11-letter words containing i, n, r, u
- corruptions — Plural form of corruption.
- coruscating — A coruscating speech or performance is lively, intelligent, and impressive.
- coruscation — a gleam or flash of light
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- councillors — Plural form of councillor.
- councillour — Obsolete form of councillor.
- counter-ion — an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.
- counter-pin — bedspread.
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- counterfire — fire that is intended to destroy enemy weapons
- counterfoil — A counterfoil is the part of a cheque, ticket, or other document that you keep when you give the other part to someone else.
- counterions — Plural form of counterion.
- countermine — a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by an enemy
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersign — If you countersign a document, you sign it after someone else has signed it.
- countersing — (ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another.
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersuit — a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- countervair — (heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.
- counterview — an opposite or opposing view
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- county fair — a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock, etc., often held annually in the same place in the county.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- craft union — a labour organization membership of which is restricted to workers in a specified trade or craft
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- crinkle-cut — (of chips or crisps) having a striated or furrowed surface
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- croquignole — a small crisp cake
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- crunch time — the critical moment
- crunchiness — The state of being crunchy.
- culverineer — a soldier bearing a culverin
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursiveness — the quality of being cursive
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.