12-letter words containing o, r, c, u
- contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
- contract out — If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it.
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contributary — contributory
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributing — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- control unit — the part of the computer that processes hardware, software, and user inputs and directs their implementation
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- cooccurrence — (uncountable) The fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; correlation.
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coprosecutor — one of two or more joint prosecutors.
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- corallaceous — having the nature of coral
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- coram populo — in the presence of the people; publicly
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- corequisites — Plural form of corequisite.
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- correctitude — the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
- countenancer — One who countenances, favours, or supports.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific