Columbella :: Columbella (n.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money..
Columbia :: Columbia (n.) America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer..
Columbiad :: Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation..
Columbian :: Columbian (a.) Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America..
Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic..
Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root..
Columbiferous :: Columbiferous (a.) Producing or containing columbium.
Columbin :: Columbin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin..
Columbine :: Columbine (a.) Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
Columbine :: Columbine (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America..
Columbine :: Columbine (n.) The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
Columbite :: Columbite (n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England..
Columbium :: Columbium (n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium..
Columella :: Columella (n.) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens..
Columella :: Columella (n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..
Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
Columella :: Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
Columelliform :: Columelliform (a.) Shaped like a little column, or columella..