8-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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continue | 10 | continue a certain state, condition, or activity | We continued to work into the night |
computer | 14 | a machine for performing calculations automatically | - |
complete | 14 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | a complete coward |
consider | 11 | show consideration for; take into account | You must consider her age |
contract | 12 | become smaller or draw together | - |
confused | 14 | lacking orderly continuity | a confused set of instructions |
counting | 11 | the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | the counting continued for several hours |
convince | 15 | make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product |
complain | 14 | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | My mother complains all day |
compared | 15 | - | - |
coughing | 15 | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | - |
contrary | 13 | in an opposing direction | a contrary wind |
collapse | 12 | suffer a nervous breakdown | - |
congress | 11 | the social act of assembling for some common purpose | the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress |
conflict | 15 | go against, as of rules and laws | This behavior conflicts with our rules |
covering | 14 | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | - |
constant | 10 | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | in constant pain |
concrete | 12 | a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water | - |
corridor | 11 | an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
cocktail | 16 | an appetizer served as a first course at a meal | - |
corporal | 12 | possessing or existing in bodily form | what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind |
coverage | 14 | the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations |
courtesy | 13 | a courteous manner | - |
combined | 15 | made or joined or united into one | - |
compound | 15 | make more intense, stronger, or more marked | - |
confront | 13 | oppose, as in hostility or a competition | You must confront your opponent |
comedian | 13 | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | - |
countess | 10 | female equivalent of a count or earl | - |
consumed | 13 | - | - |
contents | 10 | a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start | - |
congrats | 11 | - | - |
colorful | 13 | striking in variety and interest | a colorful period of history |
comeback | 20 | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | - |
colorado | 11 | a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains | - |
contempt | 14 | a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | - |
coaching | 16 | the job of a professional coach | - |
consumer | 12 | a person who uses goods or services | - |
cowardly | 17 | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then |
commerce | 16 | the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 | - |
composed | 15 | serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress | the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage |
conclude | 13 | come to a close | - |
commence | 16 | get off the ground | - |
confined | 14 | being in captivity | - |
composer | 14 | someone who composes music as a profession | - |
contrast | 10 | the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared | in contrast to |
cornered | 11 | forced to turn and face attackers | she had me cornered between the porch and her car |
colonies | 10 | - | - |
covenant | 13 | a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | - |
commando | 15 | a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | - |
coloured | 11 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
conceive | 15 | judge or regard; look upon; judge | The racist conceives such people to be inferior |
colonial | 10 | composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | coral is a colonial organism |
conquest | 19 | an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | - |
courting | 11 | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | - |
commonly | 17 | under normal conditions | - |
colossal | 10 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple |
couscous | 12 | a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina | - |
comforts | 15 | things that make you comfortable and at ease | all the comforts of home |
communal | 14 | for or by a group rather than individuals | dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew |
conserve | 13 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
cosmetic | 14 | serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | cosmetic fenders on cars |
coloring | 11 | a digestible substance used to give color to food | - |
coronary | 13 | obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) | - |
coincide | 13 | go with, fall together | - |
coherent | 13 | sticking together | two coherent sheets |
converse | 13 | carry on a conversation | - |
collided | 12 | - | - |
coliseum | 12 | an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | - |
concerto | 12 | a composition for orchestra and a soloist | - |
compadre | 15 | - | - |
comatose | 12 | in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli | a comatose patient |
confided | 15 | - | - |
cookbook | 20 | a book of recipes and cooking directions | - |
compiled | 15 | - | - |
corvette | 13 | a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
confetti | 13 | small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding) | - |
commoner | 14 | a person who holds no title | - |
conspire | 12 | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | They conspired to overthrow the government |
competed | 15 | - | - |
coldness | 11 | the absence of heat | the coldness made our breath visible |
converge | 14 | be adjacent or come together | The lines converge at this point |
conveyor | 16 | a person who conveys (carries or transmits) | - |
confines | 13 | a bounded scope | he stayed within the confines of the city |
compress | 14 | make more compact by or as if by pressing | compress the data |
colossus | 10 | a person of exceptional importance and reputation | - |
coolness | 10 | calm and unruffled self-assurance | he performed with all the coolness of a veteran |
collagen | 11 | a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling | - |
consoled | 11 | - | - |
coachman | 17 | a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
conjugal | 18 | of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband | conjugal visits |
commuter | 14 | a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another | - |
coursing | 11 | hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
convened | 14 | - | - |
corpsman | 14 | - | - |
conjured | 18 | - | - |
cobblers | 14 | a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) | - |
colonize | 19 | settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | The British colonized the East Coast |
coercion | 12 | using force to cause something to occur | they didn't have to use coercion |
commuted | 15 | - | - |
cortical | 12 | of or relating to a cortex | - |
corroded | 12 | eaten away as by acid or oxidation | - |
coleslaw | 13 | basically shredded cabbage | - |
conceded | 14 | - | - |
complied | 15 | - | - |
conclave | 15 | a confidential or secret meeting | - |
cohesion | 13 | the state of cohering or sticking together | - |
confound | 14 | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | - |
copulate | 12 | engage in sexual intercourse | - |
coupling | 13 | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | the casual couplings of adolescents |
condense | 11 | make more concise | condense the contents of a book into a summary |
costumed | 13 | dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class | - |
corduroy | 14 | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | - |
contessa | 10 | - | - |
comprise | 14 | form or compose | These few men comprise his entire army |
cockerel | 16 | a young domestic cock; not older than one year | - |
courtier | 10 | an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
copybook | 21 | a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship | - |
coquette | 19 | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | - |
covertly | 16 | in a covert manner | he did it covertly |
cockeyed | 20 | very drunk | - |
computed | 15 | - | - |
contrite | 10 | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses | - |
cockatoo | 16 | white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds | - |
cordless | 11 | not having a cord | cordless telephone |
collider | 11 | an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on | - |
contrive | 13 | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | - |
contused | 11 | - | - |
cohesive | 16 | causing cohesion | a cohesive agent |
coercive | 15 | serving or intended to coerce | authority is directional instead of coercive |
coonskin | 14 | a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back | - |
comedown | 16 | decline to a lower status or level | - |
cornmeal | 12 | coarsely ground corn | - |
condoned | 12 | - | - |
colluded | 12 | - | - |
cortisol | 10 | an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | - |
consular | 10 | having to do with a consul or his office or duties | - |
coalesce | 12 | mix together different elements | - |
cookware | 17 | a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | - |
cobbling | 15 | the shoemaker's trade | - |
colonist | 10 | a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | - |
codified | 15 | enacted by a legislative body | codified written laws |
couching | 16 | - | - |
colander | 11 | bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | - |
coiffure | 16 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
conveyer | 16 | a person who conveys (carries or transmits) | the conveyer of good tidings |
convulse | 13 | move or stir about violently | - |
compiler | 14 | (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program | - |
cornball | 12 | - | - |
colorist | 10 | a painter able to achieve special effects with color | - |
coiffeur | 16 | a man hairdresser | - |
coxswain | 20 | the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew | - |
conjurer | 17 | a witch doctor who practices conjury | - |
coalmine | 12 | - | - |
coatroom | 12 | a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | - |
cornetto | 10 | - | - |
costumer | 12 | someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) | - |
coercing | 13 | - | - |
coziness | 19 | a state of warm snug comfort | - |
cometary | 15 | of or relating to or resembling a comet | - |
cordwood | 15 | firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord | - |
colliery | 13 | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | - |
collated | 11 | - | - |
collards | 11 | kale that has smooth leaves | - |
corsetry | 13 | - | - |
cottager | 11 | someone who lives in a cottage | - |
covetous | 13 | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | he was never covetous before he met her |
consomme | 14 | clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken | - |
construe | 10 | make sense of; assign a meaning to | - |
continua | 10 | - | - |
codpiece | 15 | (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches | - |
coquetry | 22 | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | - |
cogitate | 11 | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | - |
conniver | 13 | - | - |
connived | 14 | - | - |
conjuror | 17 | a witch doctor who practices conjury | - |
cogwheel | 17 | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | - |
conjunct | 19 | involving the joint activity of two or more | the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind |
cornpone | 12 | cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | - |
corniest | 10 | - | - |
cocoanut | 12 | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | - |
cochlear | 15 | of or relating to the cochlea of the ear | cochlear implant |
coverlet | 13 | a decorative bedspread (usually quilted) | - |
coquille | 19 | a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
cockiest | 16 | - | - |
coffered | 17 | - | - |
cosiness | 10 | a state of warm snug comfort | - |
cosigner | 11 | one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) | - |
coalface | 15 | the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
corselet | 10 | a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | - |
convener | 13 | the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings | - |
coalsack | 16 | - | - |
conflate | 13 | mix together different elements | - |
colonise | 10 | settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | - |
colorant | 10 | - | - |
coauthor | 13 | a writer who collaborates with others in writing something | - |
cocksure | 16 | marked by excessive confidence | an arrogant and cocksure materialist |
cockcrow | 21 | the first light of day | - |
couvades | 14 | - | - |
congenic | 13 | - | - |
cozening | 20 | - | - |
constate | 10 | - | - |
consters | 10 | - | - |
cozeners | 19 | - | - |
cozenage | 20 | a fraudulent business scheme | - |
consulta | 10 | - | - |
coystril | 13 | - | - |
coystrel | 13 | - | - |
consults | 10 | - | - |
coyishly | 19 | - | - |
coxiness | 17 | - | - |
coxcombs | 23 | - | - |
consumes | 12 | - | - |
consumpt | 14 | - | - |
contacts | 12 | - | - |
contagia | 11 | - | - |
contains | 10 | - | - |
contango | 11 | - | - |
contecks | 16 | - | - |
contemns | 12 | - | - |
contempo | 14 | - | - |
coxalgic | 20 | - | - |
contends | 11 | - | - |
coxalgia | 18 | - | - |
cowtrees | 13 | - | - |
cowtowns | 16 | - | - |
cowslips | 15 | - | - |
contests | 10 | - | - |
cowskins | 17 | - | - |
contexts | 17 | - | - |
cowsheds | 17 | - | - |
continuo | 10 | a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played | - |
contline | 10 | - | - |
contorni | 10 | - | - |
contorno | 10 | - | - |
contorts | 10 | - | - |
contours | 10 | - | - |
cowrites | 13 | - | - |
contrail | 10 | an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust | - |
contrair | 10 | - | - |
cowriter | 13 | - | - |
contrate | 10 | - | - |
cowpunks | 19 | - | - |
contrats | 10 | - | - |
contrist | 10 | - | - |
cowpoxes | 22 | - | - |
cowpokes | 19 | - | - |
cowplops | 17 | - | - |
controle | 10 | - | - |
controls | 10 | - | - |
controul | 10 | - | - |
contunds | 11 | - | - |
coworker | 17 | - | - |
contuses | 10 | - | - |
conurban | 12 | - | - |
conurbia | 12 | - | - |
convects | 15 | - | - |
cowlings | 14 | - | - |
cowlicks | 19 | - | - |
cowishes | 16 | - | - |
convenes | 13 | - | - |
convenor | 13 | - | - |
convents | 13 | - | - |
cowinner | 13 | - | - |
cowhouse | 16 | a barn for cows | - |
cowhides | 17 | - | - |
converso | 13 | (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion | - |
cowhided | 18 | - | - |
converts | 13 | - | - |
cowherds | 17 | - | - |
convexed | 21 | - | - |
convexes | 20 | - | - |
cowherbs | 18 | - | - |
convexly | 23 | in a convex way | bulging out convexly |
cowheels | 16 | - | - |
conveyal | 16 | - | - |
conveyed | 17 | - | - |
cowheard | 17 | - | - |
cowhands | 17 | - | - |
convicts | 15 | - | - |
cowhages | 17 | - | - |
convived | 17 | - | - |
convives | 16 | - | - |
convoked | 18 | - | - |
convoker | 17 | - | - |
convokes | 17 | - | - |
convolve | 16 | curl, wind, or twist together | - |
convoyed | 17 | - | - |
cowgrass | 14 | - | - |
conwoman | 15 | - | - |
conwomen | 15 | - | - |
cooeeing | 11 | - | - |
cooeying | 14 | - | - |
cooingly | 14 | - | - |
cookable | 16 | - | - |
cowgirls | 14 | - | - |
cowflops | 18 | - | - |
cookings | 15 | - | - |
cookless | 14 | - | - |
cowflaps | 18 | - | - |
cookmaid | 17 | - | - |
cookoffs | 20 | - | - |
cowering | 14 | - | - |
cookouts | 14 | - | - |
cookroom | 16 | - | - |
cookshop | 19 | - | - |
cooktops | 16 | - | - |
cowboyed | 19 | - | - |
cowbirds | 16 | - | - |
cowbinds | 16 | - | - |
coolabah | 15 | - | - |
coolamon | 12 | - | - |
coolants | 10 | - | - |
cooldown | 14 | - | - |
coolibah | 15 | - | - |
coolibar | 12 | - | - |
coolings | 11 | - | - |
coolists | 10 | - | - |
cowberry | 18 | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | - |
cowbells | 15 | - | - |
coomiest | 12 | - | - |
cooncans | 12 | - | - |
coondogs | 12 | - | - |
coonshit | 13 | - | - |
cowbanes | 15 | - | - |
cowardry | 17 | - | - |
coonties | 10 | - | - |
coopered | 13 | - | - |
coopting | 13 | - | - |
cooption | 12 | - | - |
coosened | 11 | - | - |
coosined | 11 | - | - |
cootched | 16 | - | - |
cootches | 15 | - | - |
cootikin | 14 | - | - |
copaibas | 14 | - | - |
copaivas | 15 | - | - |
coparent | 12 | - | - |
copastor | 12 | - | - |
copatron | 12 | - | - |
copemate | 14 | - | - |
copepods | 15 | - | - |
copering | 13 | - | - |
cowarded | 15 | - | - |
covinous | 13 | - | - |
copiable | 14 | - | - |
copihues | 15 | - | - |
copilots | 12 | - | - |
coplanar | 12 | lying in the same plane | - |
copperah | 17 | - | - |
covetise | 13 | - | - |
coveting | 14 | - | - |
copperas | 14 | - | - |
coppered | 15 | - | - |
coppiced | 17 | - | - |
coveters | 13 | - | - |
coverups | 15 | - | - |
coppices | 16 | - | - |
copremia | 14 | - | - |
copremic | 16 | - | - |
coprince | 14 | - | - |
coprosma | 14 | - | - |
copshops | 17 | - | - |
copsiest | 12 | - | - |
coverter | 13 | - | - |
coversed | 14 | - | - |
coverlid | 14 | - | - |
copurify | 18 | - | - |
copyable | 17 | - | - |
copyboys | 20 | - | - |
copycats | 17 | - | - |
coverers | 13 | - | - |
coverall | 13 | a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing | - |
copydesk | 20 | - | - |
covelets | 13 | - | - |
copyedit | 16 | edit and correct (written or printed material) | - |
copygirl | 16 | - | - |
copyhold | 19 | a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services | - |
copyings | 16 | - | - |
copyisms | 17 | - | - |
copyists | 15 | - | - |
copyleft | 18 | - | - |
copyread | 16 | edit and correct (written or printed material) | - |
covaries | 13 | - | - |
coquilla | 19 | - | - |
covaried | 14 | - | - |
coquinas | 19 | - | - |
coquitos | 19 | - | - |
covalent | 13 | of or relating to or characterized by covalence | covalent bond |
coronach | 15 | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | - |
cotinine | 10 | - | - |
cotising | 11 | - | - |
cotillon | 10 | - | - |
cothurns | 13 | - | - |
cothurni | 13 | - | - |
coteries | 10 | - | - |
cotenant | 10 | one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property | - |
coteline | 10 | - | - |
costuses | 10 | - | - |
costumey | 15 | - | - |
costumes | 12 | - | - |
cotlands | 11 | - | - |
cotquean | 19 | - | - |
costrels | 10 | - | - |
costmary | 15 | tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | - |
costlier | 10 | - | - |
costless | 10 | costing nothing | - |
costings | 11 | - | - |
costeans | 10 | - | - |
costated | 11 | - | - |
costards | 11 | - | - |
costally | 13 | - | - |
cosseted | 11 | - | - |
cossacks | 16 | - | - |
cosplays | 15 | - | - |
cosmoses | 12 | - | - |
cosmists | 12 | - | - |
cosmisms | 14 | - | - |
cosmines | 12 | - | - |
cosmical | 14 | - | - |
cottabus | 12 | - | - |
cosmesis | 12 | - | - |
cosmeses | 12 | - | - |
cottaged | 12 | - | - |
cottages | 11 | - | - |
cosigned | 12 | - | - |
cosherer | 13 | - | - |
coshered | 14 | - | - |
cosecant | 12 | ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | - |
coscript | 14 | - | - |
cottagey | 14 | - | - |
coryphes | 18 | - | - |
cottered | 11 | - | - |
coryphee | 18 | - | - |
corymbed | 18 | - | - |
corybant | 15 | - | - |
cottiers | 10 | - | - |
corvuses | 13 | - | - |
corvinas | 13 | - | - |
cottised | 11 | - | - |
corveted | 14 | - | - |
corundum | 13 | very hard mineral used as an abrasive | - |
corulers | 10 | - | - |
cottises | 10 | - | - |
cortinas | 10 | - | - |
cortices | 12 | - | - |
cottoned | 11 | - | - |
cortexes | 17 | - | - |
corteges | 11 | - | - |
corsneds | 11 | - | - |
corslets | 10 | - | - |
corsives | 13 | - | - |
corsites | 10 | - | - |
cottowns | 13 | - | - |
corseted | 11 | - | - |
cottuses | 10 | - | - |
corsairs | 10 | - | - |
coturnix | 17 | Old World quail | - |
corsages | 11 | - | - |
corrupts | 12 | - | - |
cotyloid | 14 | of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone | - |
corrodes | 11 | - | - |
corroder | 11 | - | - |
couchant | 15 | lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward | - |
corrival | 13 | - | - |
couchees | 15 | - | - |
corridas | 11 | - | - |
corretto | 10 | - | - |
corrects | 12 | - | - |
corrades | 11 | - | - |
corraded | 12 | - | - |
couchers | 15 | - | - |
corpuses | 12 | - | - |
corpsmen | 14 | - | - |
coughers | 14 | - | - |
couguars | 11 | - | - |
couldest | 11 | - | - |
corpsing | 13 | - | - |
corporas | 12 | - | - |
coulises | 10 | - | - |
coulisse | 10 | a flat situated in the wings | - |
corotate | 10 | - | - |
coronoid | 11 | - | - |
coronium | 12 | - | - |
coronial | 10 | - | - |
coronets | 10 | - | - |
coroners | 10 | - | - |
coronels | 10 | - | - |
couloirs | 10 | - | - |
coulombs | 14 | - | - |
coronate | 10 | invest with regal power; enthrone | - |
coulters | 10 | - | - |
coumaric | 14 | - | - |
coronals | 10 | - | - |
courters | 10 | - | - |
coreigns | 11 | - | - |
corelate | 10 | - | - |
coreless | 10 | - | - |
coregent | 11 | - | - |
corellas | 10 | - | - |
coursers | 10 | - | - |