13-letter words containing cu
- double sculls — a race for sculls rowed by two rowers, each using a pair of oars.
- ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
- eddy currents — Eddy currents are localized electric currents set up in metal parts not normally meant to carry currents, due to changes in electromagnetic fields.
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
- equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- excusableness — The quality of being excusable.
- executive job — a job in which a person is responsible for the administration of a project, activity, or business
- executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
- executive toy — a novelty item, such as a Newton's cradle, on the desk of a corporate executive
- extravascular — Situated or happening outside of the blood vessels or lymph vessels.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- fault current — A fault current is a current that results from a fault.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- final curtain — end of a theatre performance
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
- flying circus — a squadron of airplanes operating together, especially any of several squadrons of famous World War I aviators.
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- george custer — George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- hercules-club — Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.