8-letter words containing c, o, u, n, s
- convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- countest — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- counties — Plural form of county.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- in focus — seen clearly
- inconnus — Plural form of inconnu.
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise