13-letter words containing u, t, r, n
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- credit crunch — A credit crunch is a period during which there is a sudden reduction in the amount of money that banks and other lenders have available to lend.
- crinicultural — of or relating to hair growth
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
- cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- currency rate — the rate of exchange of a particular currency against another
- currency unit — a unit of money, such as the pound, dollar, or euro, that is used in a particular currency
- current ratio — A current ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities.
- current yield — the yield of a bond or similar asset, expressed as a ratio of the annual interest payment to the clean price
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
- cutter number — a code combining decimal numbers with letters from an author's surname, used in an alphabetizing system.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- deconstructed — having no formal structure
- deconstructor — an adherent to the theory of deconstruction
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- demanufacture — A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
- demi-detourne — a turn in which the dancer on pointe or demi-pointe completes a half turn toward the back foot and lowers the heels, with the back foot finishing in front.
- denaturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- derequisition — to release from military to civilian use
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.