6-letter words containing t, e, o
- cornet — A cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family that looks like a small trumpet.
- corset — A corset is a stiff piece of underwear worn by some women, especially in the past. It fits tightly around their hips and waist and makes them thinner around the waist when they wear it.
- cortes — the national assembly of Spain and (until 1910) Portugal
- cortex — The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer.
- corvet — (nautical) archaic form of corvette.
- cosset — If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
- costae — a rib or riblike part.
- costed — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- costen — (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
- coster — costermonger.
- coteau — a hillside
- cotext — (linguistics) The text that surrounds the node, or word of interest, in a KWIC.
- cotise — (heraldry) Alternative form of cottise.
- cotter — any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
- cotyle — a cavity that resembles a cup
- cotype — an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen
- couter — a piece of armour designed to protect the elbow
- covent — (obsolete) convent.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- covets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covet.
- coyest — Superlative form of coy.
- coyote — A coyote is a small wolf which lives in the plains of North America.
- cronet — the coronet of a horse's hoof or the hair which grows over this area
- croute — a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served
- cteno- — ctenoid scales, teeth, etc.
- cytode — a unicellular non-nucleated mass of protoplasm, the simplest form of life
- debtor — A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money.
- decoct — to extract (the essence or active principle) from (a medicinal or similar substance) by boiling
- decoit — Alternative form of dacoit.
- degout — to cover (something) with gouts or drops of something
- dehort — to dissuade (someone) from a course of action
- demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- denote — If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- dento- — denti-
- denton — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 26 866 (2001)
- dentro — (demoscene, rare) A production that is classified somewhere between a demo and an intro.
- deport — If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- depots — Plural form of depot.
- despot — A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly.
- detort — to twist, pervert, or distort
- detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
- deuto- — deutero-
- deuton — deuteron.
- devote — If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- devoto — A devotee.
- devout — A devout person has deep religious beliefs.
- dextro — dextrorotatory
- ditone — (obsolete, music) An interval of two tones.
- doated — dote.
- doater — a fully mature harp seal.