7-letter words containing o, c, u
- futtock — any of a number of timbers forming the lower, more curved portion of the frame in a wooden hull.
- gauchos — Plural form of gaucho.
- geoduck — a very large edible clam, Panope generosa, of the NW coast of the U.S.
- glauco- — bluish-green, silvery, or gray
- glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- gluonic — (physics) Of, pertaining to, or mediated by gluons.
- goldcup — a Mexican climbing shrub, Solandra guttata, of the nightshade family, having cup-shaped yellow flowers marked with purple.
- gouache — a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.
- grouchy — sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.
- guanaco — a wild South American ruminant, Lama guanicoe, of which the llama and alpaca are believed to be domesticated varieties: related to the camels.
- gunlock — the mechanism of a firearm by which the charge is exploded.
- hocused — Simple past tense and past participle of hocus.
- hsuchou — a city in N Jiangsu province, in E China.
- huanuco — a city in central Peru.
- humacao — a city in E Puerto Rico.
- hummock — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- ice-out — the breaking up of ice on lakes and streams during spring thaw.
- iconium — ancient name of Konya.
- inconnu — a person who is unknown; stranger.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jobclub — a group of unemployed people organized through a Jobcentre, which meets every day and is given advice on job seeking to increase its members' chances of finding employment
- jocular — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- jounced — Simple past tense and past participle of jounce.
- jounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce.
- kerouac — Jack (Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac) 1922–69, U.S. novelist.
- kickout — (in basketball) instance of passing the ball back from near the basket
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- leichou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- leucoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
- leucous — White; albino.
- linocut — a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lock-up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockful — an amount of water sufficient to fill a canal lock
- locknut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- lockout — the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.
- lockups — Plural form of lockup.
- locular — having one or more locules.
- loculed — having or containing locules
- locules — Plural form of locule.
- loculus — Biology. locule.
- locusta — the spikelet of grasses
- locusts — Plural form of locust.
- low-cut — Low-cut dresses and blouses do not cover the top part of a woman's chest.
- lubbock — Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury, 1834–1913, English author, natural scientist, and statesman.
- lucknow — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- luichow — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- manicou — The common opossum, taxonomic name Didelphis marsupialis.
- mock up — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.