10-letter words containing c, o, u, p
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.
- compu$erve — (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for CompuServe Information Service (CI$) drawing attention to perceived high charges.
- 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.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- computable — computability theory
- computator — a person who computes or calculates
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- conjure up — If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.
- connect up — link or join together
- conspectus — an overall view; survey
- 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.
- contrecoup — an injury, esp to the brain, that occurs at the opposite side of the body from that which was struck
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- coproduced — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coproducer — a joint producer
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- copurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copurify.
- copycutter — an employee of a newspaper who separates copy into takes to facilitate printing.
- corn syrup — syrup prepared from maize
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- corpulence — fatness or stoutness of body; obesity
- corpulency — Alternative form of corpulence.
- corpuscles — Plural form of corpuscle.
- corpuscule — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corruptive — tending to corrupt or produce corruption
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- count upon — depend on, rely on
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- coup stick — a stick with which some North American Indian warriors sought to touch their enemies in battle as a sign of courage.
- coupleable — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- cozy up to — to try to ingratiate oneself, or make friends, with
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased