5-letter words containing m, o, c
- compo — a mixture of materials, such as mortar, plaster, etc
- comps — Plural form of comp.
- compy — (slang) computer.
- comsl — (language) ["COMSL - A Communication System Simulation Language", R.L. Granger, Proc FJCC 37 (1970)].
- comte — (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) (oɡyst). 1798–1857, French mathematician and philosopher; the founder of positivism
- comus — (in late Roman mythology) a god of revelry
- coomb — a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas
- coomy — grimy or sooty
- coram — before; in the presence of
- corms — Plural form of corm.
- cosmo — Cosmopolitan.
- crome — John, known as Old Crome. 1768–1821, English landscape painter and etcher
- cuomo — Mario (Matthew) 1932–2015, U.S. political leader: governor of New York 1983–95.
- cymo- — wave
- dicom — (medical, standard) (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. It conforms to the ISO reference model for network communications and incorporates object-oriented design concepts.
- domic — domelike.
- gecom — (language) A language for the GE-255 series, like COBOL with some ALGOL features added, in use around 1964-5. GECOM included many of the early COBOL constructs including report writer and TABSOL (programming by truth table). Another (planned but unimplemented?) component was FRINGE.
- icomp — Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance index
- lecom — Version of COMIT on GE 225 ca. 1966. Sammet 1969, p.419.
- locum — locum tenens.
- macao — a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- macho — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macon — a department in E France. 3331 sq. mi. (8625 sq. km). Capital: Mâcon.
- macro — very large in scale, scope, or capability.
- maroc — French name of Morocco.
- mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
- mcjob — an unstimulating, low-wage job with few benefits, especially in a service industry.
- mecon — Master of Economics
- medoc — a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- micro — microprocessor
- mocha — (initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- moche — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru from the 3rd century b.c. to the 7th century a.d. and is especially noted for fine pottery vessels with stirrup spouts, some bearing drawings of all aspects of cultural life.
- mochi — cooked and pounded glutinous rice formed into various shapes and used to make traditional Japanese sweets and other dishes (often used attributively): mochi balls; mochi ice cream.
- mocks — Plural form of mock.
- modoc — a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and ranging from southern Oregon to northern California.
- monck — Sir Charles Stanley (4th Viscount Monck, 1st Baron Monck) 1819–94, British colonial administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of Canada 1861–68.
- monic — (of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- mooch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- moric — Derived or extracted from (a member of) the Morus genus (the mulberries).
- mouch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- mucho — much or many: They're under mucho stress.
- muco- — mucus or mucous
- mucor — any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- mucro — a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- myco- — indicating fungus
- nomic — (dated) customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
- occam — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- ofcom — Office of Communications: a government body regulating the telecommunications industries; a super-regulator merging the Radio Authority, Independent Television Commission, and Oftel
- ohmic — the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- olmec — of or designating a Mesoamerican civilization, c1000–400 b.c., along the southern Gulf coast of Mexico, characterized by extensive agriculture, a dating system, long-distance trade networks, pyramids and ceremonial centers, and very fine jade work.