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collude [kəˈlud]
v. To act in concert or collusion with another.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
collusion [kəˈluːʒən]: Underhand scheming or working with another.
coler, coloer, colour, colourt, colourt, culler, cullur, ill-coloured, ill-colourit, ill-colourt,
colour [ˈkələr]
n. Colour.
pl.colours
v. To colour.
pt. pp. colourt, coloured
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
colourless: Colourless.
ill-colourt: Having a bad or unhealthy colour.
column, colyeum, colym,
column [kɔləm, ko-]
n. A column.
$mon, affcome, aff-come, affcum, aftercome, aiftercome, back-come, backlins-comin, backlins-comin$, becam, became, become, becomes, becum, becums, bekumz, c$awa, c$mere, c$moan, c$moan, c$mon, c$wa, cam, cam$, camin, cammin, cams, cem, cmon, com, com, come, come_at, come_awa, come_fae, come_frae, come_oan, come_on, comed, comelin, comely, comen, comes, comfy, comin, commen, comoan, cum, cuman, cumin, cumlin, cumm$d, cumm$d, cummat, cummen, cummin, cums, dooncome, douncome, downcome, eftercome, ill-come, kem, kim, kom, m$on, moan, mon, mon$, o$ercome, oncome, oncum, oncumin, ootcam, ootcome, ootcum, ouercome, outcom, owercam, owercome, owercum, owercums, owrecome, shortcome, shortcomes, shortcum, tae-come, throucome, throu-come, throwcome, throw-come, throwecome, trowkum, upcome, walcom, walcome, walcum, weel_comed, weelcome, weel-come, weelcum, weill-comed, welcum, welkem, wellcum, wilcome, willcome, wulcome, wulcum, wylcom, wylcome,
come [kʌm, kəm]
n. Growth, vegetation.
v. To come. To recover, return to former condition. To stretch, expand, yield. To become, grow. To equal, match.
pt. cam [kam], come, comed [kʌm(d), kəm(d)]
pp. come, comen [ˈkʌm(ən), ˈkəm(ən)], comed [ˈkʌmd, ˈkəmd]
 
comely [kʌmlɪ, kəmɪ]
adj. Well-behaved.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
affcome: n. Result, an excuse, shift, pretext, a witty remark
back-come: A return, recrimination, an expression of regret or disapproval.
backlins-comin: Returning.
become [bəˈ-]: To become, pt. becam, pp. become
becomes: Becomes.
camna: Did not come, didn't come.
come at: Think of, far gone, worn out.
come awa, contracted c'wa: Come on, come away.
come f(r)ae: Come from ...
come here, contracted c'mere.
comin [ˈkʌmɪn, kəmɪn]: Coming.
come in: To collapse.
come in aboot: To approch.
comelin: An animal that attaches itself to a person or place of its own accord.
come o: Happen to.
come on, col. c'mon: Come on.
come ower: To come across, to befall.
comes: The Present tense inflection of come.
come tae: Calm down, comply.
c'up [kəp]: A call to a horse to come to one.
douncome: Humiliation, a fall in social position.
eftercome: An effect.
ill-come: Gained by wrongful or dishonest means, ill-gotten, illegitimate.
no walcome: Unwelcome.
oncome: The approach, advent, or commencement of a thing, onset, the setting about an action, development, progress. A heavy fall of rain or snow. An attack of disease of unknown origin, a sharp attack of illness.
ootcome: The result, effect, profit.
owercome: To overcome, to recover from, to overpower, overwhelm, to defeat, one of a series of events or procedures, an item in a programme etc. The refrain or chorus of a song.
sair come at: Far gone, worn out.
shortcome: A deficiency, shortage, a fault in character or conduct.
tae-come: Profit made.
throu-come: An experience or procedure, an ordeal, hardship.
upcome: n. A climb, ascent, way up, outward appearance, a comment, saying, turn of phrase, the final or decisive point, the result, outcome.
walcome [ˈwalkəm]: Welcome.
weel come: Arriving at a propitious or opportune moment.
weel comed: Of good stock or lineage, of honourable parentage, well-born.
comfie, comfirt, comfort, comfy, confort, coomfurt, cumfert,
comfort [kənˈfərt]
n. Comfort.
v. To comfort.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cauld comfort: Inhospitality.
comfortable: Comfortable dim. col. comfie
comfortless: Comfortless.
comic,
comic [kɔmɪk]
n. A comedian.
comma, commae,
comma [ˈkomə]
n. A comma.
commaand, commaand, commaandin, commaands, comman, comman, comman, comman, command, command, commandin, commands, commanin, commanin, commanment, commanments, commans, commans, commaund, commaund, commaundin, commaunds,
commaund [kəˈmɑːn(d), kəˈmɔːn(d) N. I. kəˈmaːn(d)]
n. A command, order. One of the Ten Commandments.
pl. commaunds Commandments.
v. To command, order.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
commaunder: A commander.
commaundin [kəˈmɑːn(d)ɪn, kəˈmɔːn(d)ɪn N. I. kəˈmaːn(d)ɪn]: Commanding. Of pain: severe, disabling.
the commaunds: The ten commandments.
commeesioner, commeisioner, commisioner, commissioner,
commeesioner [kəˈmiʃənər]
n. A commisioner, a member of the Scottish Parliament or church general assembly, a factor or steward.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Ryal Commeesioner: The monarch's representative in the Scots Parliament.
comatee, comatie, commatte, commattee, commeet, commeetment,
commeet [ˈkəmit]
v. To commit.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
comatee [ˈkoməˈti, ˈkɔməˈti]: A committee.
commeetment: Commitment.

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