8-letter words containing c, o, u, s
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- couscous — Couscous is a type of food that is made from crushed steamed wheat, or a dish consisting of this food served with a spicy stew. It is traditionally eaten in North Africa.
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- cowhouse — a shelter for cows; a byre or cowshed
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crocuses — Plural form of crocus.
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crouches — Plural form of crouch.
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- cuckolds — Plural form of cuckold.
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cumulose — abounding in heaps or cumuli
- cumulous — resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- cursored — Simple past tense and past participle of cursor.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cussword — a swearword
- custodes — plural of custos.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cut-offs — Cut-offs are short pants made by cutting part of the legs off old pants.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.