11-letter words containing c, o, d, s
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- closed door — held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.
- 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.
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.
- closed-door — private; barred to members of the public
- closed-loop — of or relating to a processing system in which effluents are recycled, that is, treated and returned for reuse.
- closefisted — stingy
- 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.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- 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.
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- cloudlessly — Without clouds.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- 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.
- coatdresses — Plural form of coatdress.
- coccidiosis — any disease of domestic and other animals caused by introcellular parasitic protozoa of the order Coccidia. One species, Isospora hominis, can infect humans
- codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
- cold colors — a paint fixed to glass or to a ceramic object without firing.
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- color solid — a three-dimensional representation of colors according to the relationship between their hue, value, and saturation.
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- comediennes — Plural form of comedienne.
- comedy show — a funny programme on TV or radio
- commandants — Plural form of commandant.
- commandeers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer.
- commodifies — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commodities — an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
- commoditise — To transform into a commodity.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- compensated — Simple past tense and past participle of compensate.
- comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.
- compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- comraderies — camaraderie.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- con sordino — a musical direction to play with a mute
- condensable — capable of being condensed.