9-letter words starting with co
- coin lock — a lock that is opened by the insertion of a coin.
- coincided — to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.
- coincides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coincide.
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- coinsurer — A coinsurer is a person or company whose policy covers the same risk as that of another person or company, and shares the loss.
- coinsures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- coitional — of or relating to coitus
- cojoining — Present participle of cojoin.
- coke oven — an oven in which coal is converted into coke
- cokeheads — Plural form of cokehead.
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- col legno — to be played (on a stringed instrument) by striking the strings with the back of the bow
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- colcannon — a dish, originating in Ireland, of potatoes and cabbage or other greens boiled and mashed together
- colchicum — any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn crocus
- colcothar — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide produced by heating ferric sulphate and used as a pigment and as jewellers' rouge
- cold boot — (operating system) A boot from power off. Contrast warm boot.
- cold brew — the process of steeping coffee grounds or tea leaves in room-temperature or cold water for many hours, producing a concentrate to which more water may be added.
- cold call — If someone makes a cold call, they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something.
- cold case — a police inquiry that has been suspended with the crime still unsolved
- cold cash — money paid in full at the time of a business transaction
- cold cuts — Cold cuts are thin slices of cooked meat which are served cold.
- cold deck — a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.
- cold duck — an alcoholic beverage made from equal parts of burgundy and champagne
- cold feet — loss or lack of courage or confidence
- cold fish — If you say that someone is a cold fish, you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional.
- cold meat — a form of meat that has been cooked and allowed to become cold
- cold pack — a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
- cold pole — the location in the northern or southern hemisphere having the coldest annual mean temperature in that hemisphere.
- cold room — a room that is used to chill or freeze foodstuffs
- cold shut — A cold shut is a fault in the surface of a piece of metal caused by two streams of molten metal not joining properly when the piece is being cast.
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- cold sore — Cold sores are small sore spots that sometimes appear on or near someone's lips and nose when they have a cold.
- cold spot — an area where house prices are stable and properties are slow to sell
- cold tone — a bluish or greenish tinge in a black-and-white print.
- cold type — typesetting done by a method other than the casting of molten type
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- cold work — the craft of shaping metal without heat
- cold-brew — (of a drink such as tea or coffee) prepared by steeping in cold water
- cold-call — a visit or telephone call to a prospective customer without an appointment or a previous introduction.
- cold-cock — to strike so as to make unconscious
- cold-draw — to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.
- cold-pack — to place a cold pack on: to cold-pack a feverish patient.
- cold-roll — to roll (metal) at a temperature below that at which recrystallization occurs.
- cold-weld — to join (two metal surfaces) without heat by forcing them together so that the oxide films are broken and adhesion occurs
- cold-work — to work (metal) at a temperature below that at which recrystallization occurs.
- coldblood — any heavy draught-horse