12-letter words containing r, e, o, i
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coarse grain — granularity
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
- code grinder — (jargon, abuse) A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- codiscoverer — a fellow discoverer
- coerciveness — serving or tending to coerce.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- color circle — a circular diagram displaying the colors of the spectrum as a sequence of segments of the circle and showing complementary colors opposite each other.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorimetric — a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- come running — hurry, rush
- comic relief — a comic interlude, or comic element, in a tragedy
- commanderies — the office or rank of a commander.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- commentariat — the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commiserates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commiserate.
- commiserator — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- commissaries — Plural form of commissary.
- commissioner — A commissioner is an important official in a government department or other organization.
- commorientes — people whose deaths are so close to each other (being caused by the same calamity) that it is not possible to determine who died first. It is assumed that the elder person died first