cloudless sulphur
Alternative spelling of cloudless sulfur.

cloudywings
plural of cloudywing

coccyges
plural of coccyx

coccyx
The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

coccyxes
plural of coccyx

codling moth
A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit

coenobia
plural of coenobium

colla
plural of collum

colocasia
Taro; eddo.

colonel
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.
An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.
An informal title used to address an elderly man.
A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.

colonels
plural of colonel

colour sergeant
A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.
A nymphalid butterfly, Athyma nefte, of tropical Asia.

come
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
To arrive.
To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
To do something by chance or unintentionally.
To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
To become butter by being churned.
To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
To become, to turn out to be (often in set phrases and certain collocations).
To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
To carry through; to succeed in.
To happen.
To have as an origin, originate.
To have as an origin, originate.
To have as an origin, originate.
To have as an origin, originate.
To germinate.
To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.

comma
The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
A brief interval.

comma butterfly
Comma (butterfly of genus Polygonia)

commadore
Obsolete form of commodore.

commadores
plural of commadore

commaes
plural of comma

commander
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
The chief officer of a commandry.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher

commanders
plural of commander

commas
plural of comma

commata
plural of comma

commodore
A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
The president of a yacht club.
A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
A rear admiral (lower half).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

commodores
plural of commodore

common blue
A small blue butterfly. of species Polyommatus icarus, family Lycaenidae, of temperate Asia and Europe.

common blues
plural of common blue

common brown
A species of nymphalid butterfly, Heteronympha merope, endemic to Australia.

common clothes moth
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.

common glider
A libellulid dragonfly, of species Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

common heath
A geometrid moth of species Ematurga atomaria, of Europe and Central Asia.
Heaths of Australia and New Zealnd (Epacris spp.). of the plant family Ericaceae.

common ringlet
A brown butterfly, Coenonympha tullia, of the family Nymphalidae. Also known as the large heath

common rose
A large red-bodied butterfly, Pachliopta aristolochiae, family Papilionidae, of Asia.

common yeoman
A species of butterfly, Cirrochroa tyche, of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.

compacta
plural of compactum

concolorous
Colored the same throughout.
of the same color

concolourous
Alternative form of concolorous.

conformist
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)

conformists
plural of conformist

confused
simple past and past participle of confuse

conga
A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.

congas
plural of conga

conistra
A part of the palestra, or gymnasium: either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself.
A part of the orchestra (space on stage)

consanguinea
blood relative

consul
Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
A count or earl.
A councillor
A councillor
A councillor
An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.
A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler.

consuls
plural of consul

copremesis
stercoraceous vomiting

coprographia
The making of vulgar writings or drawings, especially when done involuntarily.

coremia
plural of coremium

coria
plural of corium

cork moth
Nemapogon cloacellus, a small speckled moth, common in Europe but also found in North America.

corn earworm
The large striped yellow-headed larva of moths of species Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, especially destructive to corn, tomatoes, tobacco, and cotton bolls.

corn moth
The European grain moth, of species Nemapogon granella.

corncracker
Alternative form of corn-cracker.

corncrackers
plural of corncracker

cornelian
Alternative form of carnelian.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Deudorix.

cornelians
plural of cornelian

cornpatch
A patch of corn.

cornpatches
plural of cornpatch

cornworm
Synonym of corn earworm.

cornworms
plural of cornworm

coronel
Alternative form of cronel.

coronels
plural of coronel

corymbi
plural of corymbus