<B>columniation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the use or arrangement of columns in a building or other structure, especially in relation to the whole design. <BR> <I>Ex. The architecture of fenestration and the architecture of columniation are irreconcilable (Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the columns used in a structure. </DL>
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<B>columniform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a column. </DL>
<A NAME="columnist">
<B>columnist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who writes a special column in a newspaper or magazine. <BR> <I>Ex. The columnists supply light in limited degree (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who selects and edits the material for such a column. </DL>
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<B>colure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) either of two hour circles of the celestial sphere, one passing through the equinoctial points, and the other, 90 degrees away along the ecliptic, through the solstitial points. </DL>
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<B>coly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of small, long-tailed African birds, which climb about in trees eating berries and fruit. Also, <B>colie.</B> </DL>
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<B>colza, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>any cole, especially rape. <DD><B> b. </B>the seed of rape; rapeseed. <DD><B> 2. </B>an oil made from these seeds, used as a fuel in lamps, as a lubricant, etc.. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the light of a large swinging colza lamp (Mary E. Braddon).</I> </DL>
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<B>colza oil,</B> <B>=colza </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="com">
<B>com-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) with; together; altogether. <BR> <I>Ex. Commingle = mingle with one another. Compress = press together.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also: <B>co-</B> before vowels, <I>h,</I> and <I>gn;</I> <B>col-</B> before <I>l;</I> <B>con-</B> before <I>n</I> and other consonants except <I>b, h, l, m, p, r, w;</I> <B>cor-</B> before <I>r.</I> </DL>
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<B>com.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>comedy. <DD><B> 2. </B>comma. <DD><B> 3a. </B>commerce. <DD><B> b. </B>commercial. <DD><B> 4. </B>common. <DD><B> 5. </B>communication. </DL>
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<B>Com.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>Commander <DD><B> 2a. </B>Commission. <DD><B> b. </B>Commissioner. <DD><B> 3. </B>Committee. <DD><B> 4. </B>Commodore. <DD><B> 5. </B>Commonwealth. <DD><B> 6. </B>Communist. </DL>
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<B>coma</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-mas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison; stupor. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. Honour, duty, compassion ... are sentiments never in a state of coma (William Gladstone).</I> </DL>
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<B>coma</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-mae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Astronomy.) a cloudlike, faintly luminous mass around the nucleus of a comet, consisting of dust particles mixed with frozen water, frozen methane, and frozen ammonia. <BR> <I>Ex. The nuclei of the smaller comets are only a mile or so in diameter, but the visible head, or coma, may extend for thousands of miles beyond it (New Astronomy).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Optics.) the blurred appearance or hazy border surrounding an object viewed through a lens which is not free from spherical aberration. <BR> <I>Ex. Coma differs from spherical aberration in that a point object is imaged not as a circle, but as a comet-shaped figure, whence the term coma (Sears and Zemansky).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Botany.) a tuft of hairs at the end of a seed, or a leafy crown, such as that on a palm tree. </DL>
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<B>Coma Berenices, </B>genitive <B>Comae Berenices.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small northern constellation north of Virgo and between Bootes and Leo; Berenice's Hair. </DL>
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<B>Comae Berenices,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the genitive of <B>Coma Berenices.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="comaker">
<B>comaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who adds his signature on a note to that of the borrower and shares the responsibility for repayment. </DL>
<A NAME="comal">
<B>comal</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having to do with or like a coma. </DL>
<A NAME="comal">
<B>comal</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-mals,</B> <B>-males.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small earthenware grill used in Mexico. </DL>
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<B>comanage, </B>transitive verb, <B>-aged,</B> <B>-aging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to manage jointly. <BR> <I>Ex. The financing will be handled through an investment banking syndicate comanaged by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Lehman Brothers (Wall Street Journal).</I> noun <B>comanager.</B> </DL>
<B>Comanche, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ches</B> or <B>-che,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of a tribe of American Indians that formerly roamed from Nebraska to northern Mexico and now live mainly in Oklahoma. <DD><B> 2. </B>their language, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with this tribe of American Indians. </DL>
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<B>Comanchean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S., Geology.) <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or denoting the Lower Cretaceous period or system of rocks in North America; Lower Cretaceous. <BR> <I>Ex. In the Gulf region, the Lower Cretaceous is commonly known as the Comanchean Series (Raymond Cecil Moore).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the Comanchean period or system of rocks; Lower Cretaceous. </DL>
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<B>comanchero, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly, in southwestern U.S.) a person trading with the American Indians. </DL>
<A NAME="comarb">
<B>comarb, </B>noun. <B>=coarb.</B></DL>
<A NAME="comate">
<B>comate</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a companion; fellow; mate. </DL>
<B>comatose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a stupor or coma; unconscious. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a coma; like a coma or stupor. <DD><B> 3. </B>drowsy; lethargic. adv. <B>comatosely.</B> </DL>
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<B>comatulid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of flower-shaped, free-swimming crinoids; feather star. </DL>
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<B>comb</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a piece of metal, rubber, plastic, or bone, with teeth, used to arrange or straighten the hair, or to hold it in place. <BR> <I>Ex. She ran a comb through her hair to get out the snarls.</I> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=currycomb.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>anything shaped or used like a comb. One kind of comb cleans and takes out the tangles in wool or flax. <DD><B> 3. </B>the thick, red, fleshy piece on the top of the head of chickens and some other fowls; caruncle. A rooster has a larger comb than a hen. <DD><B> 4. </B>the top of a wave rolling over or breaking. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=honeycomb </B>(def. 1). <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to arrange or straighten with a comb. <BR> <I>Ex. She combed her hair after coming in from the beach.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to take out the tangles in (wool, flax, etc.) with a comb; card. <DD><B> 3. </B>to curry (a horse). <DD><B> 4. </B>to scrape or rake with an action like that of a comb. <DD><B> 5. </B>to search through; look everywhere in. <BR> <I>Ex. We had to comb the whole city before we found our lost dog.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (of waves) to roll over or break at the top. adj. <B>combless.</B> adj. <B>comblike.</B> </DL>
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<B>comb</B> (2), noun. <B>=combe.</B></DL>
<A NAME="comb">
<B>comb.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> combination. </DL>
<A NAME="combat">
<B>combat, </B>verb, <B>-bated,</B> <B>-bating</B> or (especially British) <B>-batted,</B> <B>-batting,</B> noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fight against; oppose in battle. <BR> <I>Ex. The British and Americans combated French efforts to control North America for 100 years before the American Revolution. Its task was defined as "combatting opponents hostile to the state" (Hannah Arendt).</I> (SYN) engage. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to struggle against; take measures against. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole town turned out to combat the fire. All are dedicated to combating alcoholism (Harper's). We're all in favor of spending whatever is necessary to combat air pollution (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to fight or struggle; battle (with or against). <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Death seemed combating with life (Scott).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>armed fighting between opposing forces; battle. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldier was wounded in combat. It [the U.S.S. Salu] will be armed with guided missiles and is designed for combat against land, air, sea and underwater enemies (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a fight, especially between two; duel. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any fight or struggle; conflict; contest. <BR> <I>Ex. a combat between two opposing systems of belief.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or for combat; having to do with combat. <BR> <I>Ex. combat boots, combat troops.</I> adj. <B>combatable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="combatant">
<B>combatant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> one that takes part in combat; fighter. <BR> <I>Ex. The chief combatants in World War II were Germany, Italy, and Japan on one side and the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and China on the other.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>fighting. <DD><B> 2. </B>ready to fight; fond of fighting; combative. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Military.) trained, equipped, and ready for fighting; actively fighting. <BR> <I>Ex. The Navy will be operating 1,005 ships, 411 of them combatant types (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="combatcar">
<B>combat car,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Army.) any light armored motor vehicle used in combat. </DL>
<A NAME="combater">
<B>combater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who combats; combatant. </DL>
<A NAME="combatfatigue">
<B>combat fatigue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a state of nervous exhaustion that sometimes occurs among soldiers in active combat. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the picture of psychological disorganization known as "combat fatigue" did not correspond either in its moderate or its extreme form to any recognized or established psychiatric syndrome (James Phinney Baxter).</I> </DL>
