10-letter words containing c, o, l, i
- complicacy — the condition or quality of being complicated
- complicant — (of the elytra of a beetle) overlapping
- complicate — To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- complicity — Complicity is involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan.
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- compluvium — an unroofed space over the atrium in a Roman house, through which rain fell and was collected
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- concealing — Present participle of conceal.
- conceitful — thoughtful or clever
- conchiglie — pasta in the form of shells
- conchiolin — a fibrous insoluble protein that forms the basic structure of the shells of molluscs. Formula: C30H48O11N9
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- conciliary — conciliar
- conciliate — If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
- conclavism — a minority movement (and the beliefs of certain Traditionalist Catholics) that rejects the authority of the established pope and instead supports an alternative pope
- conclavist — either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.
- concluding — final
- conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- concordial — characterized by concord
- confidable — Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information.
- confinable — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- conflating — Present participle of conflate.
- conflation — a combining, as of two variant readings of a text into a composite reading
- conflicted — unable to decide between opposing feelings or views
- congealing — Present participle of congeal.
- congenital — A congenital disease or medical condition is one that a person has had from birth, but is not inherited.
- conjointly — In a conjoint manner; jointly or together.
- conoidical — conoidal
- consilient — showing consilience
- consimilar — similar; alike
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- consulting — acting in an advisory capacity on professional matters
- consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- continuall — Obsolete spelling of continual.
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- contritely — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- convolving — Present participle of convolve.
- convolvuli — Plural form of convolvulus.
- convulsing — to shake violently; agitate.
- convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- cook inlet — an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska
- cook-chill — a method of food preparation used by caterers, in which cooked dishes are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
- cookeville — a town in central Tennessee.
- cookieless — Without cookies (the food).
- cool drink — any soft drink
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.