13-letter words containing e, n, c, o, u
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- coveteousness — Alternative spelling of covetousness.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culloden moor — a moor in NE Scotland, near Inverness: site of the battle that ended the Jacobite Rebellion 1746.
- cummingtonite — an amphibole mineral, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, found in metamorphic rocks
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- currency bond — a bond payable in legal tender.
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- deciduousness — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- decommunizing — Present participle of decommunize.
- decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
- deconstructed — having no formal structure
- deconstructor — an adherent to the theory of deconstruction
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- denouncements — Plural form of denouncement.
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment