8-letter words containing o, n, e, u
- countest — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- counties — Plural form of county.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- couponer — a person who seeks out or saves discount coupons, as for buying grocery items.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- culloden — a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cunjevoi — an aroid plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza, of tropical Asia and Australia, cultivated for its edible rhizome
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- decurion — a local councillor
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- dubonnet — (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- dudgeons — Plural form of dudgeon.
- duecento — the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- duncedom — the characteristic behaviour or the realm of a dunce or a dullard
- dungeons — Plural form of dungeon.
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.
- duodenum — the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum.
- eduction — the act of educing.
- effusion — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- elkhound — A large hunting dog of a Scandinavian breed with a shaggy gray coat.
- eloquent — Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
- emulsion — A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- en route — on the way
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- enarmour — To clothe with protective coverings.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- encomium — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- enginous — ingenious or clever
- engouled — (of a cross, bend, etc) disappearing into the mouth of an animal
- enormous — very big
- enounced — Simple past tense and past participle of enounce.
- enshroud — Envelop completely and hide from view.