8-letter words containing c, o, u
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- corduroy — Corduroy is thick cotton cloth with parallel raised lines on the outside.
- coremium — the spore-producing organ of certain fungi that consists of conidiophores
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cornuted — having horns
- coromuel — a cooling westerly breeze that flows in from the Pacific over the La Paz region of the southern Baja California peninsula of Mexico.
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- corundum — a white, grey, blue, green, red, yellow, or brown mineral, found in metamorphosed shales and limestones, in veins, and in some igneous rocks. It is used as an abrasive and as gemstone; the red variety is ruby, the blue is sapphire. Composition: aluminium oxide. Formula: Al2O3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- cost-cut — to reduce the cost of: to cost-cut expenditures.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- costumed — Simple past tense and past participle of costume.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- costumes — Plural form of costume.
- costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- couchant — in a lying position
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- could be — It's possible
- could've — Could've is the usual spoken form of 'could have', when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- couldest — Alternative form of couldst.
- couldn't — Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
- coulisse — a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel, such as a sluicegate, portcullis, or stage flat
- coulombs — Plural form of coulomb.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- councell — Obsolete spelling of council.
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- count in — If you tell someone to count you in, you mean that you want to be included in an activity.
- count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
- count up — add, total
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- countest — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- counties — Plural form of county.