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- colˌlaboˈration/kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/The act of working together with one or more people to produce or create something.nounHigh (B2)
- coma/ˈkəʊmə/A state of prolonged deep unconsciousness, typically caused by severe illness or injury.nounC1
- coma berenices/ˌkəʊmə ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪsiːz/A small, faint constellation in the northern sky, representing the hair of Berenice, an Egyptian queen.nounVery Low
- comaker/ˈkəʊˌmeɪkə/A person who jointly signs a loan agreement or other financial contract with another person, assuming equal legal responsibility for repayment.nounLow
- comal/ˈkəʊməl/A flat, round griddle or pan, typically made of clay or metal, used in Mexican and Central American cooking for heating tortillas or roasting vegetables.nounLow
- comanche/kəˈmæntʃi/A member of a Native American people originally living in the southern plains of the US (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado).nounC1
- comanchean/kəʊˈmæntʃɪən/Relating to or belonging to a specific geological period of the Cretaceous system in North America.adjectivenounVery low (Technical/Jargon)
- comanchero/ˌkəʊ.mænˈtʃeə.rəʊ/A historical term for a trader, often of Mexican or Spanish descent, who traded goods (especially firearms, ammunition, and whiskey) with the Comanche and other Plains Indian peoples in the 19th-century southwestern United States and Mexico.nounLow (historical term)
- comandante/ˌkɒm.ənˈdæn.teɪ/A military officer of high rank; a commander.nounLow
- comaneci/ˌkɒməˈnetʃi/A reference to Nadia Comăneci, the Romanian gymnast who was the first to score a perfect ten in Olympic competition.nounRare
- comate/ˈkəʊmeɪt/to be in a state of coma; unconscious for a prolonged period.adjectivenounRare
- comatulid/kəʊˈmatjʊlɪd/A type of free-swimming, stalkless crinoid, commonly known as a feather star.nounVery Rare / Technical
- comayagua/ˌkɒməˈjɑːɡwə/A proper noun referring to a city, department, and valley in Honduras.nounVery Low
- comb/kəʊm/A flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a row of thin teeth, used for arranging or untangling hair.nounverbverb-intransitive+1B1
- comb back/ˈkəʊm ˌbæk/A hairstyle where hair is pulled back from the forehead, typically held with a comb or similar accessory.nounC1
- comb jelly/ˈkəʊm ˌdʒɛl.i/A marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, characterized by eight rows of cilia (combs) used for locomotion.nounLow (Specialist/Biological)
- comb out/ˈkəʊm ˌaʊt/To remove knots and tangles from hair using a comb.nounverbB2
- comb-footed spider/ˈkəʊm ˌfʊtɪd ˈspaɪdə/A spider of the family Theridiidae, characterized by a row of stiff, comb-like bristles on the hind legs used for flinging silk over prey.nounRare
- comb-over/ˈkəʊm ˌəʊvə(r)/A hairstyle in which hair from one side of the head is combed over a bald area, typically the top or crown.nounLow
- combahee/kɒmˈbiː/A proper noun referring to the Combahee River in South Carolina, USA, and historically associated with the Combahee River Raid during the American Civil War.nounVery Low
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