12-letter words containing c, a, u
- contract out — If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it.
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contributary — contributory
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convulsional — relating to convulsions
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coquilla nut — the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- corallaceous — having the nature of coral
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- coram populo — in the presence of the people; publicly
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- councilmanic — of or relating to a councilman or councilwoman
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- countability — the fact of being countable
- countenanced — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- countenancer — One who countenances, favours, or supports.
- countenances — Plural form of countenance.
- countenaunce — Obsolete form of countenance.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter-fact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
- counteracter — Something that counteracts.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
- counterargue — to argue against something
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.