12-letter words containing cou
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- hill country — hilly area
- home country — the country a person comes from
- host country — nation staging an international event
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- in course of — in the process of
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- loan account — finance: bank
- loan council — (in Australia) a statutory body that controls borrowing by the states
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- millicoulomb — a unit of electrical charge equal to one thousandth of a coulomb: Abbreviation: mC.
- non-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- not counting — excluding
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- on the couch — undergoing psychoanalysis
- open account — current account (def 1).
- open couplet — a couplet that concludes with a run-on line.
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- out of court — If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law.
- out-of-court — conducted or agreed upon between contending parties without court decision: an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
- pollen count — a count of the amount of pollen in the air, based on the average of the number of pollen grains that collect on slides exposed to the air for a given period of time.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- re-encounter — to encounter again
- reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scout around — search
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts