<B>colitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the colon or other parts of the large intestine, often causing severe pain in the abdomen. </DL>
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<B>coll.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>colleague. <DD><B> 2a. </B>collect. <DD><B> b. </B>collection. <DD><B> c. </B>collector. <DD><B> 3. </B>college. <DD><B> 4. </B>colloquial. </DL>
<A NAME="collaborate">
<B>collaborate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to work together, especially in a literary, artistic, or scientific production or project. <BR> <I>Ex. The two authors collaborated in writing a history of the United States.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to aid or cooperate with enemies of one's own country. <BR> <I>Ex. Some Frenchmen collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.</I> </DL>
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<B>collaboration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of working together. <BR> <I>Ex. Accommodation is thus a matter of degree and ranges from extremely hostile to extremely cordial collaboration (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of aiding or cooperating with enemies of one's own country. </DL>
<A NAME="collaborationism">
<B>collaborationism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> advocacy or practice of collaboration with an enemy or occupier of one's own country. </DL>
<A NAME="collaborationist">
<B>collaborationist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who cooperates with or traitorously aids an enemy nation or an occupier of his own country. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a collaborationist or collaborationism. </DL>
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<B>collaborative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or resulting from collaboration. <BR> <I>Ex. Only an unprecedented collaborative effort can solve the economic problem of low-income countries (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> adv. <B>collaboratively.</B> </DL>
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<B>collaborator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who works with another, especially in literary or scientific work. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who aids or cooperates with enemies of his own country; collaborationist. </DL>
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<B>collage, </B>noun, verb, <B>-laged,</B> <B>-laging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the art of making pictures by pasting on a background such things as parts of photographs and newspapers, fabric, and string. Sometimes paint is added. Collage is used especially in abstract or surrealistic compositions. <BR> <I>Ex. It was apparently Picasso--next to children, perhaps, the greatest innovator of them all--who took up collage seriously; and his concern with it ... is generally believed to have been a part of all the experimenting ... that so engrossed the early Cubists (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a composition so made. <BR> <I>Ex. Jean Arp, whose blandly impish sculpture, paintings, and collages are one of the pleasures of modern art, was looking at a show of his own works (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything made of odd parts or pieces; a composite or mixture. <BR> <I>Ex. a collage of fabrics, a collage of ideas.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to compose in the form of a collage. <BR> <I>Ex. The platform is painted and collaged in Rauschenberg's customary manner, with such random objects as a tennis ball, a rubber heel, a shirt sleeve (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>collagen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the protein substance in the fibers of connective tissue, bone, and cartilage of vertebrates. Boiling with water converts collagen to gelatin. <DD><B> 2. </B>a preparation of collagen extracted from calf's skin and purified, used to inject under the skin to smooth out wrinkles, fill in acne scars, and the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Collagen has FDA approval, which means that many physicians ... are becoming experienced in the use of collagen (Health).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="collagenase">
<B>collagenase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pancreatic enzyme able to break down collagen. </DL>
<A NAME="collagendisease">
<B>collagen disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several diseases of the skin and joints in which the fibers of the connective tissue are affected. <BR> <I>Ex. Several kinds of rheumatism are called collagen diseases.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="collagenous">
<B>collagenous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with collagen. </DL>
<A NAME="collagist">
<B>collagist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an artist who creates collages. </DL>
<A NAME="collaparte">
<B>colla parte,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian, Music.) with the part; a direction for the accompaniment to follow the tempo of the soloist or leading performer. </DL>
<B>collapse, </B>verb, <B>-lapsed,</B> <B>-lapsing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to fall in; shrink together suddenly; cave in. <BR> <I>Ex. Sticking a pin into the balloon caused it to collapse. The roof collapsed as a result of the fire.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to fold up and become compact. <BR> <I>Ex. This telescope collapses to half its size.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to break down; fail suddenly. <BR> <I>Ex. His business collapsed when his health gave out. The labor and management negotiations collapsed after several meetings.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to become deflated. <BR> <I>Ex. The patient's lungs collapsed.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fold or push together; cause to collapse; deflate. <BR> <I>Ex. to collapse a telescope, collapse a lung.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a falling in; sudden shrinking together. <BR> <I>Ex. A heavy flood caused the collapse of the bridge.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a breakdown; failure. <BR> <I>Ex. The depression caused many business collapses.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) physical or nervous exhaustion; prostration. <BR> <I>Ex. He sank upon the ground in a collapse of misery (Cardinal Newman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="collapsibility">
<B>collapsibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the capability of collapsing or folding up. </DL>
<A NAME="collapsible">
<B>collapsible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> made so that it can be folded or pushed together. <BR> <I>Ex. a collapsible baby carriage. She put the collapsible card table in the closet.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="collapsiblecorporation">
<B>collapsible corporation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a corporation intended to be dissolved while still holding a great part of the goods it has produced, thereby evading federal taxes on corporate goods. </DL>
<A NAME="collar">
<B>collar, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the part of a coat, a dress, a blouse, a shirt, or the like, that makes a band around the neck. <DD><B> 2. </B>a separate band of linen, lace, or other material worn around the neck. <BR> <I>Ex. a fur collar.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a leather or metal band put around the neck of a dog or other animal for control, identification, or ornament. <DD><B> 4. </B>a leather roll for a horse's neck to bear the weight of the load he pulls. It is part of the harness. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Zoology.) a colored band, stripe, or other mark around an animal's neck, resembling a collar. <DD><B> 6. </B>a necklace, chain, or band worn around the neck for ornament, or as a badge of rank, office, or livery. <DD><B> 7a. </B>any one of the various kinds of rings, bands, or pipes in machinery, such as one on a rod, shaft, or bearing, to keep it from moving to the side. <BR> <I>Ex. The combined weight and stiffness of this new collar keeps the drilling tool in line, assuring a straighter hole and faster drilling (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a short pipe connecting two other pipes. <DD><B> 8. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a capture or arrest. <BR> <I>Ex. The Sergeant observed, "There's many a man who made detective on the strength of a good collar in the Sixteenth [Precinct]" (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a collar on. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother collared the dog so we could walk him with a leash.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to seize by the collar; capture. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman collared the thief after a long chase.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to hold back by talk; buttonhole. <BR> <I>Ex. She was collared by some reporters who insisted on an interview.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Informal.) to lay hold of; take. <BR> <I>Ex. Another gentleman comes and collars that glass of punch (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Cookery.) to roll up and tie (meat, fish, etc.) or to cut up and press into a roll. <BR><I>expr. <B>hot under the collar,</B> </I>(Slang.) irate; furious. <BR> <I>Ex. One issue in the last few years ... made people hot under the collar and ready to trade blows: racial integration (Harper's).</I> adj. <B>collarless.</B> adj. <B>collarlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="collarband">
<B>collarband, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a band to which the collar of a shirt is attached; neckband. </DL>
<A NAME="collarbeam">
<B>collar beam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a horizontal beam extending between two opposite rafters at some height above their base. </DL>
<A NAME="collarbone">
<B>collarbone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the bone connecting the breastbone and the shoulder blade; clavicle. </DL>
<A NAME="collarbutton">
<B>collar button,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a stud or button for attaching a collar or collarband to a shirt. </DL>
<A NAME="collarcell">
<B>collar cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flagellated cell in a sponge or a monad, having a rim or collar around the base of the flagellum to prevent the flagellum from pushing aside food particles. </DL>
<A NAME="collard">
<B>collard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a form of kale. <DD><B> 2. </B>Usually, <B>collards.</B> the fleshy leaves cooked as greens. <BR> <I>Ex. In the South no word, as no dish, is better known ... than collards or greens (Transactions of the American Philological Association).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="collared">
<B>collared, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wearing or having a collar. <DD><B> 2. </B>rolled up and bound with a string, as a piece of meat. </DL>
<B>collared lemming,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a stout-bodied lemming of Greenland and Hudson Bay in Canada. It turns snow-white in winter. </DL>
<A NAME="collaredlizard">
<B>collared lizard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a brightly-colored lizard of the southwestern United States and Mexico, related to the iguana. It sometimes eats other kinds of lizards. </DL>
<A NAME="collaredpeccary">
<B>collared peccary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of wild pig, found from South America north to Texas, having a whitish or lightish collar. </DL>
<A NAME="collaret">
<B>collaret</B> or <B>collarette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman's ornamental collar or neckpiece. </DL>
