8-letter words containing a, c, o, u
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- coagulum — any coagulated mass; clot; curd
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coassume — to assume jointly
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- coequals — Plural form of coequal.
- coequate — to equate with something else
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concause — a shared cause
- conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
- conneaut — a city in NE Ohio.
- conquian — a variety of rummy for two players.
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- coquilla — a coquilla nut
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- couchant — in a lying position
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)