12-letter words containing o, u, t, n
- 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
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- contumelious — rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convolutedly — twisted; coiled.
- convolutions — an intricate, involved, or confused matter or condition
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coquilla nut — the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving
- corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- cost-cutting — the reduction of costs
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cotton up to — to try to ingratiate oneself, or make friends, with
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- 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 flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- countability — the fact of being countable
- countenanced — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- countenancer — One who countenances, favours, or supports.
- countenances — Plural form of countenance.
- countenaunce — Obsolete form of countenance.
- 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
- counter-fact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counter-turn — (in figure skating) a one-foot turn
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
- counteracter — Something that counteracts.