Index of English words, starting with "co"

(1) - Colchicine (n.) 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.

(1) - Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

(1) - Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

(1) - Cold-blooded (a.) Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.
(2) - Cold-blooded (a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
(3) - Cold-blooded (a.) Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.