12-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- 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
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativities — the state or quality of being creative.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- credit score — A borrower's credit score is a number calculated by a credit bureau to express how likely they are to be able to pay back their loans.
- credit terms — the terms and conditions under which an institution extends credit to a person
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- cross street — a street running at right angles to a major thoroughfare
- cross stroke — the horizontal line through the vertical of a t or f.
- cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.