8-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- choruses — Plural form of chorus.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- 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
- co-occur — to happen at the same time as something else
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- 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.
- 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
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- cokernut — coconut.
- colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
- 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
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- communer — a person who participates in the Eucharist
- commuter — a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- 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
- computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
- conducer — to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to or toward): qualities that conduce to success.
- confuser — One who or that which confuses.
- confuter — A person who confutes.
- conjured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjure.
- conjurer — A conjurer is a person who entertains people by doing magic tricks.
- conjures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjure.
- conjuror — a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
- conquers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer.
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- consumer — A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services.
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation