9-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- cothurnal — relating to the cothurnus or to tragedy
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- coticular — of or relating to whetstones
- cotrustee — a fellow trustee
- coumarone — a colorless liquid, C8H6O, derived from coal tar and combined with indene to produce synthetic resins used in paints, adhesives, etc.
- councilor — A councilor is a member of a local council.
- counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- count for — 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.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- countrify — to make countrified.
- countryfy — Alternative spelling of countrify.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- courgette — Courgettes are long thin vegetables with dark green skin.
- couriered — Simple past tense and past participle of courier.
- courrèges — André (ɑ̃dre). 1923–2016, French couturier: helped to launch unisex fashion in the mid-1960s
- courtelle — a synthetic acrylic fibre resembling wool
- courteous — Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- courtroom — A courtroom is a room in which a legal court meets.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- couturier — A couturier is a person who designs, makes, and sells expensive, fashionable clothes for women.
- coventure — An international coproduction set up in the absence of any official treaty between the countries.
- coverture — the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminous — criminal
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croquante — a crisp cake or pastry
- croqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of croquet.
- croquette — Croquettes are small amounts of mashed potato or meat rolled in breadcrumbs and fried.
- cross out — If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, because they are wrong or because you want to change them.
- cross-cut — made or used for cutting crosswise.