English words: colorwork to column still

300 English words, part 119 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words colorwork to column still

colorwork noun: Knitting involving multiple colors.
colory adjective: Alternative form of coloury.
coloscope noun: a colonoscope
coloscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to coloscopy.
coloscopy noun /kəˈlɒskəpi/: colonoscopy
Colosimo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
colosphere noun: A spherical bundle of cells from a colorectal cancer tumour, used for pharmaceutical research.
colossal adjective /kəˈlɒsəl/: Extremely large or on a great scale.
colossal squid noun: An enormous squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), of which few specimens have been studied.
colossality noun: The quality of being colossal; hugeness.
colossally adverb: In a colossal manner, or to a colossal extent.
colossalness noun: The quality of being colossal.
colossean adjective: colossal; very large
colossendeid noun: Any sea spider in the family Colossendeidae.
colosseum noun /ˌkɒ.ləˈsiː.əm/: Alternative spelling of coliseum.
Colossian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to, Colossae
colossus noun /kəˈlɒs.əs/: A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of...
colosteid noun: Any tetrapod in the family Colosteidae.
colostography noun: An imaging technique that identifies disorders of the colon
colostomy noun: An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
colostomy bag noun: A small pouch placed over the stoma of a person who has had a colostomy, used to collect waste products that would otherwise pass through a person's rectum.
colostral adjective: Relating to colostrum.
colostration noun: Any disorder of infants attributed to the effects of the colostrum
colostric adjective: Of or relating to colostrum.
colostrinin noun: A mixture of polypeptides derived from colostrum
colostrogenesis noun: The formation of colostrum, typically in cattle
colostrometer noun: A simple device used to analyse colostrum
colostrous adjective: Of or relating to colostrum.
colostrum noun /kəˈlɒstɹəm/: A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
colotomic adjective: Of or relating to colotomy.
colotomy noun: Any incisional operation on the colon.
colour adjective, noun, verb: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
colour analyst noun: Alternative form of color analyst.
colour announcer noun: Synonym of color commentator.
colour bar noun: The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.
colour blind adjective: Alternative form of colour blind.
colour blindness noun: UK standard spelling of color blindness.
colour centre noun: Color center.
colour charge noun: Alternative spelling of color charge.
colour code noun, verb: Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.
colour coded adjective, verb: Having different colours so that people can distinguish them.
colour commentary noun: Alternative form of color commentary.
colour commentator noun: Alternative form of color commentator.
colour coordinate noun, verb /ˈkʌlə(ɹ)koʊˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/: Alternative form of colour coordinate.
colour coordinated adjective: Designed to have matching colours.
colour coordination noun: UK standard spelling of color coordination.
colour-fast adjective: Alternative form of colorfast.
colour fastness noun: the quality of being colourfast
colour field noun: UK form of color field.
colour field painting noun: A style of abstract painting characterised by large, flat surfaces of solid colour
colour force noun: A fundamental force that is associated with the strong nuclear force, created by the associated bosons known as gluons, between quarks and other subatomic...
colour guard noun: Alternative form of color guard.
colour in verb: To colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.
colour inside the lines verb: Alternative form of color inside the lines.
colour killer noun: Alternative form of color killer.
colour light noun: Short for colour light signal.
colour light signal noun: An electric railway signal with colour aspects, showing either red or green in a 2-aspect signal, with the addition of a yellow or double yellow aspect...
colour man noun: Alternative form of colourman.
colour of someone's money noun: Alternative form of color of someone's money.
colour outside the lines verb: Alternative form of color outside the lines.
colour pencil noun: Alternative form of colored pencil (US)
colour proud adjective: Favouring people of one's own skin colour over others; racist, racially prejudiced.
colour retention agent noun: Any compound added to a food product in order to retain or enhance its colour during storage or cooking.
colour revolution noun: Any of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly...
colour scheme noun: a colourway
colour screw noun: Alternative spelling of color screw.
colour sergeant noun: A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant...
colour space noun: Alternative form of color space.
colour story noun: Alternative form of color story.
colour-struck adjective: Alternative form of color-struck.
colour supplement noun: A glossy colour magazine issued with a newspaper, typically covering arts, fashion, lifestyle, etc.
colour television noun: A colour system of transmitting and receiving television signals.
colour triangle noun: A plane triangular graph on which are drawn all the colours that can be made by the additive mixing of red blue and green; these three primary colours are...
colour TV noun: Alternative spelling of color TV
colour up verb: Alternative form of color up.
colour wash noun, verb: Alternative form of colourwash.
colour wheel noun: A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.
colourability noun: Alternative spelling of colorability.
colourable adjective /ˈkʌləɹəb(ə)l/: Colourful.
colourableness noun: The state or quality of being colourable.
colourably adverb: Alternative form of colorably.
colourant noun /ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/: A pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.
colourate adjective: Having colour.
colouration noun /ˌkʌ.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/: Alternative spelling of coloration.
colourational adjective: Rare spelling of colorational.
colourative adjective: Rare spelling of colorative.
colourbearer noun: Rare spelling of colorbearer.
colourblind adjective /ˈkʌləblaɪnd/: Alternative form of colour blind.
colourblindness noun: Alternative form of color blindness.
colourbound adjective: Able to access only squares of one colour (either black or white).
colourbreed verb: Alternative form of colorbreed.
colourburst noun: Alternative form of colorburst.
colourcast noun, verb: Alternative spelling of colorcast.
coloured adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌl.əd/: British standard spelling of colored.
coloured gold noun: British standard spelling of colored gold.
coloured pencil noun: Alternative form of colored pencil (US)
coloured revolution noun: Synonym of colour revolution.
colourer noun: Alternative form of colorer.
colourfast adjective: Alternative spelling of colorfast (Items with dyes or pigments that are capable of producing a stable colouring effect.)
colourfastness noun: Alternative spelling of colorfastness.
colourful adjective: British standard spelling of colorful.
colourful bluetail noun: A species of coenagrionid damselfly, Ischnura pruinescens, of northeastern Australia and New Guinea.
colourfully adverb: Alternative spelling of colorfully.
colourfulness noun: British standard spelling of colorfulness.
colourgravure noun: Alternative form of colorgravure.
colourific adjective: Rare spelling of colorific.
colourimeter noun: Alternative spelling of colorimeter.
colourimetric adjective: Alternative spelling of colorimetric.
colourimetrically adverb: Alternative form of colorimetrically.
colourimetry noun: Alternative spelling of colorimetry.
colouring adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌl.ər.ɪŋ/: Alternative spelling of coloring.
colouring book noun: UK standard spelling of coloring book.
colouring pencil noun: Alternative form of colored pencil.
colourisation noun: UK standard spelling of colorization.
colourise verb: Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colorize.
colouriser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colorizer.
colourish noun, verb: A substance used in gilding to brighten the finish of the gilded object.
colourism noun: Alternative form of colorism.
colourist noun: One who colours; an artist with a talent for colouring
colouristic adjective: Alternative spelling of coloristic.
colouristical adjective: coloristic
colouristically adverb: Alternative form of coloristically.
colourization noun: Canada standard spelling of colorization.
colourize verb: Alternative spelling of colourise.
colourizer noun: Canada standard form of colorizer.
colourless adjective /ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/: Having little or no colour.
colourlessly adverb: Alternative spelling of colorlessly.
colourlessness noun: The state or quality of being colourless.
colourmaker noun: Alternative form of colormaker.
colourman noun: A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.
colourmap noun: Alternative form of colormap.
colourology noun: Alternative form of colorology.
colourphobia noun: Alternative spelling of colorphobia.
colourpoint noun: Any of several forms of the Siamese cat and closely-related breeds that have dark tips on their extremities.
Colourpoint Persian noun: Synonym of Himalayan (cat breed)
colourpuncture noun: Alternative form of colorpuncture.
colours noun, verb: Flag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the stern.
coloursome adjective: Alternative form of colorsome.
colourtype noun: Alternative form of colortype.
colourwash noun, verb: A coloured distemper (paint)
colourway noun: Alternative spelling of colorway.
colourwise adverb: Alternative spelling of colorwise.
colourwork noun: Alternative spelling of colorwork.
coloury adjective: Having plenty of colour; colorful.
-colous suffix: Having a specified habitat.
colovaginal adjective: Relating to the colon and the vagina
colovaginoplasty noun: The construction or reconstruction of a vagina using a grafted segment of colon.
colovesical adjective: Synonym of vesicocolic.
colovesicle noun: A colonic vesicle
colovesicular adjective: Relating to the colon and vesicles.
colowre noun: Early Modern spelling of colour.
colp noun: Alternative form of collop.
colpack noun: Alternative spelling of calpack.
colpate adjective: Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.
colpectomy noun: Synonym of vaginectomy.
colpenchyma noun: Cellular tissue with sinuous cell walls.
colpeo noun: Alternative form of culpeo.
colpeo zorro noun: Synonym of culpeo.
colpeurynter noun: An inflatable bag used to dilate the vagina or cervical canal.
colpeurysis noun: The dilation of the vagina, as by a colpeurynter.
colpindach noun: A two-year-old heifer.
colpitis noun: Synonym of vaginitis.
colpo- prefix: Vagina.
colpocele noun: A vaginal hernia or prolapse
colpocephaly noun: A cephalic disorder involving the disproportionate enlargement of the occipital horns of the lateral cerebroventricles.
colpocleisis noun: The surgical closure of the vagina, used to treat prolapse.
colpocoxite noun: A coxite on the gonopod of certain millipedes
colpocystotomy noun: An incision into the bladder through the vagina
colpodean noun: Any member of the Colpodea.
colpodellid noun: Any predatory flagellate of the order Colpodellida
colpodid noun: Any ciliate of the order Colpodida
colpohysterectomy noun: A hysterectomy carried out through the vagina with no incision through the abdomen
colpohysteropexy noun: The attachment of the uterus to the peritoneal covering of the vagina.
colpohysterotomy noun: A hysterotomy carried out via the vagina.
colpomicroscope noun: A form of microscope, inserted via the vagina, used to examine the cervix in situ; a type of colposcope with high magnification.
colpomicroscopy noun: microscopy by means of a colpomicroscope
colponemid noun: Any protozoan of the order Colponemida
colponemidian noun: Alternative form of colponemid.
colpoperineoplasty noun: repair of the vagina and perineum
colpoperineorrhaphy noun: repair of a laceration of the vagina and perineum
colpopexy noun: Suture of a prolapsed vagina to the abdominal wall.
colpoplastic adjective: Relating to colpoplasty.
colpoplasty noun: plastic surgery to the vagina
colpopoiesis noun: construction of a vagina
colpor- prefix: Having a combination of a rounded pore and a grooved colpus.
colporate adjective: Having apertures which combine a rounded pore and a colpus, or groove.
colporoidate adjective: Having colpi (typically of a designated number or type)
colporrhagia noun: vaginal hemorrhage
colporrhaphy noun: suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina
colporrhexis noun: vaginal laceration
colport verb /kɒlˈpɔː(ɹ)t/: To work as a colporteur
colportage noun: The distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
colporter noun: Alternative form of colporteur.
colporteur noun /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/: A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
colporus noun: A compound aperture on a pollen tube consisting of a colpus and one or more pores.
colposcope noun /ˈkɒlpəskəʊp/: Any of several forms of speculum or endoscope used to examine the tissues of the vagina and cervix.
colposcopic adjective: Of or pertaining to colposcopy
colposcopical adjective: Alternative form of colposcopic.
colposcopically adverb: With a colposcope; upon colposcopy.
colposcopist noun: One who performs colposcopy, especially as a profession.
colposcopy noun /kʌlˈpɔ.skə.pi/: The examination of the tissues of the vagina and cervix using a colposcope.
colpospasm noun: vaginismus
colpostat noun: A device that is used to hold something in place within the vagina
colposuspension noun: The use of sutures to support the neck of the bladder in order to reduce stress incontinence in women
colpotomy noun: Surgical creation of a hole through a vaginal wall.
colpus noun: A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen
Colquhoun proper noun /kəˈhuːn/: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
colquiriite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, and lithium.
Colquitt proper noun: A surname.
Colrain proper noun: A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
COLREGS proper noun: International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, the rules published by the International Maritime Organization to prevent collisions involving...
cols noun: Abbreviation of columns.
Colson proper noun /ˈkoʊlsən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Colston proper noun: A northern suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6069).
Colstrip proper noun: A city in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.
colt noun, verb /kəʊlt/: A young male horse.
colt evil noun: A swelling in the genitals of horses.
colt's evil noun: Alternative form of colt evil.
colt's foot noun: Alternative spelling of coltsfoot.
colt's tooth noun: One of a horse's first set of teeth.
coltan noun /ˈkoʊlˌtæn/: A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.
Colten proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
colter noun /ˈkoʊltɚ/: US standard spelling of coulter.
colterol noun: A beta-adrenergic agonist.
colthood noun /ˈkəʊlt.hʊd/: The state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.
coltish adjective: Lively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature).
Coltishall proper noun: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2720).
coltishly adverb: In a coltish manner.
coltishness noun: The quality of being lively, playful and undisciplined.
coltivirus noun: Any virus of the genus Coltivirus.
coltlike adjective: In the manner of a colt
Colton proper noun /koʊl.tən/: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3186).
coltpixie noun: A kind of hobgoblin.
coltpixy noun: Alternative form of coltpixie.
Coltrane proper noun /ˈkoʊltɹeɪn/: A surname from Irish.
coltsfoot noun: An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
coltskin noun: The skin of a colt.
coltstail noun: A plant of the species Erigeron canadensis.
colubrariid noun: Any sea snail in the family Colubrariidae.
colubrid noun: Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
colubriform adjective, noun: Having the form of a snake
colubrine adjective, noun /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/: Snakelike.
colubrine sea krait noun: Synonym of yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina).
colubroid noun: Any snake of the superfamily Colubroidea
colubroidean noun: Any snake of the superfamily Colubroidea
Colucci proper noun /kəˈluːt͡ʃi/: A surname from Italian.
colugo noun /kəˈluːɡoʊ/: An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
colulus noun: A vestigial organ between the spinnerets in some spiders lacking a cribellum.
colum noun: Alternative form of coolung.
Columba proper noun /kəˈlʌm.bə/: Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
columbamide noun: The amide of any of a group of chlorinated fatty acids
columbamine noun: A quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Argemone mexicana, (Mexican poppy).
Columban adjective: Synonym of Columbanian.
Columbanian adjective: Of or relating to Columbanus (543–615), Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms.
columbariid noun: Any sea snail in the family Columbariidae.
columbarium noun /ˌkɒləmˈbɛəɹi.əm/: A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
columbary noun: A pigeon house, pigeon loft, or dovecot.
columbate noun: A salt of columbic acid; a niobate.
columbellid noun: Any snail of the family Columbellidae.
Columbia proper noun /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/: America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
Columbia blue noun: A shade of light blue.
columbiad noun: A form of cannon from the 19th century, mostly used for seacoast protection. It is a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon designed for launching...
Columbian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
Columbian ground squirrel noun: Any member of the species Urocitellus columbianus of North American rodents.
Columbian mammoth noun: Any member of the species Mammuthus columbi of extinct mammoths, from Pleistocene North America.
Columbiana proper noun: A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
columbic acid noun: niobic acid
columbid noun /kəˈlʌm.bɪd/: Any dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.
Columbier paper noun: Alternative form of colombier paper.
columbiferous adjective: That contains or yields columbium
columbiform adjective, noun: Having the form of a dove or pigeon; of the order Columbiformes.
columbin noun: A white, crystalline, bitter substance, derived from Jatrorrhiza palmata (Columbo root), and other plants.
columbine adjective, noun /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/: Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Columbine syndrome noun: A syndrome of alienation and violence among school pupils.
Columbiner noun: One who idolizes the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, with this fascination often expressed on social media in a fandom-like way.
columbinic adjective: Of or pertaining to columbinic acid or its derivatives.
columbinic acid noun: The polyunsaturated fatty acid trans,cis,cis-octadeca-5,9,12-trienoic acid found in the seeds of the columbine plant
columbite noun: A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
columbite-tantalite noun: Synonym of coltan
columbium noun: Former name of niobium.
columbo noun: Alternative form of calumba.
columboid adjective /kəˈlʌm.bɔɪd/: Resembling a dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.
Columbus noun, verb /kəˈlʌmbəs/: A person who makes a great discovery.
Columbus egg noun: A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.
columel noun: A small column.
columella noun /ˌkɒləˈmɛlə/: Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.
columella nasi noun: Synonym of nasal septum.
columellar adjective: Of or pertaining to a columella.
columellate adjective: Having, or resembling a columella
columelliform adjective: Having the form of a columella.
columelloid adjective: Similar to or resembling a columella.
columelloplasty noun: A suture technique to correct caudal septal cartilage dislocation.
column noun /ˈkɒləm/: A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
column density noun: The total amount per unit area of a material suspended in a fluid or in a cloud in space, measured along the length of a column.
column echelon form noun: The transpose of the row echelon form of the transpose of a given matrix.
column inch noun: One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.
column of Türck noun: Alternative form of Türck's column.
column shifter noun: A shift lever used to change gears, mounted on the steering column; it is most often for an automatic transmission (e.g., P R N D 2 1) but may sometimes be...
column space noun: The vector space generated by all the column vectors of a matrix
column still noun: Synonym of Coffey still.

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.