8-letter words starting with co
- colonise — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colonist — Colonists are the people who start a colony or the people who are among the first to live in a particular colony.
- colonize — If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- colophon — a publisher's emblem on a book
- color in — If you color in a drawing, you give it different colors using crayons or paints.
- colorado — a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles)
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- colorate — To apply color to something, make colourful.
- coloreds — Plural form of colored.
- colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
- coloring — The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- colorism — Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
- colorist — A colorist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colors in an interesting and original way.
- colorize — to prepare a video version of (a black-and-white film) in which color tones have been added by means of a computer program
- colorway — (arts) The scheme of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.
- colossae — an ancient city in SW Phrygia in Asia Minor: seat of an early Christian Church
- colossal — If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- colossus — If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
- colotomy — a colonic incision
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours
- colpitis — inflammation of the vagina; vaginitis
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- coltwood — a plant mentioned in Spenser's Faerie Queene, perhaps having a hairy stalk
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- columbus — a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- columned — Having columns.
- com port — communications port
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- comaneci — Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast: gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games where she became the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10; defected to the US in 1989
- comatose — A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- combiner — Any of various electronic devices that combine signals, in particular.
- combines — Plural form of combine.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- combless — without a comb
- comblike — resembling a comb
- combover — Hair that is combed over a bald spot in an attempt to cover it.
- combwise — in the manner of a comb