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

  • coplanarity — being or operating in the same plane.
  • coprincipal — a joint principal
  • coprolagnia — sexual arousal that is produced by the thought or sight of feces.
  • coprophagan — a dung beetle
  • copywriting — a writer of copy, especially for advertisements or publicity releases.
  • copywronged — copybroke
  • cor anglais — a woodwind instrument, the alto of the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from E on the third space of the bass staff
  • coral plant — a South American tree, Jatropha multifida, of the spurge family, having showy, scarlet flowers.
  • coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
  • coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
  • corbynomics — the economic policies advocated by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party from 2015
  • cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
  • cordilleran — a mountain system in W South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
  • cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
  • cordwainery — Shoemaking.
  • core cancer — (jargon)   A process that exhibits a slow but inexorable resource leak - like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive "tissue".
  • corecipient — a joint recipient
  • coreference — a relationship between two words or phrases in which both refer to the same person or thing and one stands as a linguistic antecedent of the other, as the two pronouns in She taught herself but not in She taught her.
  • coresidence — (anthropology) Living together, sharing a residence, as of an adult child with a parent.
  • corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
  • corn cockle — a tall annual weed (Agrostemma githago) of the pink family, with flat, pinkish flowers and poisonous seeds, often found in grainfields
  • corn dodger — South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of corn bread and baked or fried hard in a skillet.
  • corn factor — a person who deals in corn
  • corn gluten — gluten separated from corn during milling, used primarily as a livestock feed.
  • corn liquor — an alcoholic drink distilled from corn mash
  • corn muffin — a muffin, often shaped like a cupcake, made from cornmeal.
  • corn picker — a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.
  • corn starch — Corn starch is a fine white powder made from corn, used as a thickener or binder in the manufacture of drugs.
  • corn whisky — whisky made from maize
  • corn-picker — a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
  • corncockles — Plural form of corncockle.
  • corndodgers — Plural form of corndodger.
  • corned beef — Corned beef is beef which has been cooked and preserved in salt water.
  • corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
  • corner kick — a free kick taken from the corner of the field after the defending side has played the ball behind their own goal line
  • corner rack — A corner rack is a shelving unit designed to fit into corners to maximize space.
  • corner shop — A corner shop is a small shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells mainly food and household goods.
  • cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
  • cornerstone — The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
  • cornflowers — Plural form of cornflower.
  • cornhuskers — Plural form of cornhusker.
  • cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
  • corniculate — having horns or hornlike projections
  • corniferous — producing or containing chert
  • cornigerous — horned
  • cornish rex — a breed of cat with a very soft wavy coat, a small head, large eyes, and very large ears
  • cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
  • cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
  • coronagraph — an optical instrument used to simulate an eclipse of the sun so that the faint solar corona can be studied
  • coronations — Plural form of coronation.
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