13-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r
- counterreform — a reform which opposes or acts against another reform
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- counterstroke — a counterattack
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- countertenors — Plural form of countertenor.
- counterterror — designed to act against terrorism
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
- counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- counting room — counting house.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
- country fever — malaria.
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- country music — a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
- country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
- crowd surfing — the practice of being passed over the top of a crowd of people such as an audience at a pop concert
- crowdsourcing — Crowdsourcing is the practice of getting ideas or help on a project from a large number of people, usually through the Internet.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- curling irons — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.