10-letter words containing e, t, o
- close shot — closeup (def 2).
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- closed set — a set that includes all the values obtained by application of a given operation to its members
- closestool — Alternative form of close-stool.
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- cloze test — test of the ability to understand text
- clubfooted — Having a clubfoot.
- co-edition — a title published jointly by two publishers
- co-operate — If you co-operate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people co-operate.
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- co-venture — a business project or enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more companies, each sharing in the capitalization and in any profits or losses.
- coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
- coactivate — To cause, or to undergo coactivation.
- coadjacent — something that is adjacent to another thing in experience or thought
- coagulated — Subject to coagulation.
- coagulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate.
- coal chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which coal may be dropped
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- coalescent — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- coastlines — Plural form of coastline.
- coat check — The coat check at a public building such as a theater or club is the place where customers can leave their coats, usually for a small fee.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coated pit — a clathrin-lined depression in the outer surface of a cell membrane, formed of receptors and their specific ligands, that becomes a coated vesicle upon endocytosis.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cobwebsite — (jargon, web) A website that hasn't been updated for a long time. A dead web page.
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- cockleboat — cockboat.
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- codecenter — (programming) (Formerly Saber-C) A proprietary software development environment for C programs, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintainance.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codirector — a fellow director
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- coeliotomy — (surgery) A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
- coelomatic — of or relating to a coelom