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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
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