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11-letter words containing o, d, e

  • coco-de-mer — double coconut.
  • code dating — the system of marking products with the date when they were packed
  • code letter — a letter which is part of a code
  • code monkey — a computer programmer who is able to perform only routine tasks
  • code number — a number used to identify something
  • code police — (humour)   (By analogy with George Orwell's "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that enforce programming style rules. Used ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
  • codebreaker — A person who solves a code or codes.
  • codefendant — a fellow defendant
  • codependent — A codependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
  • codeveloper — a fellow developer
  • codirection — joint direction
  • codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
  • codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
  • coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
  • coextending — Present participle of coextend.
  • cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
  • cohabitated — cohabit.
  • coincidence — A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
  • coincidency — a coincident state
  • colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
  • cold cellar — root cellar.
  • cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
  • cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
  • cold shower — shower: in cold water
  • cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
  • cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
  • cold-rolled — (of metal sheets, etc) having been rolled without heating, producing a smooth surface finish
  • cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
  • coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
  • coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
  • collectedly — In a collected manner; calmly.
  • color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
  • color model — colour model
  • color-coded — Things that are color-coded use colors to represent different features or functions.
  • color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
  • color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
  • coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
  • colour code — a system of easily distinguishable colours, as for the identification of electrical wires or resistors
  • colourbreed — to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour
  • columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
  • combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
  • come and go — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • comedically — from a comedic point of view or in a comedic manner
  • comediennes — Plural form of comedienne.
  • comedogenic — producing or causing blackheads or acne
  • comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
  • comedy show — a funny programme on TV or radio
  • command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
  • commandable — able to be commanded
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