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12-letter words containing u, r, i

  • court action — a legal action
  • court ruling — a decision made by a court
  • 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.
  • courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
  • couscoussier — A double-chambered steamer used to prepare couscous.
  • craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
  • credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
  • crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
  • crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
  • cri de coeur — a cry from the heart; heartfelt or sincere appeal
  • 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 failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
  • crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
  • cross cousin — a cousin who is the child of one's father's sister or one's mother's brother
  • cross-cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.
  • crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
  • crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
  • crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
  • crucifiction — Misspelling of crucifixion.
  • crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
  • cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
  • crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
  • cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
  • cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
  • cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
  • cuiaba-river — a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
  • cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
  • culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • culvertailed — dove-tailed
  • cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
  • cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
  • cupid's dart — blue succory.
  • cupid's-dart — blue succory.
  • cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
  • cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
  • curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
  • curb service — service, for example, from a restaurant to customers in vehicles parked at the curb
  • curia romana — the body of congregations, offices, permanent commissions, etc., that assist the pope in the government and administration of the church.
  • curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
  • curliewurlie — an extremely curled or twisted object or ornament
  • curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
  • curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
  • currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
  • 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.
  • curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
  • curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
  • curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
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