7-letter words starting with CO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CO. This section showcases how CO at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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country | 12 | the territory occupied by a nation | - |
company | 16 | a social or business visitor | the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company |
control | 9 | handle and cause to function | control the lever |
college | 10 | a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | - |
contact | 11 | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
correct | 11 | make right or correct | - |
colonel | 9 | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general | - |
covered | 13 | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form | women with covered faces |
command | 14 | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | - |
courage | 10 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
collect | 11 | call for and obtain payment of | we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts |
cooking | 14 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | cooking can be a great art |
concern | 11 | be on the mind of | - |
concert | 11 | a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging | - |
council | 11 | a body serving in an administrative capacity | student council |
comrade | 12 | a friend who is frequently in the company of another | comrades in arms |
contest | 9 | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | - |
complex | 20 | a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | - |
confess | 12 | admit (to a wrongdoing) | She confessed that she had taken the money |
comfort | 14 | a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | he is a man who enjoys his comfort |
confirm | 14 | strengthen or make more firm | The witnesses confirmed the victim's account |
counter | 9 | a return punch (especially by a boxer) | - |
costume | 11 | dress in a costume | - |
concept | 13 | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | - |
comment | 13 | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | - |
cookies | 13 | - | - |
connect | 11 | make a logical or causal connection | I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind |
cocaine | 11 | a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | - |
compare | 13 | qualities that are comparable | beyond compare |
content | 9 | the state of being contented with your situation in life | he relaxed in sleepy contentedness |
compete | 13 | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | - |
conduct | 12 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Many metals conduct heat |
counsel | 9 | a lawyer who pleads cases in court | - |
consent | 9 | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | - |
contain | 9 | be capable of holding or containing | - |
collins | 9 | tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice | - |
colours | 9 | a flag that shows its nationality | - |
corrupt | 11 | containing errors or alterations | a corrupt text |
conquer | 18 | take possession of by force, as after an invasion | - |
colored | 10 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
coconut | 11 | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | - |
cottage | 10 | a small house with a single story | - |
confuse | 12 | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Her remarks confused the debate |
context | 16 | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | - |
convict | 14 | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | - |
coroner | 9 | a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes | - |
consult | 9 | get or ask advice from | They had to consult before arriving at a decision |
compass | 13 | the limit of capability | within the compass of education |
courses | 9 | - | - |
combine | 13 | gather in a mass, sum, or whole | - |
convert | 12 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Could you convert my dollars into pounds? |
courier | 9 | a person who carries a message | - |
convent | 12 | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together | - |
condemn | 12 | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | He was condemned to ten years in prison |
collier | 9 | someone who works in a coal mine | - |
cologne | 10 | a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League | - |
consume | 11 | serve oneself to, or consume regularly | - |
cooling | 10 | the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | - |
console | 9 | a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall | - |
conceal | 11 | prevent from being seen or discovered | - |
copying | 15 | an act of copying | - |
cockpit | 17 | a pit for cockfights | - |
compose | 13 | make up plans or basic details for | - |
coaster | 9 | a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) | - |
commune | 13 | receive Communion, in the Catholic church | - |
costing | 10 | cost accounting | - |
colleen | 9 | an Irish girl | - |
coastal | 9 | located on or near or bordering on a coast | coastal marshes |
compact | 15 | briefly giving the gist of something | a compact style is brief and pithy |
confide | 13 | confer a trust upon | - |
collide | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | - |
commend | 14 | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | - |
conjure | 16 | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | he conjured wild birds in the air |
concede | 12 | admit (to a wrongdoing) | - |
cobbler | 13 | a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit | - |
connors | 9 | outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) | - |
commute | 13 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | - |
combing | 14 | the act of drawing a comb through hair | - |
conform | 14 | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | - |
cordial | 10 | strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | - |
conning | 10 | - | - |
concord | 12 | the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) | - |
consort | 9 | a family of similar musical instrument playing together | - |
contend | 10 | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Militant groups are contending for control of the country |
cobwebs | 16 | - | - |
condone | 10 | excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities |
conduit | 10 | a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | the computers were connected through a system of conduits |
confine | 12 | deprive of freedom; take into confinement | - |
cookout | 13 | an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | - |
cordoba | 12 | a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture | - |
coveted | 13 | greatly desired | - |
coating | 10 | a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | - |
cockney | 18 | a native of the east end of London | - |
cossack | 15 | a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia | - |
comical | 13 | arousing or provoking laughter | a comical look of surprise |
cowgirl | 13 | a woman cowboy | - |
consist | 9 | be composed of | What does this dish consist of? |
couture | 9 | high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
copycat | 16 | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | - |
commons | 13 | a pasture subject to common use | - |
coulter | 9 | a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | - |
compost | 13 | a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
concise | 11 | expressing much in few words | a concise explanation |
copilot | 11 | a relief pilot on an airplane | - |
coerced | 12 | - | - |
coupled | 12 | connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks | - |
convene | 12 | call together | The students were convened in the auditorium |
cooties | 9 | - | - |
codfish | 16 | lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | - |
cowshed | 16 | a barn for cows | - |
compile | 13 | put together out of existing material | compile a list |
conceit | 11 | feelings of excessive pride | - |
cookery | 16 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | people are needed who have experience in cookery |
coexist | 16 | exist together | - |
cojones | 16 | - | - |
collage | 10 | a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map |
couplet | 11 | two items of the same kind | - |
collard | 10 | variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
codeine | 10 | derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain) | - |
copping | 14 | - | - |
contour | 9 | a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | - |
corsage | 10 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
compute | 13 | make a mathematical calculation or computation | - |
compote | 13 | dessert of stewed or baked fruit | - |
coolant | 9 | a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | he added more coolant to the car's radiator |
colonic | 11 | a water enema given to flush out the colon | - |
commode | 14 | a tall elegant chest of drawers | - |
comedic | 14 | - | - |
coaxing | 17 | pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade | a coaxing and obsequious voice |
coronal | 9 | flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | - |
copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
concoct | 13 | devise or invent | - |
coucher | 14 | - | - |
combust | 13 | undergo combustion | - |
concave | 14 | curving inward | - |
contras | 9 | a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States | - |
corneal | 9 | of or related to the cornea | - |
corrode | 10 | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | The metal corroded |
codicil | 12 | a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will | - |
coinage | 10 | coins collectively | - |
cortina | 9 | a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils | - |
colicky | 18 | suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | - |
collude | 10 | act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | - |
cornice | 11 | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | - |
corolla | 9 | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | we cultivate the flower for its corolla |
corsair | 9 | a pirate along the Barbary Coast | - |
cortege | 10 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
collate | 9 | compare critically; of texts | - |
cobbles | 13 | - | - |
colitis | 9 | inflammation of the colon | - |
congeal | 10 | become gelatinous | - |
consign | 10 | give over to another for care or safekeeping | consign your baggage |
copyist | 14 | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | - |
coquito | 18 | - | - |
cowbell | 14 | a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located | - |
cowhand | 16 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
cowhide | 16 | leather made from the hide of a cow | - |
cowlick | 18 | a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat | - |
coyness | 12 | the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | - |
coiling | 10 | in the shape of a coil | - |
compere | 13 | act as a master of ceremonies | - |
couldst | 10 | - | - |
courant | 9 | - | - |
coxcomb | 22 | a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | - |
conifer | 12 | any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | - |
contort | 9 | twist and press out of shape | - |
cordite | 10 | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
corncob | 13 | the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn | - |
coronel | 9 | - | - |
coursed | 10 | - | - |
courtly | 12 | refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | a courtly gentleman |
cowpoke | 18 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
colobus | 11 | arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs | - |
conical | 11 | relating to or resembling a cone | conical mountains |
coronet | 9 | a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign | - |
corvina | 12 | - | - |
coterie | 9 | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | - |
cottony | 12 | resembling cotton; as soft as cotton | - |
cohabit | 14 | exist together | - |
coition | 9 | sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | - |
coltish | 12 | given to merry frolicking | - |
comport | 13 | behave well or properly | - |
conkers | 13 | - | - |
cordage | 11 | the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords | - |
corella | 9 | - | - |
corning | 10 | - | - |
cornuto | 9 | - | - |
cowling | 13 | protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine |
cockies | 15 | - | - |
cocotte | 11 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
colossi | 9 | - | - |
compend | 14 | - | - |
concuss | 11 | injure the brain; sustain a concussion | - |
condole | 10 | express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death | You must condole the widow |
connive | 12 | form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | - |
contuse | 9 | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | - |
coranto | 9 | - | - |
corbeil | 11 | - | - |
corpora | 11 | - | - |
corrida | 10 | a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | - |
coupler | 11 | a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | - |
couteau | 9 | - | - |
cowherd | 16 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
coached | 15 | - | - |
coachee | 14 | - | - |
coacher | 14 | - | - |
coaches | 14 | - | - |
coacted | 12 | - | - |
coactor | 11 | - | - |
coadies | 10 | - | - |
coadmit | 12 | - | - |
coaeval | 12 | - | - |
coagent | 10 | - | - |
coagula | 10 | - | - |
coaitas | 9 | - | - |
coalbin | 11 | a bin for holding coal | - |
coalbox | 18 | - | - |
coalers | 9 | - | - |
coalier | 9 | - | - |
coalify | 15 | - | - |
coaling | 10 | - | - |
coalise | 9 | - | - |
coalize | 18 | - | - |
coalman | 11 | someone who delivers coal | - |
coalmen | 11 | - | - |
coalpit | 11 | a mine where coal is dug from the ground | - |
coaltar | 9 | - | - |
coaming | 12 | a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out | - |
coannex | 16 | - | - |
coapted | 12 | - | - |
coarsen | 9 | make less subtle or refined | coarsen one's ideals |
coarser | 9 | - | - |
coasted | 10 | - | - |
coatees | 9 | - | - |
coaters | 9 | - | - |
coaxers | 16 | - | - |
coaxial | 16 | having a common axis | - |
cobaeas | 11 | - | - |
cobalts | 11 | - | - |
cobbers | 13 | - | - |
cobbier | 13 | - | - |
cobbing | 14 | - | - |
cobbled | 14 | - | - |
cobloaf | 14 | - | - |
cobnuts | 11 | - | - |
coburgs | 12 | - | - |
cocains | 11 | - | - |
coccids | 14 | - | - |
coccoid | 14 | spherical; like a coccus | a coccoid microorganism |
coccous | 13 | - | - |
cochair | 14 | - | - |
cochins | 14 | - | - |
cochlea | 14 | the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti | - |
cockade | 16 | an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat | - |
cockers | 15 | - | - |
cockets | 15 | - | - |
cockeye | 18 | - | - |
cockier | 15 | - | - |
cockily | 18 | - | - |
cocking | 16 | - | - |
cockish | 18 | - | - |
cockled | 16 | - | - |
cockler | 15 | - | - |
cockles | 15 | - | - |
cockshy | 21 | - | - |
cockups | 17 | - | - |
cocomat | 13 | - | - |
cocoons | 11 | - | - |
cocopan | 13 | - | - |
cocoyam | 16 | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | - |
coctile | 11 | - | - |
coction | 11 | - | - |
codable | 12 | - | - |
codders | 11 | - | - |
codding | 12 | - | - |
coddled | 12 | - | - |
coddler | 11 | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | - |
coddles | 11 | - | - |
codeias | 10 | - | - |
codeina | 10 | - | - |
codeins | 10 | - | - |
codetta | 10 | - | - |
codexes | 17 | - | - |
codgers | 11 | - | - |
codices | 12 | - | - |
codilla | 10 | - | - |
codille | 10 | - | - |
codings | 11 | - | - |
codists | 10 | - | - |
codling | 11 | young codfish | - |
codlins | 10 | - | - |
codrive | 13 | - | - |
codrove | 13 | - | - |
coedits | 10 | - | - |
coehorn | 12 | - | - |
coeliac | 11 | of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen | - |
coelome | 11 | - | - |
coeloms | 11 | - | - |
coempts | 13 | - | - |
coenact | 11 | - | - |
coenure | 9 | - | - |
coenuri | 9 | - | - |
coequal | 18 | having the same standing before the law | - |
coercer | 11 | - | - |
coerces | 11 | - | - |
coerect | 11 | - | - |
coesite | 9 | - | - |
coevals | 12 | all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | - |
coexert | 16 | - | - |
coffees | 15 | - | - |
coffers | 15 | - | - |
coffing | 16 | - | - |
coffins | 15 | - | - |
coffled | 16 | - | - |
coffles | 15 | - | - |
coffret | 15 | - | - |
cofound | 13 | - | - |
cogence | 12 | - | - |
cogency | 15 | the quality of being valid and rigorous | - |
cogener | 10 | - | - |
coggers | 11 | - | - |
coggies | 11 | - | - |
cogging | 12 | - | - |
coggled | 12 | - | - |
coggles | 11 | - | - |
cogitos | 10 | - | - |
cognacs | 12 | - | - |
cognate | 10 | a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language | - |
cognise | 10 | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | - |
cognize | 19 | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | - |
cogways | 16 | - | - |
coheads | 13 | - | - |
coheirs | 12 | - | - |
cohered | 13 | - | - |
coherer | 12 | - | - |
coheres | 12 | - | - |
cohibit | 14 | - | - |
cohorns | 12 | - | - |
cohorts | 12 | - | - |
cohosts | 12 | - | - |
cohunes | 12 | - | - |
coiffed | 16 | - | - |
coiffes | 15 | - | - |
coifing | 13 | - | - |
coigned | 11 | - | - |
coignes | 10 | - | - |
coilers | 9 | - | - |
coiners | 9 | - | - |
coinfer | 12 | - | - |
coining | 10 | - | - |
cointer | 9 | - | - |
cojoins | 16 | - | - |
cokeses | 13 | - | - |
cokiest | 13 | - | - |
cokings | 14 | - | - |
colbies | 11 | - | - |
coldest | 10 | - | - |
coldies | 10 | - | - |
coldish | 13 | - | - |
coleads | 10 | - | - |
coletit | 9 | - | - |
colibri | 11 | - | - |
colicin | 11 | - | - |
colitic | 11 | - | - |
collabs | 11 | - | - |
collars | 9 | - | - |
collets | 9 | - | - |
collied | 10 | - | - |
collies | 9 | - | - |
colling | 10 | - | - |
colloid | 10 | a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension | - |
collops | 11 | - | - |
colobid | 12 | - | - |
colones | 9 | - | - |
colonus | 9 | - | - |
colorer | 9 | - | - |
coloury | 12 | - | - |
coltans | 9 | - | - |
colters | 9 | - | - |
colting | 10 | - | - |
colugos | 10 | - | - |
columel | 11 | - | - |
columns | 11 | - | - |
colures | 9 | - | - |
comaker | 15 | - | - |
comakes | 15 | - | - |
comarbs | 13 | - | - |
comarts | 11 | - | - |
comates | 11 | - | - |
comatic | 13 | - | - |
comatik | 15 | - | - |
combats | 13 | - | - |
combers | 13 | - | - |
combier | 13 | - | - |
combies | 13 | - | - |
combles | 13 | - | - |
comedos | 12 | - | - |
cometic | 13 | of or relating to or resembling a comet | - |
comfier | 14 | - | - |
comfily | 17 | - | - |
comfits | 14 | - | - |
comfrey | 17 | perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas | - |
comices | 13 | - | - |
comings | 12 | - | - |
comique | 20 | - | - |
comital | 11 | - | - |
comitia | 11 | - | - |
commata | 13 | - | - |
commere | 13 | - | - |
commers | 13 | - | - |
commies | 13 | - | - |
commish | 16 | - | - |
commits | 13 | - | - |
commixt | 20 | - | - |
commodo | 14 | - | - |
commote | 13 | - | - |
commots | 13 | - | - |
commove | 16 | change the arrangement or position of | - |
compage | 14 | - | - |
compand | 14 | - | - |
compart | 13 | lay out in parts according to a plan | - |
compast | 13 | - | - |
compear | 13 | - | - |
compeer | 13 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
compels | 13 | - | - |
compers | 13 | - | - |
comping | 14 | - | - |
complin | 13 | last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring | - |
complot | 13 | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | - |
compone | 13 | - | - |
compony | 16 | - | - |
compots | 13 | - | - |
compted | 14 | - | - |
compter | 13 | - | - |
comsats | 11 | - | - |
comsymp | 18 | - | - |
comuses | 11 | - | - |
conacre | 11 | - | - |
conaria | 9 | - | - |
conatus | 9 | - | - |
concedo | 12 | - | - |
concent | 11 | - | - |
conchae | 14 | - | - |
conchal | 14 | - | - |
conchas | 14 | - | - |
conched | 15 | - | - |
conches | 14 | - | - |
conchie | 14 | - | - |
conchos | 14 | - | - |
concrew | 14 | - | - |
concupy | 16 | - | - |
concurs | 11 | - | - |
conders | 10 | - | - |
condies | 10 | - | - |
condign | 11 | fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment | condign censure |
condoes | 10 | - | - |
condoms | 12 | - | - |
condors | 10 | - | - |
conduce | 12 | be conducive to | - |
condyle | 13 | a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone | - |
confabs | 14 | - | - |
confect | 14 | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | - |
confers | 12 | - | - |
confest | 12 | - | - |
confits | 12 | - | - |
conflux | 19 | a flowing together | - |
confute | 12 | prove to be false | - |
congaed | 11 | - | - |
congeed | 11 | - | - |
congees | 10 | - | - |
congers | 10 | - | - |
congest | 10 | become or cause to become obstructed | - |
congius | 10 | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | - |
congoes | 10 | - | - |
congous | 10 | - | - |
congree | 10 | - | - |
congrue | 10 | - | - |
conidia | 10 | - | - |
coniine | 9 | - | - |
conimas | 11 | - | - |
conines | 9 | - | - |
coniums | 11 | - | - |
conject | 18 | - | - |
conjeed | 17 | - | - |
conjees | 16 | - | - |
conjoin | 16 | make contact or come together | - |
conjury | 19 | calling up a spirit or devil | - |
conkier | 13 | - | - |
conking | 14 | - | - |
conkout | 13 | - | - |
conlang | 10 | - | - |
connate | 9 | related in nature | connate qualities |
conners | 9 | - | - |
connies | 9 | - | - |
connote | 9 | involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | - |
conoids | 10 | - | - |
conseil | 9 | - | - |
consols | 9 | - | - |
conspue | 11 | - | - |
conster | 9 | - | - |