11-letter words containing co
- caulicolous — living or growing on other plants' stems
- cd recorder — a device that records CDs
- cecostomies — Plural form of cecostomy.
- chain coral — coral of the extinct genus Halysites, from the Ordovician and Silurian periods, consisting of oval, laterally compressed corallites united to form a chainlike structure.
- chalcophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for sulfur.
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- chillicothe — a city in S Ohio.
- chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
- chocoholics — Plural form of chocoholic.
- chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
- cinder cone — a small, conical volcano built of ash and cinders.
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- cloud cover — the state of the sky when it is covered with cloud
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- co-director — to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- co-location — (networking) /koh'loh-kay`sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh*n/ (Or "colocation") Providing network connections such as Internet leased lines to several servers housed together in a server room. This is typically provided as a commercial service. The hyphenated form is correct and the most common on the web, followed by "colocation". "collocation" (/ko`loh-kay'sh*n/, not /koh'-/), is an old word with a similar meaning. It is common in dictionaries and follows the pattern of other Latin-derived words like collect, college, and collate, but is least common on the web. The verbal form is "to colocate" or "co-locate" (commonly /koh'loh`kayt/, also (US) /koh`loh'kayt/).
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- co-relation — correlation
- coacervates — Plural form of coacervate.
- coach class — the US and Canad. name for economy class
- coach horse — a horse, usually strong and heavily built, for drawing a coach.
- coach house — a building in which a coach is kept
- coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
- coach screw — a large screw with a square head used in timber work in buildings, etc
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- coadjuvancy — (rare) cooperation, mutual effort, joint-help.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coal cellar — an underground room used for the storage of coal
- coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- coal mining — the act, process, or industry of extracting coal from the earth
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coalitional — a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
- coarctation — Pathology. a narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel. a congenital anomaly of the heart in which there is a narrowing of the aorta, resulting in abnormal blood flow.
- coarse fish — a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family