9-letter words containing c, p, o
- copybooks — Plural form of copybook.
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- copyedits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyedit.
- copyfight — the conflict between copyright holders and other individuals over the use, distribution, and replication of copyright materials
- copyholds — Plural form of copyhold.
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- core dump — a copy of main memory that is printed, displayed, or recorded on an output medium.
- coreopsis — any plant of the genus Coreopsis, of America and tropical Africa, cultivated for their yellow, brown, or yellow-and-red daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- corn chip — a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal.
- corn pone — a kind of corn bread baked in small oval loaves, or pones
- corn-pone — of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person, especially from the South: a corn-pone accent.
- cornopean — a cornet
- cornpones — Plural form of cornpone.
- coroplast — A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
- corporals — Plural form of corporal.
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
- corporeal — Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
- corporify — to embody
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corrupter — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruptly — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruptor — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- cosponsor — a person, company, or other organization that is one of the two sponsors of an event or initiative
- cost-plus — A cost-plus basis for a contract about work to be done is one in which the buyer agrees to pay the seller or contractor all the cost plus a profit.
- cost-push — of or relating to cost-push inflation: a proponent of the cost-push theory.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- coupledom — the state of living as a couple, esp when regarded as being interested in each other to the exclusion of the outside world
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- couponing — the distribution or redemption of promotional coupons
- coupstick — (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- cow pilot — sergeant major (sense 3)
- cowboy up — to adopt a tough approach or course of action
- cowkeeper — (archaic) cowherd.
- cowperson — (politically correct, rare) a cowhand of any gender.
- cparaops5 — (language) A parallel version of OPS5 written at CMU, in C and compiling to C. CParaOps5 is available for Unix, Mach, Encore Multimaxen, and Sequent.
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- cramponee — (heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched