11-letter words containing c, u, t, e
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culture war — conflict of values
- cultureless — Devoid of culture.
- culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- curiosities — Plural form of curiosity.
- currentness — the state or quality of being current; currency.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- cut it fine — to allow little margin of time, space, etc
- cut sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
- cut-up poem — a poem created from parts of the works of various authors combined to form one composition.
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cutoff time — The cutoff time is the time at which a bank stops crediting same-day deposits.
- cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
- cutter deck — the blade housing on a power mower.
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- declivitous — fairly steep
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards