| COLORATURA | • coloratura n. (Uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music. • coloratura n. (Countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano. • coloratura adj. Pertaining to coloratura. |
| COLORATURE | • colorature n. (Music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th… • COLORATURE n. a highly ornamented, virtuoso (musical passage); a singer, esp. soprano, of such music, also COLORATURA. |
| COLOURBRED | • colourbred v. Simple past tense and past participle of colourbreed. • COLOURBREED v. to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour, also COLORBREED. |
| COLOURISER | • colouriser n. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of colorizer. • COLOURISER n. a person or thing that colourizes, also COLORISER, COLORIZER, COLOURIZER. |
| COLOURIZER | • colourizer n. Canada standard form of colorizer. • COLOURIZER n. a person or thing that colourizes, also COLORISER, COLORIZER, COLOURISER. |
| COLPORTEUR | • colporteur n. A peddler of publications, especially of religious books. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| CORNFLOURS | • cornflours n. Plural of cornflour. • CORNFLOUR n. finely ground maize, rice, or other grain, used esp. for thickening sauces. |
| EURODOLLAR | • eurodollar n. Alternative letter-case form of Eurodollar. • Eurodollar n. (Economics) A deposit, in US dollars, held in a bank outside of the United States (no longer necessarily in Europe). • Eurodollar n. (Obsolete, informal) Synonym of euro (“€”) (nickname used for the unified European currency prior to… |
| FORMULATOR | • formulator n. A person who formulates. • FORMULATOR n. one who formulates. |
| OVERCOLOUR | • overcolour v. (Transitive) To exaggerate. • overcolour n. (Art) Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or… • OVERCOLOUR v. to colour to excess, also OVERCOLOR. |
| OVERLABOUR | • overlabour n. Excessive labour. • overlabour v. (Transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork. • overlabour v. (Transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly. |
| PROLOCUTOR | • prolocutor n. A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others. • prolocutor n. A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church. • PROLOCUTOR n. a presiding officer; a chairman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| PROPULSORS | • propulsors n. Plural of propulsor. • PROPULSOR n. something which propels. |
| PROPULSORY | • propulsory adj. Propulsive. • PROPULSORY adj. propulsive. |
| RECOLOURED | • recoloured v. Simple past tense and past participle of recolour. • RECOLOUR v. to colour again, also RECOLOR. |
| RIGOROUSLY | • rigorously adv. In a rigorous manner. • RIGOROUS adv. characterized by rigor. |
| TRICOLOURS | • tricolours n. Plural of tricolour. • TRICOLOUR n. a flag of three colours; esp. the French national flag of blue, white, and red vertical stripes, also TRICOLOR. |
| UNDERFLOOR | • underfloor adj. Located beneath the floor. • underfloor n. A layer of flooring beneath the main floor surface. • UNDERFLOOR adj. situated underneath a floor e.g. heating. |
| UROCHORDAL | • urochordal adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda. • UROCHORDAL adj. of or pertaining to the Urochorda, tunicates. |