11-letter words containing c, u, t
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
- church text — a heavy typeface in Gothic style
- cincinnatus — Lucius Quinctius (ˈluːsɪəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?519–438 bc, Roman general and statesman, regarded as a model of simple virtue; dictator of Rome during two crises (458; 439), retiring to his farm after each one
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
- circuitries — Plural form of circuitry.
- circularity — having the form of a circle; round: a circular tower.
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- circulators — Plural form of circulator.
- circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
- circumburst — (physics, astronomy) Surrounding a burst.
- circumcinct — Past participle of circumcinge.
- circumflect — to emphasize with a circumflex accent
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- close quote — (used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- club-footed — a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
- cluster cup — aecium.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.