13-letter words containing s, a, t, u, r
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counter staff — people who work behind the counter of a bank, post office, etc
- counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
- culture clash — a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- death futures — life insurance policies of terminally ill people that are bought speculatively for a lump sum by a company, enabling it to collect the proceeds of the policies when the sufferers die
- death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disarticulate — Separate (bones) at the joints.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.