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61col|le|gi|um — «kuh LEE jee uhm», noun, plural gi|a. 1. a group of officials acting as a ruling body, such as: a) a group of officials, headed by a commissar, who were in charge of a commissariat in former Soviet Russia. b) an independent and self governing… …
62col|lo|di|on — «kuh LOH dee uhn», noun. a gluelike liquid that dries very rapidly and leaves a tough, waterproof, transparent film. Collodion is a solution of nitrocellulose in ether and alcohol. It is used in photography for covering plates with a thin film,… …
63col|lo|di|um — «kuh LOH dee uhm», noun. = collodion. (Cf. ↑collodion) …
64col|lu|vi|um — «kuh LOO vee uhm», noun, plural vi|a « vee uh», vi|ums. loose material deposited at the base of a slope mainly by gravity, as talus. ╂[< Latin colluvium < colluere wash < com with + lavāre wash] …
65col|o|ny — «KOL uh nee», noun, plural nies. 1. a) a group of people who leave their own country and go to settle in another land, but who still remain citizens of their own country: »The Pilgrim colony came from England to America in 1620. b) the settlement …
66col|o|ra|tu|ra — «KUHL uhr uh TUR uh, TYUR », noun, adjective. –n. 1. ornamental passages in music, such as trills or runs. Coloratura is used especially for vocal display. »She can negotiate the trills and arabesques of coloraturas as easily as she trumpets out… …
67col|or|er — «KUHL uhr uhr», noun. a person or thing that colors. Also, especially British, colourer …
68col|or|if|ic — «KUHL uh RIHF ihk», adjective. 1. producing or giving color: »colorific rays. 2. of or having to do with color. ╂[< French colorifique < Latin color, ōris color, hue + facere make] …
69col|za — «KOL zuh», noun. 1. a) any cole, especially rape. b) the seed of rape; rapeseed. 2. an oil made from these seeds, used as a fuel in lamps, as a lubricant, etc.: »... the light of a large swinging colza lamp (Mary E. Braddon). ╂[< French colzat …
70col — (kol) s. m. 1° Cou, partie du corps qui supporte la tête. En ce sens il ne se dit que par euphonie ; et encore l usage s en perd de plus en plus ; il serait bon cependant de le conserver pour la poésie. Un col court. Un col apoplectique.… …
