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14-letter words containing e, u, c, r

  • counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
  • counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
  • counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
  • counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
  • countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • countersubject — (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • country people — people who live in the country
  • country singer — a singer of country and western music
  • county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
  • coup de foudre — a sudden and amazing action or event
  • coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
  • coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
  • courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
  • court reporter — a reporter who writes about legal trials
  • courtesy coach — a free coach
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • cover your ass — Cover your ass means the same as cover your , back2.
  • cover-shoulder — a type of blouse worn in Ghana
  • coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
  • cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • cream-coloured — cream in colour
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • credit account — a credit system by means of which customers may obtain goods and services before payment
  • credit squeeze — the control of credit facilities as an instrument of economic policy, associated with restrictions on bank loans and overdrafts, raised interest rates, etc
  • creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
  • crêpes suzette — crêpes rolled or folded in a hot, orange-flavored sauce and usually served in flaming brandy
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • crimen injuria — an action that injures the dignity of another person, esp use of racially offensive language
  • critical value — the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis.
  • croquembouches — Plural form of croquembouche.
  • croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
  • cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
  • crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
  • crucible steel — a high-quality steel made by melting wrought iron, charcoal, and other additives in a crucible
  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
  • cruft together — (jargon)   To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
  • cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
  • cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
  • cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
  • cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
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