14-letter words containing c, o, r, e, u
- countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country people — people who live in the country
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- coup de foudre — a sudden and amazing action or event
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- court reporter — a reporter who writes about legal trials
- courtesy coach — a free coach
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
- cover your ass — Cover your ass means the same as cover your , back2.
- cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- cream-coloured — cream in colour
- credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
- croquembouches — Plural form of croquembouche.
- croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
- curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- custard powder — a powder containing cornflour, sugar, etc, for thickening milk to make a yellow sauce
- customer's man — registered representative.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- dioscoreaceous — of or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam (genus Dioscurea)