11-letter words containing e, n, c, o, u
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- close round — to encircle; surround
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coconut ice — a sweetmeat made from desiccated coconut and sugar
- code number — a number used to identify something
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- 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
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- comment out — (programming) To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment marker. This prevents it from being compiled or interpreted. It is often done to temporarily disable the code, e.g. during debugging or when the code is redundant or obsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intent of the active code clearer. The word "comment" is sometimes replaced with whatever syntax is used to mark comments in the language in question, e.g. "hash out" (shell script, Perl), "REM out" (BASIC), etc. Compare condition out.
- communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
- communalize — to render (something) the property of a commune or community
- communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- communiques — Misspelling of communiqués.
- communities — Plural form of community.
- communitive — Relating to community.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- conceptious — prolific or fruitful
- conceptuses — Plural form of conceptus.
- concludable — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- concurrence — Someone's concurrence is their agreement to something.
- concurrency — multitasking
- conducement — the action or quality of conducing
- conductance — the ability of a system to conduct electricity, measured by the ratio of the current flowing through the system to the potential difference across it; the reciprocal of resistance. It is measured in reciprocal ohms, mhos, or siemens
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- conductress — a female conductor
- cone pulley — (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat