12-letter words containing o, n, c, s
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- convexedness — The state or quality of being convexed.
- convivialist — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- convocations — Plural form of convocation.
- convolutions — an intricate, involved, or confused matter or condition
- convulsional — relating to convulsions
- convulsively — of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.
- conway's law — (project, humour) The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".
- cook islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- coordinators — Plural form of coordinator.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- corespondent — a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- corner store — A corner store is the same as a corner shop.
- cornerstones — Plural form of cornerstone.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- corresponded — to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to): His actions do not correspond with his words.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- cosmeticians — Plural form of cosmetician.
- cosmic noise — interference caused by radio waves originating in sources beyond the earth
- cosmogenesis — The origin or evolution of the universe.
- cosmogenetic — Of or pertaining to cosmogeny.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- cost control — the limiting of expenditure
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- cost-cutting — the reduction of costs
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- cotoneasters — Plural form of cotoneaster.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- cotton goods — cotton fabrics and other products made from woven cotton
- cotton grass — any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tufts
- cotton press — a press for baling cotton.