11-letter words containing u, l, t, r
- corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
- corticolous — living or growing on the surface of bark
- cotylosaurs — Plural form of cotylosaur.
- coulometric — (physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- 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
- countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
- courteously — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crazy quilt — If you describe something as a crazy quilt of other things, you mean that it is a mixture of those things without any pattern or order.
- 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
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- crude steel — unrefined steel
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- 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.
- culturology — a branch of anthropology concerned with the study of cultural institutions as distinct from the people who are involved in them.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- 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.