12-letter words containing o, u, s, t, e
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterstate — across state; traversing the state
- counterstyle — an opposing style
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- current cost — The current cost of assets is their current value, or what it would cost to replace them at this time.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desmond tutu — a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket)
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- deuterostome — any member of the major group of animals defined by the fact that during early embryonic development the first opening to form becomes the anus of the animal. The opposite is protostome
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discontinues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue.
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- do one's nut — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.