10-letter words containing l, o, i, s
- colourings — Plural form of colouring.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- comeliness — pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
- comestible — food
- committals — Plural form of committal.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- completist — a person with an obsessive interest in a subject
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- conclavism — a minority movement (and the beliefs of certain Traditionalist Catholics) that rejects the authority of the established pope and instead supports an alternative pope
- conclavist — either of two persons who attend upon a cardinal at a conclave, one usually being an ecclesiastical secretary and the other a personal servant.
- conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- consilient — showing consilience
- consimilar — similar; alike
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- consulting — acting in an advisory capacity on professional matters
- consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- convulsing — to shake violently; agitate.
- convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- cookieless — Without cookies (the food).
- coprolites — Plural form of coprolite.
- corallines — Plural form of coralline.
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- corrosible — corrodible
- corylopsis — any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Corylopsis, which are found in eastern Asia and have yellow flowers
- cosmetical — relating to cosmetics
- cosmically — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmopolis — an international city
- costliness — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- cotillions — Plural form of cotillion.
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counseling — Counseling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- courtliest — Superlative form of courtly.
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- cross-file — to register as a candidate in more than one party's primary election
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- crossbills — Plural form of crossbill.
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play