12-letter words containing t, o, u, c
- contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
- contract out — If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it.
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- contractured — a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- 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
- contributary — contributory
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributing — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- control unit — the part of the computer that processes hardware, software, and user inputs and directs their implementation
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- contumelious — rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convolutedly — twisted; coiled.
- convolutions — an intricate, involved, or confused matter or condition
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coprosecutor — one of two or more joint prosecutors.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- coquilla nut — the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- corequisites — Plural form of corequisite.
- corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
- correctitude — the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- cost-cutting — the reduction of costs
- cost-justify — to justify the allotment or spending of a specific sum of money for (an investment, procurement, etc.).
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- cote-st.-luc — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cotton up to — to try to ingratiate oneself, or make friends, with
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
- couette flow — the flow of a fluid between two surfaces that have tangential relative motion, as of a liquid between two coaxial cylinders that have different angular velocities.
- 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 flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- countability — the fact of being countable