11-letter words containing u, t, r, a
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crab cactus — Christmas cactus
- craft union — a labour organization membership of which is restricted to workers in a specified trade or craft
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crash truck — an emergency vehicle based at an airport.
- crazy about — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- 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.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- crustaceans — Plural form of crustacean.
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- crux ansata — the ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol
- cry quarter — to beg for mercy
- cryocautery — Cautery by the application of extreme cold.
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- 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
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- 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.
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- deattribute — to withdraw the initial ascription of (a work of art)
- deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely