10-letter words containing n, u
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- countesses — Plural form of countess.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- covermount — A covermount is a small gift attached to the front cover of a magazine.
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- critiquing — an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown rust — a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crucifying — Present participle of crucify.
- cruddiness — The quality of being cruddy.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy
- crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- crustiness — The state of being crusty.
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cuddliness — The condition of being cuddly.
- cudgelling — a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)