8-letter words containing o, u, n
- conjuror — a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
- conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
- conk-out — to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out): The engine conked out halfway there.
- conneaut — a city in NE Ohio.
- conquers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conquer.
- conquest — Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
- conquian — a variety of rummy for two players.
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- consults — Plural form of consult.
- consumed — If you are consumed with a feeling or idea, it affects you very strongly indeed.
- consumer — A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services.
- consumes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consume.
- consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
- 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
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- contuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contuse.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- coquelin — Beˈnoit Consˈtant (bəˈnwa kɔ̃̃ˈstɑ̃) ; bənwȧˈ kōnstänˈ) 1841-1909; Fr. actor
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cornuted — having horns
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- corundum — a white, grey, blue, green, red, yellow, or brown mineral, found in metamorphosed shales and limestones, in veins, and in some igneous rocks. It is used as an abrasive and as gemstone; the red variety is ruby, the blue is sapphire. Composition: aluminium oxide. Formula: Al2O3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- couchant — in a lying position
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- couldn't — Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- councell — Obsolete spelling of council.
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- count in — If you tell someone to count you in, you mean that you want to be included in an activity.
- count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.