8-letter words containing c, o, m, s
- consumes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consume.
- consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
- corpsman — a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
- corpsmen — U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- cosmesis — an aesthetic covering on a prosthesis to make it look more natural
- cosmetic — Cosmetics are substances such as lipstick or powder, which people put on their face to make themselves look more attractive.
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmoses — Plural form of cosmos.
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- costumed — Simple past tense and past participle of costume.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- costumes — Plural form of costume.
- costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
- coulombs — Plural form of coulomb.
- coxcombs — Plural form of coxcomb.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- crossarm — a horizontal bar or arm
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cumulose — abounding in heaps or cumuli
- cumulous — resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cytosome — the body of a cell excluding its nucleus
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- dot-coms — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- hammocks — Plural form of hammock.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- hummocks — Plural form of hummock.
- incomers — Plural form of incomer.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.