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12-letter words containing co

  • chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
  • choke collar — a training collar for a dog, that tightens when the dog strains at the leash
  • choroid coat — a pigmented, highly vascular membrane of the eye that is continuous with the iris and lies between the sclera and the retina, functioning to nourish the retina and absorb scattered light.
  • chronoscopes — Plural form of chronoscope.
  • city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada
  • city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
  • city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
  • close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
  • co-dependent — A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
  • co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
  • co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
  • co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
  • co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
  • co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
  • co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
  • coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
  • coach driver — a person who drives a coach
  • coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coactivation — Activation of two or more things together.
  • coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
  • coal scuttle — A coal scuttle is a container for keeping coal in.
  • coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
  • coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
  • coalitionist — An advocate of coalition or a partner in a coalition.
  • coarse grain — granularity
  • coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
  • coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • coat of arms — The coat of arms of a family, town, or organization is a special design in the form of a shield that they use as a symbol of their identity.
  • coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
  • coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
  • coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
  • cobalt bloom — erythrite (def 1)
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
  • cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
  • cobblestones — Plural form of cobblestone.
  • cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
  • cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
  • coccidiostat — a drug used to treat coccidiosis
  • coccobacilli — a spherelike bacillus.
  • coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
  • cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
  • cochin china — a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet
  • cochin-china — a former state in S French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
  • cock a snook — to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched
  • cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
  • cock lobster — a male lobster
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