9-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- club root — a disease of plants of the cabbage family, caused by a slime mold (Plasmodiophora brassicae) and characterized by swellings of the roots
- clubrooms — Plural form of clubroom.
- co durham — County Durham
- co-author — The co-authors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- coadjutor — a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
- coauthors — Plural form of coauthor.
- cocklebur — any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cockspurs — Plural form of cockspur.
- coculture — to culture together
- cocurator — a fellow curator
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cofounder — a joint founder
- coiffured — Coiffured means the same as coiffed.
- coiffures — Plural form of coiffure.
- coinsurer — A coinsurer is a person or company whose policy covers the same risk as that of another person or company, and shares the loss.
- coinsures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coinsure.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- collutory — mouthwash.
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash
- colostrum — the thin milky secretion from the nipples that precedes and follows true lactation. It consists largely of serum and white blood cells
- colour in — If you colour in a drawing, you give it different colours using crayons or paints.
- colourant — A colourant is a substance that is used to give something a particular colour.
- colourful — Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours.
- colouring — The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
- colourise — (UK) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- colourize — to add colour electronically to (an old black-and-white film)
- colourman — a person who deals in paints
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- columbary — a dovecote
- combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
- combustor — the combustion system of a jet engine or ramjet, comprising the combustion chamber, the fuel injection apparatus, and the igniter
- come true — If a dream, wish, or prediction comes true, it actually happens.
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- communard — a member of a commune
- commuters — Plural form of commuter.
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- concluder — A person who, or thing which concludes (in any sense).
- concourse — A concourse is a wide hall in a public building, for example a hotel, airport, or station.
- concurred — to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
- conductor — A conductor is a person who stands in front of an orchestra or choir and directs its performance.
- configure — If you configure a piece of computer equipment, you set it up so that it is ready for use.
- confiseur — a confectioner