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12-letter words containing c, u, p, r

  • counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
  • counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
  • countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
  • country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
  • craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
  • crepe rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods
  • crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
  • crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
  • crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
  • crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
  • croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
  • crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
  • crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
  • 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.
  • culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
  • cupid's dart — blue succory.
  • cupid's-dart — blue succory.
  • cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
  • cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
  • curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
  • curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
  • curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
  • curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
  • curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
  • cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
  • cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
  • data capture — any process for converting information into a form that can be handled by a computer
  • deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
  • direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
  • discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
  • drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
  • drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
  • 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.
  • dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
  • empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
  • entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
  • epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
  • epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
  • escape route — way out: of situation
  • euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
  • eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
  • executorship — The office or position of an executor.
  • factor group — quotient group.
  • farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
  • fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
  • fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
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