7-letter words containing c, o, n
- consent — If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- consett — a town in N England, in N Durham. Pop: 20 659 (2001)
- consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- consist — Something that consists of particular things or people is formed from them.
- console — If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
- consols — British government securities, esp. those established in 1751 by the consolidation of nine loans
- consort — If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
- conspue — to spit on with contempt
- constat — (legal, religion, science) It is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.
- conster — Obsolete spelling of construe.
- consuls — Plural form of consul.
- consult — If you consult an expert or someone senior to you or consult with them, you ask them for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
- conteck — contention or strife
- contemn — to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
- contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- content — The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
- contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- context — The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.
- contigs — Plural form of contig.
- contoid — of or relating to a sound characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; consonantlike.
- contort — If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position.
- contour — You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours.
- contra- — against; contrary; opposing; contrasting
- contras — (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contree — Archaic spelling of country.
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- contund — to pummel or bruise (a person)
- contuse — to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- convect — to circulate (hot air) by convection
- convene — If someone convenes a meeting or conference, they arrange for it to take place. You can also say that people convene or that a meeting convenes.
- convent — A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live.
- convert — If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- conveys — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
- convive — to feast together
- convoke — to call (a meeting, assembly, etc) together; summon
- convoys — to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
- cooking — Cooking is food which has been cooked.
- cookson — Dame Catherine. 1906-98, British novelist, known for her popular novels set in northeast England
- coolant — Coolant is a liquid used to keep a machine or engine cool while it is operating.
- cooling — making one feel cool
- coonass — (chiefly in Louisiana and southeast Texas) a Cajun.
- cooncan — a card game for two players, similar to rummy
- coondog — a dog that has been trained to hunt raccoons, or, specifically, a coonhound
- coontie — an evergreen plant, Zamia floridana of S Florida, related to the cycads and having large dark green leathery leaves: family Zamiaceae
- cooping — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- coowner — Someone who owns something together with one or more other people.