8-letter words containing c, o, u
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clock up — If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total.
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeout — A closeout at a store is a sale at which goods are sold at reduced prices.
- closeups — Plural form of closeup.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudlet — a small cloud
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- clubfoot — If someone has a clubfoot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- co-occur — to happen at the same time as something else
- coagulum — any coagulated mass; clot; curd
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coassume — to assume jointly
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- cockshut — dusk
- cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
- cocksure — Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- coconuts — Plural form of coconut.
- cocoplum — a tropical shrub, Chrysobalanus icaco
- coendure — to endure together
- coenurus — an encysted larval form of the tapeworm Multiceps, containing many encapsulated heads. In sheep it can cause the gid, and when eaten by dogs it develops into several adult forms
- coequals — Plural form of coequal.
- coequate — to equate with something else
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- coked-up — showing the effects of having taken cocaine
- cokernut — coconut.
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks
- cold cut — Usually, cold cuts. slices of unheated salami, bologna, ham, liverwurst, turkey, or other meats and sometimes cheeses.
- coleuses — Plural form of coleus.
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- collegue — Misspelling of colleague.
- collogue — to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
- colloque — to collocate (objects or data)