12-letter words containing c, a, i, s, o, n
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversation — If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation.
- conversative — talkative
- conversional — the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
- convivialist — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- convocations — Plural form of convocation.
- convulsional — relating to convulsions
- cook islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinators — Plural form of coordinator.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- cosmeticians — Plural form of cosmetician.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- craniosacral — as in craniosacral therapy, an alternative therapy involving gentle manipulation of the bones and membranes of the skull, in order to treat a wide range of physical and psychological disorders
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- criminations — Plural form of crimination.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- cross-action — an action brought within the same lawsuit by one defendant against another defendant or against the plaintiff.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- de-accession — to remove (an item) from a museum or library collection preparatory to selling it