10-letter words containing m, u, c, o
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- combustors — Plural form of combustor.
- come about — When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
- come round — to be restored to life or consciousness
- come under — If you come under attack or pressure, for example, people attack you or put pressure on you.
- come up to — To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
- come-outer — an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- coming out — the declaration that one is gay
- coming up! — an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served
- coming-out — a debut into society, especially a formal debut by a debutante.
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- comminuted — pulverized; ground
- comminutor — a machine that pulverizes solids, as in waste treatment.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- commixture — a mixture
- commodious — A commodious room or house is large and has a lot of space.
- communally — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- communings — negotiations conducted prior to drawing up a contract
- communions — Plural form of communion.
- communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
- communists — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- communital — a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- communized — Simple past tense and past participle of communize.
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
- commutated — to reverse the direction of (a current or currents), as by a commutator.
- commutator — a device used to reverse the direction of flow of an electric current
- compacture — an act of joining or bringing into proximity
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- compluvium — an unroofed space over the atrium in a Roman house, through which rain fell and was collected
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compound q — trichosanthin: an antiviral drug derived from the root of a Chinese cucumber plant, used in the treatment of AIDS.
- compounded — If something is compounded of different things, it is a mixture of those things.
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.
- compu$erve — (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for CompuServe Information Service (CI$) drawing attention to perceived high charges.
- 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.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service