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11-letter words containing o, n, e, u

  • counterplan — an opposing plan
  • counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
  • counterplea — a reply to a plea
  • counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
  • 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
  • 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 home — a county poorhouse.
  • county seat — A county seat is the same as a county town.
  • 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.
  • covermounts — Plural form of covermount.
  • cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
  • creep up on — If you creep up on someone, you move slowly closer to them without being seen by them.
  • crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
  • crinigerous — having hair; hairy
  • croquignole — a small crisp cake
  • crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
  • cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
  • cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
  • cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
  • cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
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