9-letter words containing s, c, u
- collusive — Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- colluvies — a collection of filth or discharge
- colosseum — an amphitheatre in Rome built about 75–80 ad
- colostrum — the thin milky secretion from the nipples that precedes and follows true lactation. It consists largely of serum and white blood cells
- colourise — (UK) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- columbous — niobous.
- columnist — A columnist is a journalist who regularly writes a particular kind of article in a newspaper or magazine.
- combusted — Simple past tense and past participle of combust.
- combustor — the combustion system of a jet engine or ramjet, comprising the combustion chamber, the fuel injection apparatus, and the igniter
- comitatus — a retinue of warriors serving a leader, esp in pre-Christian Germanic cultures, such as Anglo-Saxon England and Viking Age Scandinavia
- communise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of communize.
- communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
- communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.
- commuters — Plural form of commuter.
- complexus — a complicated whole made up of interconnected or related parts
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- compounds — Plural form of compound.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computist — a person who computes
- concensus — Misspelling of consensus.
- concentus — a concent
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- concludes — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concourse — A concourse is a wide hall in a public building, for example a hotel, airport, or station.
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- concusses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concuss.
- conductus — a style of medieval liturgical composition for up to four voices; these were composed in the 12th and 13th centuries
- confiseur — a confectioner
- confluxes — Plural form of conflux.
- confounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confound.
- confucius — Chinese name Kong Zi or K'ung Fu-tse. 551–479 bc, Chinese philosopher and teacher of ethics (see Confucianism). His doctrines were compiled after his death under the title The Analects of Confucius
- confusing — Something that is confusing makes it difficult for people to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- congruous — corresponding or agreeing
- conjuncts — Plural form of conjunct.
- conjurers — Plural form of conjurer.
- conjurors — Plural form of conjuror.
- conquests — Plural form of conquest.
- conscious — If you are conscious of something, you notice it or realize that it is happening.
- consensus — A consensus is general agreement among a group of people.
- consolute — (of two or more liquids) mutually soluble in all proportions
- consonous — harmonious
- construal — an act of construing
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- construed — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- construes — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- consulage — a duty paid by merchants for a consul's protection of their goods while abroad
- consulate — A consulate is the place where a consul works.