6-letter words containing c, t
- contex — (obsolete, transitive) To context.
- contig — (genetics) A set of overlapping DNA segments, derived from a single source of genetic material, from which the complete sequence may be deduced.
- contra — against
- coolth — coolness
- cootch — a hiding place
- cooter — a large freshwater turtle, Pseudemus concinna, found in southern USA and northern Mexico
- cootie — Cooties are the same as lice.
- cop it — If you cop it, someone punishes you or speaks to you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- cop to — If you cop to something bad or wrong that you have done, you admit that you have done it.
- copist — (obsolete) A copier.
- copita — a tulip-shaped sherry glass
- coplot — to plot together on the same graph
- copout — an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
- copter — A copter is a helicopter.
- coptic — Coptic means belonging or relating to a part of the Christian Church which was started in Egypt.
- coquet — to behave flirtatiously
- corant — A coranto (kind of dance).
- corita — a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cornet — A cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family that looks like a small trumpet.
- corset — A corset is a stiff piece of underwear worn by some women, especially in the past. It fits tightly around their hips and waist and makes them thinner around the waist when they wear it.
- cortes — the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
- cortex — The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer.
- cortin — an adrenal cortex extract containing cortisone and other hormones
- cortot — Alfred (alfrɛd). 1877–1962, French pianist, born in Switzerland
- corvet — (nautical) archaic form of corvette.
- cosatu — Congress of South Africa Trade Unions
- cosset — If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
- costae — a rib or riblike part.
- costal — of or near a rib or the ribs
- costar — An actor's costars are the other actors who also have one of the main parts in a particular movie.
- costas — Plural form of costa.
- costed — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- costen — (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
- coster — costermonger.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- costus — a Himalayan herb, Saussurea lappa, with an aromatic root which has medicinal properties and which also yields an oil that is used in perfumery
- coteau — a hillside
- cotext — (linguistics) The text that surrounds the node, or word of interest, in a KWIC.
- cotija — A popular hard, dry, cheese from Mexico.
- coting — to pass by; outstrip; surpass.
- cotise — (heraldry) Alternative form of cottise.
- cotman — John Sell. 1782–1842, English landscape watercolourist and etcher
- cottar — (in the Scottish Highlands) a peasant occupying a cottage and land of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year
- cotter — any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
- cottid — any fish of the scorpaenoid family Cottidae, typically possessing a large head, tapering body, and spiny fins, including the pogge, sea scorpion, bullhead, father lasher, and cottus
- cotton — Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant.
- cottus — a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head
- cotula — (in prescriptions) a measure.
- cotwal — (in India) a chief police officer
- cotyle — a cavity that resembles a cup