11-letter words containing o, s, i, c, u
- coronavirus — a type of airborne virus accounting for 10-30% of all colds
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- corruptions — Plural form of corruption.
- corticolous — living or growing on the surface of bark
- coruscating — A coruscating speech or performance is lively, intelligent, and impressive.
- coruscation — a gleam or flash of light
- cosmic dust — fine particles of solid matter occurring throughout interstellar space and often collecting into clouds of extremely low density
- cosmonautic — Of or related to cosmonauts or cosmonautics.
- cost-in-use — the cost of owning, running, or using something
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- councillors — Plural form of councillor.
- counselings — professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems.
- counselling — Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterions — Plural form of counterion.
- countersign — If you countersign a document, you sign it after someone else has signed it.
- countersing — (ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another.
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersuit — a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- cousin jack — a Cornishman, especially a Cornish miner.
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- cuckoo spit — a white frothy mass on the stems and leaves of many plants, produced by froghopper larvae (cuckoo spit insects), which feed on the plant juices
- cuckoo-spit — Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
- cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
- culmicolous — (of a fungus) growing on grass culms.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curiosities — Plural form of curiosity.
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- customizing — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.