9-letter words containing n, o, s, c, r
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- control-s — (character) (Or XOFF, DC3, Device Control 3) The character with ASCII code 19, used in software handshaking to temporarily suspend output until a control-Q is received.
- conveners — Plural form of convener.
- convenors — Plural form of convenor.
- converges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of converge.
- conversed — to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
- converser — One who converses.
- converses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of converse.
- conversos — Plural form of converso.
- conversus — a lay brother.
- conveyers — Plural form of conveyer.
- conveyors — Plural form of conveyor.
- copresent — to present jointly
- corkiness — the state of being corky
- corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- corn rose — any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields, such as the corn poppy
- corn silk — the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic
- corn smut — an ascomycetous parasitic fungus, Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain
- corn snow — granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing
- cornballs — Plural form of cornball.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- corncribs — Plural form of corncrib.
- corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- cornemuse — a type of French bagpipes
- cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- corniness — the quality of being corny
- cornpones — Plural form of cornpone.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- cornstick — a corn muffin baked in the form of a small ear of corn.
- cornstone — a mottled green and red limestone
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- coronitis — inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- corrasion — erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice
- corrosion — Corrosion is the damage that is caused when something is corroded.
- corseting — Present participle of corset.
- corsicana — a city in E Texas.
- cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cosmotron — a large synchrotron which was used for accelerating protons to high energies (of the order of 1 GeV)
- cosponsor — a person, company, or other organization that is one of the two sponsors of an event or initiative