8-letter words containing co
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coal car — a railroad car designed for transporting coal
- coal gas — a mixture of gases produced by the distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting: consists mainly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide
- coal hod — a small pail for carrying coal; a coal scuttle.
- coal oil — petroleum or a refined product from petroleum, esp kerosene
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coal tit — a small European songbird, Parus ater, having a black head with a white patch on the nape: family Paridae (tits)
- coalball — a nodule of coal containing fossilized plant remains
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- coalface — In a coal mine, the coalface is the part where the coal is being cut out of the rock.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coalhole — a small coal cellar
- coalless — without coal
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- coalsack — a sack in which coal is carried
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coanchor — to be one of the copresenters of (a television news programme)
- coappear — to appear jointly
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsish — quite coarse
- coassist — to assist jointly
- coassume — to assume jointly
- coasters — Plural form of coaster.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- coatless — without a coat or coat of arms
- coatrack — a rack or stand for the temporary hanging or storing of coats, hats, etc.
- coatroom — A coatroom is the same as a coat check.
- coattail — the back part of a coat below the waist; esp., either half of this part when divided, as on a swallow-tailed coat
- coattend — to attend jointly
- coattest — to attest jointly
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cob coal — coal in large, rounded lumps
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
- cobblers — rubbish; nonsense
- cobblery — the occupation of shoemaking or shoemending
- cobbling — to pave with cobblestones.
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- cobwebby — bearing an accumulation of cobwebs.
- cocamide — A mixture of amides of the fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, used in many surfactants.
- coccidia — any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.
- coccyges — Plural form of coccyx.
- cochleae — Plural form of cochlea.