7-letter words containing c, o, u
- copulas — Plural form of copula.
- coquets — Plural form of coquet.
- coquina — a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US
- coquito — a Chilean palm tree, Jubaea spectabilis, yielding edible nuts and a syrup
- corbeau — a blackish green colour
- corcule — (botany, obsolete) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
- cornual — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- cornute — having or resembling cornua; hornlike
- cornuto — a cuckold
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- coruler — a joint ruler
- corumba — a city in W Brazil.
- corunna — La Coruña
- corylus — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Corylus of the Betulaceae family (or the Corylaceae family, depending on the botanist), which bear nuts and are found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere
- costume — An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing.
- cosy up — to seek to become intimate or to ingratiate oneself (with someone)
- cothurn — A buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
- cotonou — the chief port and official capital of Benin, on the Bight of Benin. Pop: 891 000 (2005 est)
- cottbus — an industrial city in E Germany, in Brandenburg on the Spree River. Pop: 107 549 (2003 est)
- cou-cou — a preparation of boiled corn meal and okras, stirred to a stiff consistency with a cou-cou stick, eaten in the Caribbean
- couched — a piece of furniture for seating from two to four people, typically in the form of a bench with a back, sometimes having an armrest at one or each end, and partly or wholly upholstered and often fitted with springs, tailored cushions, skirts, etc.; sofa.
- couchee — a reception held late at night, usually by the nobility or royalty
- coucher — the worker who transfers sheets of wet pulp to the couch.
- couches — Plural form of couch.
- coueism — a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- cougars — A large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia.
- coughed — Simple past tense and past participle of cough.
- cougher — A person who coughs.
- couhage — Obsolete form of cowage.
- couldnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of couldn't.
- couldst — can1
- coulees — Plural form of coulee.
- couleur — (card games) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.
- couloir — a deep gully on a mountain side, esp in the French Alps
- coulomb — Charles Augustin de (ʃarl oɡystɛ̃ də). 1736–1806, French physicist: made many discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism
- coulter — a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare
- council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
- counsel — Counsel is advice.
- counted — Simple past tense and past participle of count.
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- coupage — The blending (or 'cutting') of wine.
- coupled — being one of the partners in a permanent sexual relationship
- coupler — a link or rod transmitting power between two rotating mechanisms or a rotating part and a reciprocating part
- couples — Combine.
- couplet — A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length.
- coupons — Plural form of coupon.
- coupure — a trench or palisade made by a besieged force behind a breach in their defences
- courage — Courage is the quality shown by someone who decides to do something difficult or dangerous, even though they may be afraid.
- courant — a courante