11-letter words containing o, u, t, r, n
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- crown court — In England and Wales, a Crown Court is a court in which criminal cases are tried by a judge and jury rather than by a magistrate.
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- disruptions — Plural form of disruption.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- druid stone — sarsen.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- elutriation — The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
- emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
- encountered — Simple past tense and past participle of encounter.
- encounterer — One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.
- end product — result of a process
- endometrium — The mucous membrane lining the uterus, which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo.
- enquiration — an inquiry
- enterovirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses (including those causing polio and hepatitis A) that typically occur in the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes spreading to the central nervous system or other parts of the body.
- enumeration — The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- enumerators — Plural form of enumerator.
- enunciators — Plural form of enunciator.
- envigourate — Rare spelling of invigorate.
- eructations — Plural form of eructation.
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- eurocentric — Alternative form of Eurocentric.
- executioner — An official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- extenuatory — Tending to extenuate or palliate.
- fart around — a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.