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15-letter words containing a, c, o

  • collared lizard — any of several species of long-tailed iguanid lizards of the genus Crotaphytus, of central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, usually having a collar of two black bands.
  • collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
  • collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
  • collective mark — a trademark or service mark used by the members of a cooperative, a union, or other collective association to identify themselves as members.
  • college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
  • college station — a city in E central Texas.
  • collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
  • colonial animal — compound animal
  • colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
  • colonial siding — siding composed of boards with parallel faces laid horizontally so that the upper overlaps the one below.
  • colonialization — the act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.
  • colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
  • colorado beetle — a black-and-yellow beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, that is a serious pest of potatoes, feeding on the leaves: family Chrysomelidae
  • colorado desert — an arid region of SE California and NW Mexico, west of the Colorado River. Area: over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)
  • colour contrast — the change in the appearance of a colour surrounded by another colour; for example, grey looks bluish if surrounded by yellow
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • colour-reversal — (of film or photographic paper) designed to produce a positive image directly from a positive subject
  • colouristically — in a colouristic manner
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
  • combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • come up for air — rise to water's surface
  • comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
  • comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
  • comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
  • command economy — In a command economy, business activities and the use of resources are decided by the government, and not by market forces.
  • commendableness — The state or quality of being commendable.
  • commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
  • commercial code — a telegraphic code designed to convey a message with a minimum number of words and thereby reduce toll costs.
  • commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
  • commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
  • commissionaires — Plural form of commissionaire.
  • commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
  • commit to paper — to write down; record
  • committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
  • committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
  • commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • commoditization — The transformation of something into a commodity.
  • commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • common entrance — (in Britain) an entrance examination for a public school, usually taken at the age of 13
  • common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
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