10-letter words containing o, s, i
- cosmoramic — of or relating to a cosmorama
- cost price — If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
- costa rica — a republic in Central America: gained independence from Spain in 1821; mostly mountainous and volcanic, with extensive forests. Official language: Spanish. Official religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: colón. Capital: San José. Pop: 4 695 942 (2013 est). Area: 50 900 sq km (19 652 sq miles)
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- costliness — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- cotillions — Plural form of cotillion.
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counseling — Counseling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- coup stick — a stick with which some North American Indian warriors sought to touch their enemies in battle as a sign of courage.
- courtesies — excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- courtliest — Superlative form of courtly.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- couturiers — Plural form of couturier.
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- cover slip — Microscopy. cover glass.
- cowberries — Plural form of cowberry.
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crisscross — to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-file — to register as a candidate in more than one party's primary election
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- crossbills — Plural form of crossbill.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- crossfires — Plural form of crossfire.
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.