10-letter words containing s, m
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- comstocker — a person who practises comstockery
- con maesta — majestically (used as a musical direction).
- conacreism — the Irish system of letting farming land for a season or for eleven months
- concettism — the use of concetti in writing
- conclavism — a minority movement (and the beliefs of certain Traditionalist Catholics) that rejects the authority of the established pope and instead supports an alternative pope
- concretism — the practice of representing abstract concepts in concrete terms
- condemners — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- condiments — something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- conformers — Plural form of conformer.
- conformism — the tendency to adopt the attitudes, behaviour, dress, etc, of the group to which one belongs
- conformist — Someone who is conformist behaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original.
- consimilar — similar; alike
- consortism — symbiosis
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- contemners — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contemnors — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- continuums — Plural form of continuum.
- conundrums — Plural form of conundrum.
- convictism — the system of establishing a settlement, esp in Australia, and then transporting convicts to this settlement for confinement
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- cormorants — Plural form of cormorant.
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cosmetical — relating to cosmetics
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmic web — a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of the universe
- cosmically — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmocrats — Plural form of cosmocrat.
- cosmodrome — a site, esp one in the former Soviet Union, from which spacecraft are launched
- cosmogenic — (of an isotope) produced by cosmic rays
- cosmogonal — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- cosmogonic — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- cosmopolis — an international city
- cosmoramic — of or relating to a cosmorama
- cost money — If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.
- costa mesa — city in SW Calif., near Long Beach: pop. 109,000
- costectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.