10-letter words containing c, o, v
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- check over — a thorough examination or investigation.
- check-over — a thorough examination or investigation.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
- clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
- clover key — feature key
- cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
- co-venture — a business project or enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more companies, each sharing in the capitalization and in any profits or losses.
- coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
- coactivate — To cause, or to undergo coactivation.
- coactivity — acting together.
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- coercitive — Obsolete form of coercive.
- coercively — serving or tending to coerce.
- coercivity — the magnetic-field strength necessary to demagnetize a ferromagnetic material that is magnetized to saturation. It is measured in amperes per metre
- cofavorite — a joint favourite
- cogitative — capable of thinking
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- cohibitive — restrictive
- coinventor — a fellow inventor
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- collective — Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- commissive — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- completive — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- compluvium — an unroofed space over the atrium in a Roman house, through which rain fell and was collected
- compu$erve — (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for CompuServe Information Service (CI$) drawing attention to perceived high charges.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- conceiving — Present participle of conceive.
- conceptive — having the power of mental conception
- concessive — implying or involving concession; tending to concede
- 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.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- concoctive — Of or pertaining to digestion; digestive.
- concretive — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- concussive — Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.
- conductive — A conductive substance is able to conduct things such as heat and electricity.
- congestive — A congestive disease is a medical condition where a part of the body becomes blocked.