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11-letter words containing n, o, c, t

  • counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
  • counterpole — The exact opposite.
  • counterpose — to place (something) in opposition to
  • counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
  • countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
  • counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
  • countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
  • 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
  • counterstep — an opposing step or measure
  • countersued — Simple past tense and past participle of countersue.
  • countersuit — a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one
  • countersunk — driven or sunk into an enlarged hole
  • counterterm — Antithesis.
  • countertops — Plural form of countertop.
  • counterturn — a turn in an opposing or contrary direction.
  • countertype — an opposite type
  • 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
  • counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
  • counterwork — work done in opposition to other work
  • countlessly — in a countless manner
  • countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
  • countryfied — countrified
  • countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • countryseat — a house or estate in the country
  • 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.
  • county farm — a farm maintained for the poor by a county.
  • county home — a county poorhouse.
  • county seat — A county seat is the same as a county town.
  • county town — A county town is the most important town in a county, where the local government is.
  • coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
  • court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
  • courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
  • covariation — a correlated variation
  • covenanters — Plural form of covenanter.
  • covenanting — Present participle of covenant.
  • covenantors — Plural form of covenantor.
  • cover point — a fielding position in the covers
  • covermounts — Plural form of covermount.
  • cow country — a region of cattle ranches, as rural areas of the southwestern U.S., especially Texas.
  • craft union — a labour organization membership of which is restricted to workers in a specified trade or craft
  • craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
  • craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
  • craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
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