10-letter words containing c, n, u, t
- count noun — A count noun is a noun such as 'bird', 'chair', or 'year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.
- count upon — depend on, rely on
- countdowns — Plural form of countdown.
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countercry — a cry responding to another cry
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countermen — Plural form of counterman.
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countersue — to sue (a plaintiff) in response or opposition to a preceding lawsuit
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- countesses — Plural form of countess.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- critiquing — an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crown rust — a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- crustiness — The state of being crusty.
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunctation — delay
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying