9-letter words containing c, o, u, n
- cornflour — Cornflour is a fine white powder made from maize and is used to make sauces thicker.
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- cornicula — plural form of singular corniculum: small horn
- coroutine — (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
- corpulent — If you describe someone as corpulent, you mean they are fat.
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cost unit — a quantity or unit of a product or service whose cost is computed, used as a standard for comparison with other costs.
- costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- cot-quean — Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- cotunnite — a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- coumarone — a colorless liquid, C8H6O, derived from coal tar and combined with indene to produce synthetic resins used in paints, adhesives, etc.
- councilor — A councilor is a member of a local council.
- counseled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- counselee — a person who is being professionally counseled
- counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- count for — 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.
- count off — to separate into equal divisions by counting
- count out — If you count out a sum of money, you count the notes or coins as you put them in a pile one by one.
- countable — capable of being counted
- countably — in a countable manner
- countback — a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores
- countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- countless — Countless means very many.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- countrify — to make countrified.
- countryfy — Alternative spelling of countrify.
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- couponing — the distribution or redemption of promotional coupons
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- cowabunga — Used to express delight or satisfaction.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminous — criminal
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry