12-letter words containing u, r, t
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
- chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
- charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- cheesecutter — a board with a wire attached for cutting cheese
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- christchurch — a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; suffered major damage and loss of life in a series of earthquakes in 2010–11. Pop: 366 000 (2013 est)
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- 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.
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- 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
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- circumrotate — to turn like a wheel; rotate
- circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
- 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.
- circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- cirrostratus — a uniform layer of cloud above about 6000 metres (20 000 feet)
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- citriculture — the cultivation of citrus fruits
- citrus fruit — any fruit belonging to the genus Citrus
- 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.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.