10-letter words containing m, o, c
- cosmoramic — of or relating to a cosmorama
- cost money — If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.
- costa mesa — city in SW Calif., near Long Beach: pop. 109,000
- costectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- cotton gum — a tall tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) with cottony leaves, found in swamps of the SE U.S.
- cotyliform — shaped like a cup
- coulometer — an electrolytic cell for measuring the magnitude of an electric charge by determining the total amount of decomposition resulting from the passage of the charge through the cell
- coulometry — a method used in quantitative analysis, whereby the amount of a substance set free or deposited during electrolysis is determined by measuring the number of coulombs that passed through the electrolyte.
- coumarilic — coumaric
- councilman — A councilman is a man who is a member of a local council.
- councilmen — Plural form of councilman.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countermen — Plural form of counterman.
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
- court tomb — a type of Neolithic trapezoidal burial mound having a semicircular forecourt at one end and bounded by large standing stones, common in the British Isles.
- courtrooms — Plural form of courtroom.
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- coxcomical — Alternative form of coxcombical.
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crematoria — a crematory.
- cribriform — pierced with holes; sievelike
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- crossbeams — Plural form of crossbeam.
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryometric — of or relating to cryometry
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cuculiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the order Cuculiformes, which includes the cuckoos
- cucumiform — shaped like a cucumber
- cuddlesome — cuddly (sense 1)
- culiciform — resembling a gnat