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Coloration
- noun - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
- choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
- the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Coloratura
- noun - a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
- singing with florid ornamentation
Colorature
- - Soprano
- Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
Colportage
- - The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
Colporteur
- - A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
Combattant
- - In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
Combatting
- verb - battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
Combusting
- verb - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
- start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
- undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
Combustion
- noun - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"
- the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
Combustive
- adjective - supporting combustion