12-letter words containing t, r, u, s, i
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corequisites — Plural form of corequisite.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.