11-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coalitional — a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
- coarctation — Pathology. a narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel. a congenital anomaly of the heart in which there is a narrowing of the aorta, resulting in abnormal blood flow.
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
- coati-mundi — coati
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cocainizing — Present participle of cocainize.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
- code dating — the system of marking products with the date when they were packed
- codefendant — a fellow defendant
- codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
- coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- coffee bean — Coffee beans are small dark-brown beans that are roasted and ground to make coffee. They are the seeds of the coffee plant.
- coffee name — Your coffee name is a name that you give in some situations because it is simpler than your real name.
- coffin nail — a cigarette
- cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
- cogenerator — a facility that produces energy from waste
- cogitations — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
- cognitional — Of or pertaining to cognition.
- cognizances — Plural form of cognizance.
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- colligating — Present participle of colligate.
- colligation — A binding together.
- collimating — Present participle of collimate.
- collimation — to bring into line; make parallel.
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- collisional — of or relating to a collision or collisions
- collocating — Present participle of collocate.
- collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.