These are the meanings of the letters COUNTERLY when you unscramble them.
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Century (n.)
A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
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Century (n.)
A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.
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Century (n.)
A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
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Century (n.)
One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
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Cloture (n.)
See Closure, 5.
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clouter (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
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Cornute (a.)
Alt. of Cornuted
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Cornute (v. t.)
To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
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Coulter (n.)
Same as Colter.
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Counter (a.)
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
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Counter (adv.)
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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Counter (adv.)
At or against the front or face.
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Counter (adv.)
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
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Counter (adv.)
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
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Counter (adv.)
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
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Counter (adv.)
The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
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Counter (adv.)
The back leather or heel part of a boot.
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Counter (adv.)
The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
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Counter (n.)
An encounter.
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Counter (v. i.)
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
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Counter (v. t.)
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
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Counter (v. t.)
A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
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Counter (v. t.)
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
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Counter (v. t.)
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
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Counter (v. t.)
Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
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Counter (v. t.)
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
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Country (a.)
Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
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Country (a.)
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
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Country (a.)
Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
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Country (adv.)
A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
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Country (adv.)
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
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Country (adv.)
Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
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Country (adv.)
The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
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Country (adv.)
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
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Country (adv.)
The rock through which a vein runs.
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Courtly (a.)
Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
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Courtly (a.)
Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
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Courtly (a.)
Relating or belonging to a court.
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Courtly (adv.)
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
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Cruelty (n.)
A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
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Cruelty (n.)
The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
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Cutlery (n.)
Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.
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Cutlery (n.)
The business of a cutler.
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Elytron (n.)
Alt. of Elytrum
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Noctule (n.)
A large European bat (Vespertilio, / Noctulina, altivolans).
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Recount (n.)
A counting again, as of votes.
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Recount (v.)
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
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Recount (v. t.)
To count or reckon again.
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Tourney (n.)
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
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Tourney (v. t.)
A tournament.
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Trounce (v. t.)
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.