8-letter words containing c, u, o, m
- consumer — A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services.
- consumes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consume.
- consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- coremium — the spore-producing organ of certain fungi that consists of conidiophores
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cumulose — abounding in heaps or cumuli
- cumulous — resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- drummock — drammock.
- ducommun — Élie [ey-lee] /eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), 1833–1906, Swiss author: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- duncedom — the characteristic behaviour or the realm of a dunce or a dullard
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- encomium — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- factotum — a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- humicole — any plant that thrives on humus
- hummocks — Plural form of hummock.
- hummocky — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- inoculum — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- macroura — Macruran.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- mameluco — (South America) A child born of a white father and American Indian mother.
- manucode — any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- meconium — the first fecal excretion of a newborn child, composed chiefly of bile, mucus, and epithelial cells.