12-letter words containing r, u, n, l
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- concurringly — In a concurring manner; concurrently.
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- congratulant — expressing congratulation
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- conjunctural — a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs.
- connaturally — In a connatural manner.
- conqueringly — in a conquering manner
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- 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
- control unit — the part of the computer that processes hardware, software, and user inputs and directs their implementation
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- 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.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterrally — an opposing rally
- counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterstyle — an opposing style