8-letter words containing o, u
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- chockful — filled to capacity
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- choke up — to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- choregus — the producer or financier of a dramatist's works in Ancient Greece
- chorus's — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- choruses — Plural form of chorus.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- chughole — chuckhole.
- chunchon — a city in N South Korea.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clock up — If you clock up a large number or total of things, you reach that number or total.
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeout — A closeout at a store is a sale at which goods are sold at reduced prices.
- closeups — Plural form of closeup.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudlet — a small cloud
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- clubfoot — If someone has a clubfoot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- co-occur — to happen at the same time as something else