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13-letter words containing o, c, u, r

  • cookie cutter — A cookie cutter is a tool that is used for cutting cookies into a particular shape before you bake them.
  • cookie-cutter — having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical: rows of cookie-cutter houses.
  • coptic church — the ancient Christian Church of Egypt
  • cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
  • coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
  • coralligenous — producing coral
  • corduroy road — a road across swampy ground, made of logs laid transversely
  • core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
  • core subjects — three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
  • corel ventura — (text, graphics)   (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
  • coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
  • corpora lutea — corpus luteum
  • corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
  • corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
  • corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
  • costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
  • costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
  • costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • cotes-du-nord — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
  • cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
  • councilmember — a member of a council, especially a legislative council.
  • councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • count rumford — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
  • count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
  • counter table — a medieval English table having a top divided into appropriately marked spaces for various denominations of money.
  • counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
  • counter-order — an order which revokes a previous order
  • counter-power — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • counter-trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
  • counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
  • counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
  • counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterbidder — a person or organization that makes a bid in opposition to another bid
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
  • countereffort — an effort responding to, or retaliating against, another effort
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