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
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
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
Mór báis mór baile: Great folly, great madness, Mór coll ceille mór mire: Great ruin of sense, great insanity, Olais airchenn teicht dóecaib: Since thou hast set out for death, Beith fó étoil maic Maire.:
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Ordained a priest in 1795, he became Vice-Pres. and Prof. of Philosophy at the latter coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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