12-letter words containing cu
- customs form — a form for customs, concerning the nature, value, destination, etc, of goods being imported or exported
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- custos morum — a custodian or guardian of morals; censor.
- cut a figure — to attract attention
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- cut-off date — the last date on which it is possible to do something
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- cutinization — a process in which the outermost plant cells become thickened and covered with cutin, making them waterproof
- cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- cutting edge — If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cyberculture — a unique set of habits, values, and other elements of culture that have evolved from the use of computers and the Internet.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedekind cut — a method of according the same status to irrational and rational numbers, devised by Julius Wilhelm Dedekind (1831–1916)
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- ecumenically — general; universal.
- eddy current — an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.