12-letter words containing co
- cock sparrow — a male sparrow
- cockeyed bob — a short, violent storm.
- cockeyedness — the condition of being cockeyed
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- cockieleekie — a soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks
- cockleshells — Plural form of cockleshell.
- cocksureness — The state or condition of being cocksure.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- cocoa butter — a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
- coconut crab — a large, terrestrial crab, Birgus latro, of islands in the South Pacific, that feeds on coconuts.
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
- coconut tree — palm tree: bears coconuts
- cocurricular — of or relating to a joint curriculum
- code grinder — (jargon, abuse) A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
- code segment — (memory) (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- codependence — (uncountable) The state of being co-dependent.
- codependency — of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- codiscoverer — a fellow discoverer
- codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
- coefficients — Plural form of coefficient.
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coelenterata — the phylum comprising the coelenterates.
- coelenterate — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- coerciveness — serving or tending to coerce.
- coffee beans — the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, which are roasted and ground to make coffee
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- coffee cream — cream for use in coffee; light cream.
- coffee house — A coffee house is a kind of bar where people sit to drink coffee and talk. Coffee houses were especially popular in Britain in the 18th century.
- coffee maker — Also, coffeemaker. an apparatus for brewing coffee; coffeepot.
- coffee royal — café royale.
- coffee spoon — a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
- coffee table — A coffee table is a small low table in a living room.
- coffee-maker — a domestic appliance that makes coffee
- coffeehouses — Plural form of coffeehouse.
- coffeemakers — Plural form of coffeemaker.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
- cohabitating — cohabit.
- cohabitation — the state or condition of living together in a conjugal relationship without being married