coll
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First they "fertilized" nitrogen-fixing bacteria with a DNA "sex factor" from the common intestinal bacteria Escherichia coll, a non-nitrogen-fixing species.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll clasp thee and clip thee, coll thee and kiss thee, till I be better than nought and worse than nothing.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
Camb., where he was Senior Wrangler, and became a Fellow and Tutor of his coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
It was intoxicating to hear him exchanging comments with Rodney; no, he hadn't finished "coll."
From Martie, the Unconquered by Kathleen Thompson Norris
The coll of rope, on which Captain Lecky and Mabelle were seated, was completely floated by the sea.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams
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