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11-letter words containing n, o, c, u

  • coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
  • coati-mundi — coati
  • coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
  • coconscious — a division within the subconscious
  • coconstruct — To construct together.
  • coconut ice — a sweetmeat made from desiccated coconut and sugar
  • coconut oil — the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
  • coconut shy — a fairground stall in which balls are thrown to knock coconuts off stands
  • code number — a number used to identify something
  • coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
  • coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
  • coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
  • coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
  • cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
  • collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
  • colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
  • collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
  • colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
  • colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
  • colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
  • colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
  • column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
  • columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
  • columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
  • columniform — Having the form of a column.
  • columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
  • combustions — Plural form of combustion.
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
  • comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
  • comment out — (programming)   To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment marker. This prevents it from being compiled or interpreted. It is often done to temporarily disable the code, e.g. during debugging or when the code is redundant or obsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intent of the active code clearer. The word "comment" is sometimes replaced with whatever syntax is used to mark comments in the language in question, e.g. "hash out" (shell script, Perl), "REM out" (BASIC), etc. Compare condition out.
  • comminuting — Present participle of comminute.
  • comminution — The action of reducing a material, an ore, to minute particles or fragments.
  • common gull — a type of gull, Larus canus
  • common noun — A common noun is a noun such as 'tree', 'water', or 'beauty' that is not the name of one particular person or thing. Compare proper noun.
  • communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
  • communalism — a system or theory of government in which the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities
  • communalist — An advocate of communalism.
  • communality — the state or condition of being communal.
  • communalize — to render (something) the property of a commune or community
  • communicant — A communicant is a person in the Christian church who receives communion.
  • communicate — to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
  • communiques — Misspelling of communiqués.
  • communistic — of, characteristic of, or relating to communism
  • communities — Plural form of community.
  • communitive — Relating to community.
  • communizing — Present participle of communize.
  • commutating — Present participle of commutate.
  • commutation — a substitution or exchange
  • compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
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