9-letter words containing o, c, u
- 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.
- chorusing — Present participle of chorus.
- chorussed — Simple past tense and past participle of chorus.
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- chuanchow — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- chuck off — to abuse or make fun of
- chuck out — If you chuck something out, you throw it away, because you do not need it or cannot use it.
- 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)
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- churn out — To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly.
- churrasco — meat cooked over an open fire.
- cilicious — made of hair
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinereous — of a greyish colour
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourer — One who clamours.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.
- 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.
- clock out — Clock out means the same as clock off.
- 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
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudiest — Superlative form of cloudy.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- 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
- club foot — If someone has a club foot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.
- club moss — any mosslike tracheophyte plant of the phylum Lycopodophyta, having erect or creeping stems covered with tiny overlapping leaves
- club root — a disease of plants of the cabbage family, caused by a slime mold (Plasmodiophora brassicae) and characterized by swellings of the roots
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- club-foot — a knoblike foot formed from the end of a cabriole leg as a continuation of its lines: less flat than a pad foot but otherwise similar.
- clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
- clubrooms — Plural form of clubroom.
- clubwoman — a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.