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Colitis

An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.

collaborate

to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book.

collaborative

accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative effort of industry and the universities. Opposed to competitive.

collaborator

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

collage

any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.

Collagen

The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.

Collapse

A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

collapsible

Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat.

collard

a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U. S.

collards

Young cabbage, used as /greens/; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort.

collared lizard

any of several species of lizards of the genus Crotaphytus and the family Iguanidae, of the central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, having long tails and usually bearing markings on the neck appearing like a collar of two black bands.

Collarette Collaret

A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.

Collate

To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

Collationer

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.

Collatitious

Brought together; contributed; done by contributions.

Collative

Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Collator

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.

Colleague

To unite or associate with another or with others.

Collect

A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

Collectanea

Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Collection

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

Collectively

In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

collectivise

to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises. Same as collectivize.

Collectivism

The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.

collectivize

to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises.

collectivized

brought under collective ownership and operating under collectivist principles; -- used especially of organizations operating under the ownership by the state.

Collector

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.

Collectorate

The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

College

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

Collegian

A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

Collembola

The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

Collenchyma

A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

Collet

A small collar or neckband.

Colleterial

Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects.

Colleterium

An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

collider

a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on. This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.

Collidine

One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

colliding-beam machine

a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; -- called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.

Collie

The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks.

Collier

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

Colliery

The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

Collimate

To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

Collimation

The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.

Collimator

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.

Collin

A very pure form of gelatin.

Collineation

The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.

Collingual

Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

Colliquate

To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt.

Colliquative

Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.

Colliquefaction

A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.

Collish

A tool to polish the edge of a sole.

Collision

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

Collitigant

Disputing or wrangling. One who litigates or wrangles.

Collocate

To set or place; to set; to station.

Collocation

The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

Collocution

A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse.

Collodion

A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.

Collodiotype

A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.

Collogue

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.

Colloid

A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

Colloidal

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

Collop

A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

Colloped

Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

Collophore

A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Colloquial

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.

Colloquialism

A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

Colloquialize

To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

colloquium

A conference treating a specific topic, at which experts and specialists present their views and discuss and analyze the information presented; the emphasis on conversation among the experts and with the audience distinguishes a colloquium from the more generic conference.

Colloquy

Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

Collotype

A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype, and heliotype are collotypes.

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