10-letter words containing m, u, o
- 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
- computable — computability theory
- computator — a person who computes or calculates
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- continuums — Plural form of continuum.
- conundrums — Plural form of conundrum.
- coquimbite — hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
- corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- cotton gum — a tall tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) with cottony leaves, found in swamps of the SE U.S.
- 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.
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- 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
- cult movie — film with small but enthusiastic fan base
- cultriform — (botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
- cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cumuliform — resembling a cumulus cloud
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.