8-letter words containing cou
- couraged — Having a specified form or amount of courage.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- couriers — Plural form of courier.
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- 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.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- 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.
- decouple — If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- hiccough — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- mercouri — Melina (məˈliːnə). 1925–94, Greek actress and politician: her films include Never on Sunday (1960); minister of culture (1981–85 and 1993–94)
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- noncount — (of a noun) not countable.
- outcount — (transitive) To surpass in counting; to count higher than.
- parcours — parcourse.
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- re-count — to count again.
- recouped — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- uncouple — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- viscount — a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.