11-letter words containing e, o, c
- colourbreed — to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- colposcopes — Plural form of colposcope.
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat team — a combination of military units, usually of different types, as infantry and artillery, temporarily under one command while on special combat mission.
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- combo store — a combined drugstore and supermarket.
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- come and go — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- come in for — If someone or something comes in for criticism or blame, they receive it.
- come of age — If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.
- come off it — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
- come out of — costs: be subtracted
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- come-all-ye — a street ballad or folk song
- come-hither — alluring; seductive
- comedically — from a comedic point of view or in a comedic manner
- comediennes — Plural form of comedienne.
- comedogenic — producing or causing blackheads or acne
- comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
- comedy show — a funny programme on TV or radio
- comestibles — food
- 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.
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- comfortless — to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to: They tried to comfort her after her loss.
- comic opera — a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
- comic verse — amusing verse
- comic-opera — comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.
- comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- commandable — able to be commanded
- commandeers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer.
- commandment — The Ten Commandments are the ten rules of behaviour which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, people should obey.
- commemorate — To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially-created object.
- commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- commendator — a person who holds a commendam
- commensally — In a commensal manner.
- 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.
- commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
- commentated — Simple past tense and past participle of commentate.