10-letter words containing a, s, c, o
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- costa mesa — city in SW Calif., near Long Beach: pop. 109,000
- costa rica — a republic in Central America: gained independence from Spain in 1821; mostly mountainous and volcanic, with extensive forests. Official language: Spanish. Official religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: colón. Capital: San José. Pop: 4 695 942 (2013 est). Area: 50 900 sq km (19 652 sq miles)
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- cosy along — to reassure (someone), esp with false assurances
- cotangents — Plural form of cotangent.
- cotransfer — a simultaneous transfer of multiple genes
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
- courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
- court case — a legal action
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- cretaceous — consisting of or resembling chalk
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- cross rate — A cross rate is an exchange rate of two currencies expressed in a third different currency, such as the exchange rate between the euro and the yuan expressed in yen.
- cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
- cross-fade — to fade in (one sound or picture source) as another is being faded out
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crossbeams — Plural form of crossbeam.
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossfader — (music) A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crossjacks — Plural form of crossjack.
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crossroads — A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat