All English words - page 1067

Meanings of Colony:

noun

A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.

Usage examples:

Japanese forces overran the french colony of indo-china

Meanings of Colophon:

noun

A publisher's emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book.

Usage examples:

Old colophons on school books sport two sorts of logo: oblong whorls, rococo scrolls - both in worn…

Meanings of Colophons:

noun

A publisher's emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book.

Usage examples:

Old colophons on school books sport two sorts of logo: oblong whorls, rococo scrolls - both in worn…

Meanings of Colophony:

noun

Another term for rosin.

Meanings of Coloquies:

noun

A conversation.

Usage examples:

They broke off their colloquy at once

Meanings of Color:

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Usage examples:

The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of colour

Meanings of Colorability:

noun

The ability to be coloured or to take on colour.

Meanings of Colorable:

adjective

Capable of being coloured.

Usage examples:

Colourable illustrations

Meanings of Coloradan:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the us state of colorado or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Coloradan geological and natural features

noun

A native or inhabitant of the us state of colorado.

Usage examples:

This coloradan has a promising future

Meanings of Coloradans:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the us state of colorado.

Usage examples:

This coloradan has a promising future

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the us state of colorado or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Coloradan geological and natural features

Meanings of Colorado:

proper noun

A river which rises in the rocky mountains of northern colorado and flows generally south-westwards for 2,333 km (1,468 miles) to the gulf of california, passing through the grand canyon.

noun

A state in the western us, whose capital city is denver

Usage examples:

They lived in a house in southern colorado., he is one of colorado's best known artists.

Meanings of Coloradoite:

noun

A rare mineral consisting of mercury telluride, having a greyish-black colour and metallic lustre and typically occurring as granular masses in association with metallic gold or silver.

Meanings of Colorant:

noun

A dye, pigment, or other substance that colours something.

Usage examples:

A range of natural hair colourants

Meanings of Colorants:

noun

A dye, pigment, or other substance that colours something.

Usage examples:

A range of natural hair colourants

Meanings of Colorate:

adjective

Having a colour, coloured. also figurative. now chiefly biology.

verb

To colour.

Meanings of Coloration:

noun

The appearance of something with regard to colour.

Usage examples:

Some bacterial structures take on a purple coloration

Meanings of Colorations:

noun

The appearance of something with regard to colour.

Usage examples:

Some bacterial structures take on a purple coloration

Meanings of Colorative:

adjective

That imparts colour; that changes the colour of something.

Meanings of Coloratura:

noun

Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing.

Usage examples:

Penelope bursts into joyful cascades of coloratura

Meanings of Coloraturas:

noun

Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing.

Usage examples:

Penelope bursts into joyful cascades of coloratura

Meanings of Colorblind:

adjective

Unable to distinguish certain colours, or (rarely in humans) any colors at all.

Meanings of Colorcast:

noun

A broadcast of colour television.

Meanings of Colored:

verb

Change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.

Usage examples:

He coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades

adjective

Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.

Usage examples:

Strings of coloured lights

noun

Used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including khoisan, african, malay, chinese, and white.

Usage examples:

There was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and indian members

Meanings of Coloreds:

noun

A person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.

adjective

Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.

Usage examples:

Strings of coloured lights

Meanings of Colorer:

noun

A person who applies paint or colour to something; a commercial painter, especially a person who colours maps, prints, etc. now chiefly historical.