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11-letter words containing c, o, u

  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
  • chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
  • chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
  • chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
  • chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
  • check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
  • cheek pouch — a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents and some other mammals: used for holding food
  • cheliferous — bearing chelae
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
  • chequerwork — any work that resembles a chequerboard in pattern
  • chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
  • chilled out — relaxed
  • chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
  • chorus frog — any of several small North American frogs of the genus Pseudacris, having a loud call commonly heard in the early spring.
  • chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
  • chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chromium 51 — the radioactive isotope of chromium having a mass number 51 and a half-life of 27.8 days: used as a tracer.
  • chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
  • chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
  • chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
  • chug report — (humour)   From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
  • chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
  • chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
  • church book — any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
  • church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
  • churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
  • churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
  • churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
  • churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
  • chyliferous — containing chyle
  • chymiferous — containing chyme
  • cineritious — See cinereous.
  • cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
  • cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
  • circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
  • circulators — Plural form of circulator.
  • circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
  • circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
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