11-letter words containing c, a, s, o
- close shave — a narrow escape
- closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- coacervates — Plural form of coacervate.
- coach class — the US and Canad. name for economy class
- coach horse — a horse, usually strong and heavily built, for drawing a coach.
- coach house — a building in which a coach is kept
- coach screw — a large screw with a square head used in timber work in buildings, etc
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coarse fish — a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family
- coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
- coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
- 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
- coatdresses — Plural form of coatdress.
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
- cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
- cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- cogitations — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
- cognizances — Plural form of cognizance.
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- 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
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- 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.
- collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collisional — of or relating to a collision or collisions
- colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
- colonialist — Colonialist means relating to colonialism.