12-letter words containing r, o, s
- compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- compressions — Plural form of compression.
- compromising — If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone.
- comptrollers — Plural form of comptroller.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- computer bus — bus
- computer sex — (jargon) Two computers interfaced with each other.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerless — having no computer
- concentrates — Plural form of concentrate.
- concernments — Plural form of concernment.
- concertgoers — Plural form of concertgoer.
- concertinist — Someone who plays the concertina.
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- concessioner — A concessioner is the same as a concessionaire.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- concordances — Plural form of concordance.
- concrescence — a growing together of initially separate parts or organs
- concreteness — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- concurrences — Plural form of concurrence.
- conditioners — Plural form of conditioner.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- confessoress — a woman who hears or makes confessions
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conformities — Plural form of conformity.
- congruencies — congruence.
- conidiospore — a conidium
- conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
- connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
- connersville — a city in E Indiana.
- connoisseurs — An expert judge in matters of taste.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- conscripting — Present participle of conscript.
- conscription — Conscription is officially making people in a particular country join the armed forces.
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- consecration — the part of the Mass after the sermon during which the bread and wine are believed to change into the Body and Blood of Christ
- consecratory — That consecrates.
- consent form — a form signed by a patient prior to a medical procedure to confirm that he or she agrees to the procedure and is aware of any risks that might be involved
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- conservation — Conservation is saving and protecting the environment.
- conservatism — Conservatism is a political philosophy which believes that if changes need to be made to society, they should be made gradually. You can also refer to the political beliefs of a conservative party in a particular country as Conservatism.
- conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
- conservatize — to make or become conservative