Words starting with col

Words and definitions

Col- means: A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.

Col means: A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Colaborer means: One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

Colander means: A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.

Colation means: The act or process of straining or filtering.

Colatitude means: The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

Colature means: The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Colbertine means: A kind of lace.

Colchicine means: A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.

Colchicum means: A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.