8-letter words containing s, o, u
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- contuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contuse.
- convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- cookouts — Plural form of cookout.
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- cost-cut — to reduce the cost of: to cost-cut expenditures.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- costumed — Simple past tense and past participle of costume.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- costumes — Plural form of costume.
- costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- couldest — Alternative form of couldst.
- coulisse — a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel, such as a sluicegate, portcullis, or stage flat
- coulombs — Plural form of coulomb.
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- 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.
- couperus — Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Dutch novelist.
- couplers — Plural form of coupler.
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- couriers — Plural form of courier.
- coursers — Plural form of courser.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- couscous — Couscous is a type of food that is made from crushed steamed wheat, or a dish consisting of this food served with a spicy stew. It is traditionally eaten in North Africa.
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- cowhouse — a shelter for cows; a byre or cowshed
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crocuses — Plural form of crocus.
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis