10-letter words containing o, r, e, c
- color-code — to use specific colors, according to a code, for wires, switches, cards, files, etc.
- colorature — (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
- colorbreed — to breed plants or animals selectively for the production of new varieties having a specific color or shade.
- colorectal — of or relating to the colon and rectum
- colorfield — of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and texture.
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- colourable — capable of being coloured
- colourbred — (of an animal) bred to be a particular colour
- colourizer — a person or thing that colourizes
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- colporteur — a hawker of books, esp bibles
- columellar — (biology, anatomy) Of or pertaining to a columella.
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- come round — to be restored to life or consciousness
- come under — If you come under attack or pressure, for example, people attack you or put pressure on you.
- come-outer — an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- comebacker — (baseball) A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out.
- comforters — Plural form of comforter.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- commixture — a mixture
- commodores — Plural form of commodore.
- common era — Christian Era
- commorient — Dying together or at the same time.
- compacture — an act of joining or bringing into proximity
- comparable — Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- competitor — A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- completers — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- completory — serving the purpose of completing
- complotter — One who complots; a conspirator.
- composters — Plural form of composter.
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
- compresses — Plural form of compress.
- compressor — A compressor is a machine or part of a machine that squeezes gas or air and makes it take up less space.