10-letter words containing a, o, l
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- columellae — Plural form of columella.
- columellar — (biology, anatomy) Of or pertaining to a columella.
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- colwyn bay — a town and resort in N Wales, in Conwy county borough. Pop: 30 269 (2001)
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- combatable — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combinable — capable of combining or being combined.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- come along — You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something.
- come clean — to make a revelation or confession
- comicality — the quality of being comical
- commensals — Plural form of commensal.
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- committals — Plural form of committal.
- common law — the body of law based on judicial decisions and custom, as distinct from statute law
- common-law — of, relating to, or established by common law: a common-law spouse.
- commonable — (of land) held in common
- commonalty — the ordinary people as distinct from those with authority, rank, or title, esp when considered as a political and social unit or estate of the realm
- commonweal — the good of the community
- communally — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- communital — a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
- comparable — Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
- comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compatable — Misspelling of compatible.
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- compilable — (computing) That can be compiled.
- compilator — a compiler
- complacent — A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- compliable — compliant
- compliance — a disposition to yield to or comply with others
- compliancy — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicacy — the condition or quality of being complicated
- complicant — (of the elytra of a beetle) overlapping
- complicate — To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- computable — computability theory
- concealers — Plural form of concealer.
- concealing — Present participle of conceal.
- concentual — (rare) Harmonious, in harmony.
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.