11-letter words containing a, c, u, r, t, e
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
- counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- countervair — (heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- countryseat — a house or estate in the country
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- crustaceans — Plural form of crustacean.
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- cry quarter — to beg for mercy
- cryocautery — Cautery by the application of extreme cold.
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culture war — conflict of values
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
- edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
- edulcorator — a device that supplies small quantities of a liquid to a mixture
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.