8-letter words containing c, o, u
- colloquy — a formal conversation or conference
- colluded — Simple past tense and past participle of collude.
- colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- colludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collude.
- colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
- colossus — If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- columbus — a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- columned — Having columns.
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- commodus — Lucius Aelius Aurelius (ˈluːsɪəs ˈiːlɪəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs), son of Marcus Aurelius. 161–192 ad, Roman emperor (180–192), noted for his tyrannical reign
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- communed — Simple past tense and past participle of commune.
- communer — a person who participates in the Eucharist
- communes — Plural form of commune.
- commuted — to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
- commuter — a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- commutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commute.
- comnenus — an important Byzantine family from which the imperial dynasties of Constantinople (1057–59; 1081–1185) and Trebizond (1204–1461) derived
- compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- compulse — to compel
- compunct — (obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
- computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).
- computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
- computes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute.
- computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concause — a shared cause
- concious — Misspelling of conscious.
- conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
- conduced — Simple past tense and past participle of conduce.
- conducer — to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to or toward): qualities that conduce to success.
- conduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conduce.
- conducts — Plural form of conduct.
- conduits — Plural form of conduit.
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- confused — If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- confuser — One who or that which confuses.