12-letter words containing i, n, o, c
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- corotational — (astronomy) That rotates in conjunction with another body.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.
- correctioner — a person who administers correction
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- cosmeticians — Plural form of cosmetician.
- cosmic noise — interference caused by radio waves originating in sources beyond the earth
- cosmogenesis — The origin or evolution of the universe.
- cosmogenetic — Of or pertaining to cosmogeny.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- cost-cutting — the reduction of costs
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- councilmanic — of or relating to a councilman or councilwoman
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- councilwomen — Plural form of councilwoman.
- countability — the fact of being countable
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- country life — life in the country