11-letter words containing c, r, o, s, e
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- close brace — right brace
- close order — an arrangement of troops in compact units at close intervals and distances, as for marching
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- close round — to encircle; surround
- closed door — held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.
- closed-door — private; barred to members of the public
- coacervates — Plural form of coacervate.
- coach horse — a horse, usually strong and heavily built, for drawing a coach.
- coach screw — a large screw with a square head used in timber work in buildings, etc
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- coarse fish — a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- coatdresses — Plural form of coatdress.
- cocciferous — (of a plant) bearing berries
- cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
- cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
- cocksuckers — (vulgar) Plural form of cocksucker.
- codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- colorcaster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colorlessly — In a colorless manner.
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- combo store — a combined drugstore and supermarket.
- come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- comfortless — to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to: They tried to comfort her after her loss.
- comic verse — amusing verse
- comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commandeers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer.
- commercials — Plural form of commercial.
- commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
- commissaire — (in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules
- commissures — Plural form of commissure.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.