6-letter words containing c, o, u
- locust — Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- louche — dubious; shady; disreputable.
- luchot — engraved tablets of stone
- luchou — a city in S Sichuan province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- luchow — Luzhou.
- lucumo — an Etruscan nobleman
- macoun — a juicy, late-ripening variety of apple that originated in Canada.
- mockup — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- motuca — a Brazilian horsefly, Lepiselaga crassipes
- mucoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- mucosa — mucous membrane.
- mucous — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling mucus.
- mucros — Plural form of mucro.
- muonic — Pertaining to, or composed of muons.
- nuncio — a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- occult — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurs — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- ocular — of, relating to, or for the eyes: ocular movements.
- oculo- — indicating the eye
- oculus — an eye.
- offcut — (transitive) To cut off.
- oilcup — a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- on cue — (in the theatre, films, music, etc) anything spoken or done that serves as a signal to an actor, musician, etc, to follow with specific lines or action
- opacus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- oscula — a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- ouched — a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- ouches — a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- ouncer — something weighing a specified number of ounces (used in combination): The deluxe hamburger is an eight-ouncer.
- ounces — Plural form of ounce.
- outact — to outdo in acting.
- outcry — a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- outcut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- panuco — a river in E central Mexico, flowing E to the Gulf of Mexico. About 315 miles (505 km) long.
- phocus — An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
- pouchy — possessing or resembling a pouch: pouchy folds under the eyes.
- pounce — to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- recoup — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- rounce — the handle that is turned to move paper and plates on a printing press
- schout — (formerly) a council officer or sheriff in the Netherlands
- scotus — Supreme Court of the United States.
- scours — prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle
- scouse — a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- scouth — abundance; plenty.
- scruto — the trapdoor of a stage
- scumos — (abuse, operating system) /skuhm'os/ or /skuhm'O-S/ An Unflattering hackerism for SunOS, the Unix variant once supported on Sun Microsystems's Unix workstations. Despite what this term might suggest, Sun was founded by hackers and still enjoys excellent relations with hackerdom; usage is more often in exasperation than outright loathing. See also sun-stools. Compare AIDX, Macintrash, Nominal Semidestructor, Open DeathTrap, HP-SUX.
- slocum — Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- slouch — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- smouch — to kiss