11-letter words containing c, m, o, s
- contretemps — A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing.
- contumelies — Plural form of contumely.
- coppersmith — a person who works copper or copper alloys
- coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
- corbynomics — the economic policies advocated by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party from 2015
- corporatism — Corporatism is the organization and control of a country by groups who share a common interest or profession.
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- cosmetician — a person who makes, sells, or applies cosmetics
- cosmeticism — the practice of beautifying
- cosmeticize — to give (someone or something) a cosmetic treatment
- cosmetology — the work of beauty therapists, including hairdressing, facials, manicures, etc
- cosmic dust — fine particles of solid matter occurring throughout interstellar space and often collecting into clouds of extremely low density
- cosmic rays — Cosmic rays are rays that reach Earth from outer space and consist of atomic nuclei.
- cosmocratic — of or relating to a cosmocrat
- cosmodromes — Plural form of cosmodrome.
- cosmogonies — Plural form of cosmogony.
- cosmogonist — A person who studies cosmogony.
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- cosmologies — Plural form of cosmology.
- cosmologist — A person who studies cosmology.
- cosmonautic — Of or related to cosmonauts or cosmonautics.
- cosmopolite — an animal or plant that occurs in most parts of the world
- cosmosphere — a device consisting of a glass globe on which the stars are shown, and within which is another globe representing the Earth, that shows the position of the Earth, at any given time, in relation to the stars
- cosmothetic — positing the existence of the external world
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- covermounts — Plural form of covermount.
- craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- cram course — an intensive course of study designed to review or teach material needed for a specific purpose or, often, material previously taught but not mastered.
- cram school — a private institution, especially in East Asia, that uses an accelerated curriculum to prepare students for university entrance exams.
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
- crossmember — A transverse structural piece that adds support to a motor-vehicle chassis or other construction.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- culmicolous — (of a fungus) growing on grass culms.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
- customizing — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.