12-letter words containing r, i, o
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- corotational — (astronomy) That rotates in conjunction with another body.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- corporealism — materialism
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.
- correctioner — a person who administers correction
- correctitude — the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
- correctively — In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
- corregidores — the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- correlatives — Plural form of correlative.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- country life — life in the country
- country mile — a long way
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- court action — a legal action