8-letter words containing co
- colotomy — a colonic incision
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours
- colpitis — inflammation of the vagina; vaginitis
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- coltwood — a plant mentioned in Spenser's Faerie Queene, perhaps having a hairy stalk
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- columbus — a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- columned — Having columns.
- com port — communications port
- comanche — a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- comaneci — Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast: gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games where she became the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10; defected to the US in 1989
- comatose — A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- combiner — Any of various electronic devices that combine signals, in particular.
- combines — Plural form of combine.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- combless — without a comb
- comblike — resembling a comb
- combover — Hair that is combed over a bald spot in an attempt to cover it.
- combwise — in the manner of a comb
- come and — to move towards a particular person or thing or accompany a person with some specified purpose
- come for — If people such as soldiers or police come for you, they come to find you, usually in order to harm you or take you away, for example to prison.
- come off — If something comes off, it is successful or effective.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
- comeddle — to mix (two or more things) together
- comedial — a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- comedies — Plural form of comedy.
- comedist — a writer of comedies.
- comedown — If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had.
- comelier — Comparative form of comely.
- comelily — in a comely manner
- comeling — (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- comeover — a person who has come from Britain to settle in the Isle of Man; used by people native to the island, often pejoratively about someone with a complaining or arrogant attitude
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comether — the act of persuading or coaxing
- comfiest — comfortable.