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COLONY

“COLONY” is a valid word.

11 Scrabble points
13 Words with Friends
6 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
  2. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
  3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

< 6-letter words: COLONY

5-letter words 3

  • loonysomeone deranged and possibly dangerous
  • colonthe part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  • cooly(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

4-letter words 10

  • onlybeing the only one; single and isolated from others
  • coolthe quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
  • locoinformal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  • loona worthless lazy fellow
  • coonan eccentric or undignified rustic
  • nolo
  • clona group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
  • cloysupply or feed to surfeit
  • conyany of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
  • coly

3-letter words 7

  • conan argument opposed to a proposal
  • looa toilet in Britain
  • coyaffectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
  • coothe sound made by a pigeon
  • cola pass between mountain peaks
  • yondistant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
  • noo

2-letter words 5

  • onin operation or operational
  • noa negative
  • yo
  • lo
  • oy