12-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commuter tax — an income tax imposed by a locality on those who work within its boundaries but reside elsewhere.
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- computer bus — bus
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- computer sex — (jargon) Two computers interfaced with each other.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerless — having no computer
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- consumerists — Plural form of consumerist.
- consumerized — to make (goods or a product) suitable or available for mass consumption: to consumerize computers by making them cheaper.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterwoman — A woman who serves at a counter.
- country mile — a long way
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- creme brulee — a cream or custard dessert covered with caramelized sugar
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- crumble away — disintegrate
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumbrousness — The state or quality of being cumbrous.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- cyber mosque — a website dealing with Islamic religious matters