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

La Mothe F�n�lon, Corr. dip., vii. 3-11; Davila, bk. iv.; the "Relation originale" in Documents in�dits tir�s des coll.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

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

Pastorals 1709, Essay on Criticism 1711, Rape of the Lock 1714, Windsor Forest and Temple of Fame 1713, translation of Iliad 1715-20, Odyssey 1725-26, coll.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

I was not content with platter licking, which now appeareth to me a mighty pleasant calling but e'en I must become a broker and die sus. per coll.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir