9-letter words containing s, o, c, e
- close off — To close something off means to separate it from other things or people so that they cannot go there.
- close out — to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- close-set — (esp of the eyes) positioned close together
- closeable — able to be closed
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudless — If the sky is cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- co-equals — equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- coagulase — any enzyme that causes coagulation of blood
- coal seam — a bed of coal.
- coalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of coalesce.
- coalescer — A coalescer is a vessel or stage which causes small drops of a liquid to come together and form a stream or form elements with a larger volume.
- coalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coalesce.
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- coalmines — Plural form of coalmine.
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coastwise — along the coast
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- cocainise — Alt form cocainize.
- coccygeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the pelvic wall, that in combination with the levator ani forms the pelvic diaphragm.
- cockerels — Plural form of cockerel.
- cockhorse — rocking horse
- cockiness — conceited self-assurance
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- codewords — Plural form of codeword.
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- codifiers — Plural form of codifier.
- codpieces — Plural form of codpiece.
- coelostat — an astronomical instrument consisting of a plane mirror mounted parallel to the earth's axis and rotated about this axis once every two days so that light from a celestial body, esp the sun, is reflected onto a second mirror, which reflects the beam into a telescope
- coenesque — reminiscent of the work US film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen (born 1954 and 1957 respectively), featuring bizarre and involved plots, use of irony and black humour, and allusions to film classics
- coenosarc — a system of protoplasmic branches connecting the polyps of colonial organisms such as corals
- coenzymes — Plural form of coenzyme.
- coercions — Plural form of coercion.
- coexisted — Simple past tense and past participle of coexist.
- cogenesis — The genesis of two entities at the same time.
- cogitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cogitate.
- cognetics — The engineering of objects to make them accommodate critical human thought process.
- cognomens — Plural form of cognomen.