12-letter words containing c, r, y, o, u, t
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- 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
- 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.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- discongruity — incongruity.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- hill country — hilly area
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- host country — nation staging an international event
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- protuberancy — protuberance.