12-letter words containing c, u, r, s, t
- 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.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- 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 mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curate's egg — something that has both good and bad parts
- current cost — The current cost of assets is their current value, or what it would cost to replace them at this time.
- 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.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- custard tart — a small pastry case filled with egg custard
- 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.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- destructured — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- 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.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).