noun. The silver peso or dollar of Costa Rica, of the value of 46½ cents or 100 centavos.

noun. In anatomy, a portion of the intestinal tract, the so-called “large” as distinguished from the “small” intestine, continuous from the ileum to the rectum; the great gut, beginning at the cæcum and ending in the sigmoid flexure.

noun. In entomology, the second portion of an insect's intestine, generally broader than the preceding portion or ileum.

noun. In ancient Grammar and rhetoric, one of the larger or principal divisions of a sentence or period; a long clause, or a group of minor clauses or commata. See comma, 1.

noun. In ancient prosody, one of the members or sections of a rhythmical period, forming an uninterrupted sequence of feet, united under a principal ictus or beat: sometimes called a series.

noun. In paleography, a long clause or group of clauses, or a series of words of about the average length of such a group, estimated as approximately equal to a dactylic hexameter in extent—that is, as containing from 12 to 17 syllables.

noun. A mark of punctuation formed by two dots like periods placed one above the other (:), used to mark a discontinuity of grammatical construction greater than that indicated by the semicolon and less than that indicated by the period.

noun. That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. [See Illust. of digestion.]

noun. A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

noun. Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus

noun. The punctuation mark ":".

noun. The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

noun. A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

noun. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

noun. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

noun. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

noun. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

noun. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

"The flow of undigested waste in the colon is the question more generally of the fiber."

colon bacillus  

city  costa rican monetary unit  el salvadoran monetary unit  metropolis  port  

Dolan  Nolan  Solon  golan  polan  

bladder  bowel  comma  duodenum  esophagus  

Alexandrine  Deutschmark  Mark  Reichsmark  abdomen  

cola  colones  digestion