6-letter words containing c, o, u
- crouch — If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- croupe — That part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
- croups — Plural form of croup.
- croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.
- crouse — lively, confident, or saucy
- croute — a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served
- crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cu-bop — music of the 1940s in which Cuban rhythms are combined with bop
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuatro — a small guitar with four strings
- cuboid — A cuboid is a solid object with two square surfaces and four rectangular surfaces. Each surface of a cuboid is the same size as the one opposite to it.
- cuckoo — A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
- culion — an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- cupola — A cupola is a roof or part of a roof that is shaped like a dome.
- cupro- — indicating copper
- curios — any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curnow — (Thomas) Allen (Monro). 1911–2001, New Zealand poet and anthologist
- cursor — On a computer screen, the cursor is a small shape that indicates where anything that is typed by the user will appear.
- curzon — Sir Clifford. 1907–82, English pianist
- custom — A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custos — a superior in the Franciscan religious order
- cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- cutout — A cardboard cutout is a shape that has been cut from cardboard.
- cymous — Cymose.
- doucer — sedate; modest; quiet.
- doucet — (obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
- douche — a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
- douchy — (pejorative) Like a douche bag.
- ductor — the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- econut — an environmentalist
- escudo — The basic monetary unit of Portugal (until the introduction of the euro) and Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- fucoid — resembling or related to seaweeds of the genus Fucus.
- fucose — (carbohydrate) The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides.
- gaucho — a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- gloucs — Gloucestershire
- go cup — a plastic cup given to a customer wishing to consume an alcoholic beverage off the premises.
- grouch — to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, especially in an irritable way.
- jochum — Eugen (ˈɔyɡeːn). 1902–87, German orchestral conductor
- jocund — cheerful; merry; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
- jounce — a jouncing movement.
- jouncy — Bumpy or bouncy.
- juncos — Plural form of junco.
- leuco- — white or lacking colour
- leucon — a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- lochus — (in ancient Greece) a subdivision of an army.
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- locoum — Turkish delight.
- locule — a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
- loculi — Biology. locule.
- locums — Plural form of locum.