11-letter words containing r, a, c, o
- coprophagia — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- coprophagic — involving the eating of excrement
- coprophilia — an abnormal interest in faeces and their evacuation
- coprophobia — an abnormal fear of feces.
- copropraxia — An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures.
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- cor anglais — a woodwind instrument, the alto of the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from E on the third space of the bass staff
- coraciiform — of, relating to, or belonging to the Coraciiformes, an order of birds including the kingfishers, bee-eaters, hoopoes, and hornbills
- coral bells — a perennial, ornamental alumroot (Heuchera sanguinea) native to SW North America, with racemes of drooping pink or white flowers
- coral plant — a South American tree, Jatropha multifida, of the spurge family, having showy, scarlet flowers.
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- coral trout — an Australian fish, Plectropomus maculatus, of the Great Barrier Reef which is an important food fish
- coralliform — resembling coral in shape
- coralloidal — coralloid
- coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
- corbel arch — a construction like an arch but composed of masonry courses corbeled until they meet.
- corbiculate — having corbiculae or pollen baskets
- cord carpet — a type of carpet with a ribbed surface
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
- cordilleran — a mountain system in W South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
- cordilleras — mountain system of W North America, including all mountains between the E Rockies & the Pacific coast
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- core barrel — (in a core drill) a length of pipe for holding rock cores while they are being extracted from the drill hole.
- core cancer — (jargon) A process that exhibits a slow but inexorable resource leak - like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive "tissue".
- corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- corn factor — a person who deals in corn
- corn starch — Corn starch is a fine white powder made from corn, used as a thickener or binder in the manufacture of drugs.
- corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
- corner rack — A corner rack is a shelving unit designed to fit into corners to maximize space.
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- corniculate — having horns or hornlike projections
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corollaries — Plural form of corollary.
- coronagraph — an optical instrument used to simulate an eclipse of the sun so that the faint solar corona can be studied
- coronations — Plural form of coronation.
- coronavirus — a type of airborne virus accounting for 10-30% of all colds
- coronograph — an instrument for observing and photographing the sun's corona, consisting of a telescope fitted with lenses, filters, and diaphragms that simulate an eclipse.
- corporality — the state or quality of being material or having a body; bodily existence or substance
- corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- corporating — Present participle of corporate.
- corporation — A corporation is a large business or company.
- corporatism — Corporatism is the organization and control of a country by groups who share a common interest or profession.
- corporatist — You use corporatist to describe organizations, ideas, or systems which follow the principles of corporatism.
- corporative — of or characteristic of a corporation
- corporatize — to convert (a government-controlled industry or enterprise) into an independent company
- corporeally — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.