12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, t
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- county court — A county court is a local court which deals with private disputes between people, but does not deal with serious crimes.
- court action — a legal action
- court of law — When you refer to a court of law, you are referring to a legal court, especially when talking about the evidence that might be given in a trial.
- court record — (in the US) a record of court proceedings
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
- courtly love — a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- crosscut saw — a saw for cutting timber across the grain
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crown cutter — a hollow, thin-walled cylinder having teeth formed radially on the end and used for cutting round holes out of thin, flat stock.
- crown quarto — a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 4to.
- crucifiction — Misspelling of crucifixion.
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- cryptococcus — any fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which cause disease in animals and humans
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
- cub reporter — A cub reporter is a young newspaper journalist who is still being trained.
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- current cost — The current cost of assets is their current value, or what it would cost to replace them at this time.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- customs form — a form for customs, concerning the nature, value, destination, etc, of goods being imported or exported
- custos morum — a custodian or guardian of morals; censor.
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.