means to do something with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law.
- color of office noun: The appearance of authority under which a public official acts.
- color of someone's money noun: Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
- color of title noun: The situation where a claim to title in real estate appears valid but may be legally defective.
- color outside the lines verb: To behave in creative or unconventional ways, to break the rules.
- color pencil noun: Alternative form of colored pencil.
- color photography noun: photography using multiple colors, as opposed to black-and-white photography
- color pop noun: A digital effect in which part of an image is shown in color, the rest of the image being in grey or a dull monochrome
- color proud adjective: Alternative form of colour-proud.
- color revolution noun: Alternative spelling of colour revolution.
- color screw noun: The condition of having an insufficient supply of the correct color of mana.
- color separation noun: The process of breaking down a colored image into its component colors in order for it to be printed.
- color space noun: A numerical representation of all the possible colors/colours in a particular display or printing system.
- color story noun: A limited palette of colors chosen for an outfit or a wardrobe.
- color-struck adjective: Having a personal prejudice against darker-skinned people.
- color television noun: US standard spelling of colour television.
- color temperature noun: A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.
- color timing noun: The process of adjusting the amount of red, green, and blue light used to create a film positive from a film negative in an analog film lab.
- color triangle noun: Alternative form of colour triangle.
- color TV noun: color television.
- color up verb: To blush (to go red).
- color war noun: An event in which a number of teams, each represented by a different color, compete against each other to earn points through various challenges.
- color wash noun, verb: Alternative form of colourwash.
- color wheel noun: Alternative spelling of colour wheel.
- colorability noun: The state or condition of being colorable.
- colorable adjective: US standard spelling of colourable.
- colorableness noun: Alternative spelling of colourableness.
- colorably adverb: In a colorable manner.
- Coloradan adjective, noun: A native or resident of the state of Colorado in the United States of America.
- coloradito noun: A red Oaxacan mole (Mexican sauce)
- colorado noun: A cigar of medium color and strength.
- Colorado beetle noun: A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes.
- Colorado blue spruce noun: Synonym of blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- Colorado brown stain noun: A brownish stain on the teeth, a symptom of fluorosis.
- Colorado clipper noun: Synonym of Colorado low.
- Colorado fir noun: Synonym of white fir (“the coniferous tree Abies concolor”).
- Colorado-like adjective: Resembling the U.S. state of Colorado, or some attribute of it.
- Colorado low noun: A fast moving high precipitation winter storm system originating out of Colorado, and traveling east across the United States, dumping much snow on the...
- Colorado pikeminnow noun: The freshwater fish Ptychocheilus lucius, a large ray-finned predatory leuciscid native to the Colorado River Basin of the southwestern United States and...
- Colorado potato beetle noun: Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- Colorado Ranger noun: A horse of a breed from the Colorado High Plains in the United States, descended from two stallions imported from Turkey to Virginia in the late 1800s.
- Colorado River toad noun: Synonym of Sonoran Desert toad.
- Colorado snapper noun: A fish of the Pacific coast of Central America, Lutjanus colorado.
- Colorado spruce noun: Synonym of blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- Colorado topaz noun: A form of tawny-colored topaz found in Colorado.
- Coloradoan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Coloradan.
- coloradoite noun: mercury telluride.
- colorant noun: Alternative spelling of colourant.
- colorate adjective, verb /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/: To apply color to something; to make colorful.
- coloration noun: The act or art of coloring.
- colorational adjective: Relating to coloration.
- colorationally adverb: In terms of coloration.
- colorative adjective: Of, pertaining to, or producing coloration.
- coloratura adjective, noun /kɒləɹəˈtjʊɹə/: Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
- coloratura soprano noun: Synonym of coloratura.
- colorature noun: Alternative form of coloratura.
- colorbearer noun: A soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.
- colorblind adjective /ˈkʌləblaɪnd/: Alternative form of color blind.
- colorblindness noun: Alternative form of color blindness.
- colorbound adjective: Alternative form of colourbound.
- colorbreed verb: To breed (plants or animals) selectively to produce new or desired colors.
- colorburst noun: A generated video signal used to keep the chrominance subcarrier synchronized in a color television signal.
- colorcast noun, verb: An undesirable tint of color affecting another color in a photograph, due to an incorrect balance.
- colorcaster noun: color commentator
- colorectal adjective: Of or pertaining to the colorectum.
- colorectally adjective: Via the rectum and colon
- colorectitis noun: inflammation of the colon and rectum
- colorectomy noun: The removal of the colon and rectum.
- colorectoscopic adjective: Synonym of proctoscopic.
- colorectostomy noun: anastomosis of the colon to the rectum
- colorectum noun: The distal part of the colon together with the rectum
- colored adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌləd/: Having a color.
- colored egg noun: A hard-boiled egg decorated in bright colors (using water-soluble dyes) used for celebrating Easter.
- colored gold noun: Any gold alloy with a distinctive hue achieved by mixing pure gold with other metals, such as silver, copper, and nickel.
- colored pencil noun: A pencil with a wax-like colored core.
- colorer noun: One who colors.
- colorfast adjective /ˈkʌlɚˌfæst/: Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
- colorfastness noun: The characteristic of being colorfast.
- colorfield adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and...
- colorful adjective /ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/: Possessing prominent and varied colors.
- colorful bluetail noun: Alternative spelling of colourful bluetail.
- colorfully adverb: In a colorful manner.
- colorfulness noun: The state of being colorful.
- colorgravure noun: A photogravure in color.
- colorguard noun: Alternative form of color guard
- coloriferous adjective: Producing or transmitting color.
- colorific adjective, noun /ˌkʌl.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/: That produces colored precipitates
- colorification noun: Dated form of coloration.
- colorimeter noun: Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
- colorimetric adjective: Of or pertaining to colorimetry.
- colorimetric correction noun: A process that adjusts the colors in an image to render it more realistic.
- colorimetrical adjective: Alternative form of colourimetrical.
- colorimetrically adverb: By means of colorimetry or by using a colorimeter.
- colorimetrics noun: colorimetry
- colorimetrist noun: One who is involved in colorimetry.
- colorimetry noun /ˌkʌl.əˈɹɪm.ə.tɹi/: The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
- colorine noun: A dry, alcoholic extract of madder, consisting essentially of alizarin.
- coloring adjective, noun, verb: That colors something.
- coloring book noun: A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.
- coloring pencil noun: Alternative form of colored pencil.
- colorise verb: Uncommon spelling of colorize.
- coloriser noun: Non-Oxford British English spelling of colorizer.
- colorism noun: Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
- colorist noun: One who colors; an artist with a talent for coloring.
- coloristic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour
- coloristical adjective: Rare spelling of colouristical.
- coloristically adverb: In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way
- colorization noun: An electronic process that adds color to black and white movies.
- colorize verb /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/: To add color to.
- colorized adjective, verb: Having been given added color.
- colorizer noun: A device or system that colorizes black and white film or images.
- colorless adjective /ˈkʌl.ə.ləs/: US standard spelling of colourless.
- colorlessly adverb: In a colorless manner.
- colorlessness noun: US standard spelling of colourlessness.
- colormaker noun: A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
- colormaking noun: The manufacture of paints or dyes.
- colorman noun: Alternative form of colourman.
- colormap noun: A lookup table specifying the colors to be used in rendering a palettized image.
- colorogenic adjective: That produces colour (under particular conditions)
- colorology noun: The scientific study of color.
- coloron noun: A massive gauge boson that is a color-octet resonance
- coloroto noun: A rotogravure produced in color.
- colorous adjective: Full of colour.
- colorphobia noun /ˌkʌlɚˈfoʊbi.ə/: Fear, hate, or dislike of people of a particular skin color.
- colorphobic adjective: Exhibiting colorphobia.
- colorpoint noun: Alternative spelling of colourpoint.
- colorpuncture noun /ˈkʌl.əˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/: A form of alternative medicine in which coloured light is shone on acupoints.
- colorscrew noun: Alternative form of color screw.
- colorsome adjective: Characterised or marked by color; colorful; (by extension) vibrant; cheerful.
- colorspace noun: Alternative spelling of color space.
- colortype noun: A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).
- colorum noun: A rebel organization characterized by religious fanaticism.
- colorwash noun, verb: Alternative form of colourwash.
- colorway noun /ˈkʌləɹˌweɪ/: Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
- colorwise adverb: In terms of color.
Part 117 · Part 119 · English words: C
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.