5-letter words containing o, c
- chmod — (file system) ("Change mode") The Unix command and system call to change the access permissions of a named file. Each file (directory, device, etc.) has nine kinds of access which can be allowed or denied. Different permissions apply to the owner of the file, the members of the group the file belongs to, and all users. Each of these classes of user (owner, group and other) can have permission to read, write or execute the file. Chmod can also set various other mode bits for a file or directory such as the sticky bit and the set user id bit. Unix man page: chmod
- choad — (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- choak — Obsolete form of choke.
- chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- choco — a member of the citizen army; militiaman
- chocs — chocolates
- chode — (archaic) Simple past form of chide.
- choil — An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.
- choir — A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- choko — the cucumber-like fruit of a tropical American cucurbitaceous vine, Sechium edule: eaten as a vegetable in the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand
- choky — involving, caused by, or causing choking
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chole — A spicy Indian chickpea curry.
- choli — a short-sleeved bodice, as worn by Indian women
- cholo — a person who is descended from both European and Native American parents
- choly — (informal) cholecystitis.
- chomo — (prison slang) child molester.
- chomp — If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily.
- choof — to move in a particular manner or direction
- chook — a hen or chicken
- choom — an Englishman
- choon — a piece of recorded music that one likes
- chopa — any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chope — (Singapore) to reserve a place, such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
- chops — the jaws or cheeks; jowls
- chord — A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect.
- chore — A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
- choro — (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music.
- chose — Chose is the past tense of choose.
- chota — small, lesser, or minor
- chott — shott
- chout — an amount obtained by blackmail equal to a quarter, originally applied to the amount obtained by the Mahrattas in India from their territories in exchange for protection from pillage
- choux — a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
- chowk — a marketplace or market area
- chows — Plural form of chow.
- chron — (geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
- chulo — a dandified or effeminate man.
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- cimon — died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)
- cions — scion (def 2).
- cipro — a synthetic antibiotic, C17H18FN3O3·HCl·H2O, used in treating urinary tract infections, lung infections, etc.
- cirio — boojum tree.
- cisco — any of various whitefish, esp Coregonus artedi, of cold deep lakes of North America
- claro — a mild light-coloured cigar
- cleon — died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader
- cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- cloam — made of clay or earthenware
- clock — A clock is an instrument, for example in a room or on the outside of a building, that shows what time of day it is.
- clods — Plural form of clod.