Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 21 compound words that contain colony. The most common are listed below. Open colony in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- leper colonyAn isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
- penal colonyA colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
- Cape ColonyA former British colony in present-day South Africa and Namibia, named for the Cape of Good Hope, existing from 1795 to 1802 and 1806 to 1910.
- neo-colonyA country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.
- crown colonyA British colony ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch.
- semi-colonyA country which is officially an independent and sovereign nation, but in reality dependent and dominated by one or more countries.
- colony collapse disorderA mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees.
- Lost ColonySynonym of Roanoke Colony: A former colony in North America.
- Mexican ColonyA census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
- Roanoke ColonyA sixteenth century failed colony on Roanoke Island in present day Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
- Colony of VirginiaAn English, and later British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.
- Orange River ColonyThe Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900.
- Delft ColonyA census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
- Colony and Dominion of VirginiaAn English colony in North America that existed from 1607 until the American Revolution.
- colony-forming unitA progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
- ant colonyA community of ants that live and work together as one organized social group, including a queen, workers, and developing young.
- bird colonyA large congregation of one or more bird species that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.
- cat colonyA group of (usually female) feral cats and their offspring.
- colony counterlaboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.
- colony countersplural of colony counter: laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.
- freedom colonyAn African-American municipality or community built by freedmen, former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.
- space colonyA permanent human settlement located beyond the surface of Earth, such as on a space station, or on another celestial body such as the Moon or Mars.
- lunar colonyA colony on the Moon.
- artificial bee colonyA metaheuristic-based optimization algorithm inspired by the intelligent foraging behavior of honey bee swarms.
- colony-forming unitsplural of colony-forming unit: A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
Compound words 21
- polonyA kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.
- autocolonyA daughter colony formed inside a cell of a parent colony.
- colonyhoodThe state of being a colony.
- megacolonyAn extremely large colony of organisms.
- colonigenicThat forms a bacterial colony
- colonywideThroughout a colony.
- intercolonyBetween colonies
- intracolonyWithin a colony
- macrocolonyA relatively large-scale colony (of bacteria etc)
- microcolonyA microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria)