7-letter words containing n, o
- couldnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of couldn't.
- council — A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county.
- counsel — Counsel is advice.
- counted — Simple past tense and past participle of count.
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- coupons — Plural form of coupon.
- courant — a courante
- courlan — limpkin
- cousins — A child of one's uncle or aunt.
- covener — A member of a coven.
- covings — Plural form of coving.
- cowbane — any of several N temperate poisonous umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Cicuta, esp C. virosa, having clusters of small white flowers
- cowbind — any of various bryony plants, esp the white bryony
- cowhand — a hired man who herds and tends cattle, usually on horseback, esp in the western US
- cowling — a streamlined metal covering, esp one fitted around an aircraft engine
- cowskin — the skin of a cow.
- cowtown — a small town in a cattle-raising area
- coyness — artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- cozened — Simple past tense and past participle of cozen.
- cozener — An imposter, a swindler.
- cozzens — James Gould, 1903–78, U.S. novelist.
- crampon — Crampons are metal plates with spikes underneath which mountain climbers fasten to the bottom of their boots, especially when there is snow or ice, in order to make climbing easier.
- cranio- — indicating the cranium or cranial
- crannog — an ancient Celtic lake or bog dwelling dating from the late Bronze Age to the 16th century ad, often fortified and used as a refuge
- cratons — Plural form of craton.
- crayons — Plural form of crayon.
- cremona — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)
- creston — a ridge on a hill that curves downwards at the ends
- cretons — a spread of shredded pork cooked with onions in pork fat
- crimson — Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
- crinoid — any primitive echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having delicate feathery arms radiating from a central disc. The group includes the free-swimming feather stars, the sessile sea lilies, and many stemmed fossil forms
- crinose — hairy
- crocein — any one of a group of red or orange acid azo dyes
- crocine — of or relating to the crocus
- cronies — Plural form of crony.
- cronish — a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crontab — (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
- crooned — to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby.
- crooner — A crooner is a male singer who sings sentimental songs, especially the love songs of the 1930s and 1940s.
- crotone — a town in S Italy, on the coast of Calabria: founded in about 700 bc by the Achaeans; chemical works and zinc-smelting. Pop: 60 010 (2001)
- crotons — Plural form of croton.
- crottin — a type of French goat cheese.
- croupon — a type of high quality leather obtained from the rear section of the hide
- crouton — Croutons are small pieces of toasted or fried bread that are added to soup just before you eat it.
- crowing — the sound made by a cock, particularly in the early morning
- crowned — characterized by or having a crown (often used in combination): a crowned signet ring; a low-crowned fedora.
- crowner — a promotional label consisting of a shaped printed piece of card or paper attached to a product on display
- crownet — a coronet.
- croydon — a borough in S Greater London (since 1965): formerly important for its airport (1915–59). Pop: 336 700 (2003 est). Area: 87 sq km (33 sq miles)