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12-letter words containing t, r, u, e, i

  • cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
  • cinque terre — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
  • circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
  • circumcenter — the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect.
  • circumcentre — the centre of a circumscribed circle
  • circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
  • circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
  • circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
  • circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
  • circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
  • circumrotate — to turn like a wheel; rotate
  • circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
  • circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • circumventor — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
  • citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
  • citriculture — the cultivation of citrus fruits
  • 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.
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
  • co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
  • computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
  • computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
  • computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
  • computerlike — similar to a computer
  • configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
  • congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
  • conjecturing — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • constructive — A constructive discussion, comment, or approach is useful and helpful rather than negative and unhelpful.
  • consumerists — Plural form of consumerist.
  • containerful — As much as a container can hold.
  • conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
  • contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
  • contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
  • contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contriturate — to triturate completely
  • corequisites — Plural form of corequisite.
  • correctitude — the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
  • corruptively — In a corruptive way.
  • coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
  • counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
  • counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
  • counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
  • counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
  • counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
  • counterimage — a corresponding image
  • counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
  • countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
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