13-letter words containing cou
- country music — a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
- country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- 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.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- debit account — a bank account which allows you to buy goods or services with money that you have put into the account
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- discounselled — lacking support or counsel
- discount card — a card that entitles the holder to buy goods from a seller at a discount
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- discourtesies — Plural form of discourtesy.
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- donor country — a country which provides aid to a developing country
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- federal court — a court of a federal government, especially one established under the Constitution of the United States.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- glaucous gull — a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.
- god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- honors course — a course in a university or college consisting largely of independent research terminating in a dissertation or a comprehensive examination, and earning for the student who passes it a degree with distinction.
- hors concours — noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition.
- house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- inns of court — (in England) the four private unincorporated societies in London that function as a law school and have the exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the English bar