9-letter words containing e, o, u
- checkouts — Plural form of checkout.
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- choose up — to decide on the opposing players, as for an impromptu ballgame
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- chuckhole — a pothole
- chudskoye — Lakelake on the Estonian-Russian border: with its S extension, Lake Pskov, c. 1,400 sq mi (3,626 sq km)
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- cleobulus — flourished 560 b.c, Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.
- close out — to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
- close-run — If you describe something such as a race or contest as a close-run thing, you mean that it was only won by a very small amount.
- closeouts — Plural form of closeout.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudless — If the sky is cloudless, there are no clouds in it.
- cloudlike — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- clouterly — clumsy
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
- co-equals — equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coagulase — any enzyme that causes coagulation of blood
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- coalhouse — a shed or building for storing coal
- coccygeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the pelvic wall, that in combination with the levator ani forms the pelvic diaphragm.
- cocklebur — any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cocounsel — to counsel jointly
- coculture — to culture together
- code blue — (often initial capital letters) a medical emergency in which paramedics are dispatched to aid a person undergoing cardiac arrest.
- coeducate — Alternative spelling of co-educate.
- coenamour — to enamour jointly
- coenesque — reminiscent of the work US film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen (born 1954 and 1957 respectively), featuring bizarre and involved plots, use of irony and black humour, and allusions to film classics
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cofounded — to establish (an organization) with another or others.
- cofounder — a joint founder