6-letter words containing c, o, a
- covary — to vary in correlation with another related variant
- covina — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- cowage — a tropical climbing leguminous plant, Stizolobium (or Mucuna) pruriens, whose bristly pods cause severe itching and stinging
- cowans — Plural form of cowan.
- coward — If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
- cowman — a man who owns cattle; rancher
- cowpat — A cowpat is a pile of faeces from a cow.
- cowpea — a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
- cracow — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Vistula: former capital of the country (1320–1609); university (1364). Pop: 822 000 (2005 est)
- crakow — poulaine.
- crambo — a word game in which one team says a rhyme or rhyming line for a word or line given by the other team
- cranko — John. 1927–73, British choreographer, born in South Africa: director of the Stuttgart Ballet (1961–73)
- craton — a stable part of the earth's continental crust or lithosphere that has not been deformed significantly for many millions, even hundreds of millions, of years
- crayon — A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
- croaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croak.
- croaky — If someone's voice is croaky, it is low and rough.
- crotal — any of various lichens used in dyeing wool, esp for the manufacture of tweeds
- crowea — an Australian shrub of the genus Crowea, having pink flowers
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuatro — a small guitar with four strings
- cupola — A cupola is a roof or part of a roof that is shaped like a dome.
- cyano- — blue or dark blue
- dacapo — Broad-range hardware specification language. "Mixed Level Modelling and Simulation of VLSI Systems", F.J. Rammig in Logic Design and Simulation, E. Horbst ed, N-H 1986.
- dacnos — A prototype network operating system for multi-vendor environments, from IBM European Networking Centre Heidelberg and University of Karlsruhe.
- dacoit — (in India and Myanmar) a member of a gang of armed robbers
- dacron — a synthetic polyester fiber or a washable, wrinkle-resistant fabric made from it
- deacon — A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.
- doncha — (informal) don't you.
- dorcas — a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- dracon — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- earcon — a short, organized sound sequence that stands for an object or an incident
- ecomap — a diagram showing the links between an individual and his or her community
- ecowas — Economic Community of West African States.
- epocha — Archaic form of epoch.
- factor — Christmas factor.
- falcon — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- fascio — an organized political group, esp in 19th-century Italy
- fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
- flacon — a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- forcat — convict or galley slave
- formac — FORmula MAnipulation Compiler. J. Sammet & Tobey, IBM Boston APD, 1962. An extension of Fortran for symbolic mathematics. Versions: PL/I-FORMAC and FORMAC73.
- franco — Francisco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco-Bahamonde"El Caudillo") 1892–1975, Spanish military leader and dictator: chief of state 1939–47; regent of the kingdom of Spain 1947–75.
- garcon — (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- gascon — a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- gaucho — a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- glocal — of or relating to the interconnection of global and local issues, factors, etc.: a glocal conference on community development.
- gocart — Alternative form of go-cart (framework for children learning to walk).
- gotcha — I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).
- havocs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of havoc.
- horace — (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.