9-letter words containing s, u
- corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- corduroys — trousers or breeches of corduroy
- corfhouse — a shed used for curing salmon and storing nets
- corn smut — an ascomycetous parasitic fungus, Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain
- cornelius — a masculine name: fem. Cornelia
- cornemuse — a type of French bagpipes
- cornhouse — a corncrib.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- coruscate — to emit flashes of light; sparkle
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cost unit — a quantity or unit of a product or service whose cost is computed, used as a standard for comparison with other costs.
- cost-plus — A cost-plus basis for a contract about work to be done is one in which the buyer agrees to pay the seller or contractor all the cost plus a profit.
- cost-push — of or relating to cost-push inflation: a proponent of the cost-push theory.
- costumers — a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- costumery — multiple costumes considered collectively
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- cothurnus — the buskin worn in ancient Greek tragedy
- cotrustee — a fellow trustee
- couchings — the act of a person or thing that couches.
- coulisses — Plural form of coulisse.
- counseled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- counselee — a person who is being professionally counseled
- counselor — A counselor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- countless — Countless means very many.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- countship — the rank or position of a count.
- couplings — Plural form of coupling.
- coupstick — (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courrèges — André (ɑ̃dre). 1923–2016, French couturier: helped to launch unisex fashion in the mid-1960s
- courteous — Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- courtesie — Obsolete spelling of courtesy.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- crash out — If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk.
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- creamcups — a Californian papaveraceous plant, Platystemon californicus, with small cream-coloured or yellow flowers on long flower stalks
- crease up — If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot.
- creatures — Plural form of creature.
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- crepuscle — twilight
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.