8-letter words containing i, o, u
- bucovina — Bukovina
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- buy into — If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- capuccio — a capuche
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- coahuila — a state of N Mexico: mainly plateau, crossed by several mountain ranges that contain rich mineral resources. Capital: Saltillo. Pop: 2 295 808 (2000). Area: 151 571 sq km (59 112 sq miles)
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- columbic — niobic.
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concious — Misspelling of conscious.
- conduits — Plural form of conduit.
- conidium — an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore) in fungi such as Penicillium
- conquian — a variety of rummy for two players.
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- continuo — a shortened form of basso continuo
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound