12-letter words starting with cou
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- couple-close — Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth.
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courier firm — a firm that provides special delivery services
- court action — a legal action
- court of law — When you refer to a court of law, you are referring to a legal court, especially when talking about the evidence that might be given in a trial.
- court record — (in the US) a record of court proceedings
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
- courtly love — a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady
- couscoussier — A double-chambered steamer used to prepare couscous.