11-letter words containing r, u, t, l, e
- counterfoil — A counterfoil is the part of a cheque, ticket, or other document that you keep when you give the other part to someone else.
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- courteously — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- crest cloud — a stationary cloud parallel to and near the top of a mountain ridge. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- crinkle-cut — (of chips or crisps) having a striated or furrowed surface
- crude steel — unrefined steel
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culture war — conflict of values
- cultureless — Devoid of culture.
- culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- delta virus — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- delusterant — a chemical agent, as titanium dioxide, used in reducing the sheen of a yarn or fabric.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- deregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.
- deregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate.
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- disgruntled — displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.
- disgruntles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgruntle.
- disregulate — Misspelling of dysregulate.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.