10-letter words containing ou
- couchettes — Plural form of couchette.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- coulometer — an electrolytic cell for measuring the magnitude of an electric charge by determining the total amount of decomposition resulting from the passage of the charge through the cell
- coulometry — a method used in quantitative analysis, whereby the amount of a substance set free or deposited during electrolysis is determined by measuring the number of coulombs that passed through the electrolyte.
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- coumarilic — coumaric
- councillor — A councillor is a member of a local council.
- councilman — A councilman is a man who is a member of a local council.
- councilmen — Plural form of councilman.
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counselees — Plural form of counselee.
- counseling — Counseling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- counselled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- counsellee — a person who is being counselled
- counseller — Archaic spelling of counsellor.
- counsellor — A counsellor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
- counselors — Plural form of counselor.
- counselour — Alternative form of counselor.
- count down — 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.
- count noun — A count noun is a noun such as 'bird', 'chair', or 'year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.
- count upon — depend on, rely on
- countdowns — Plural form of countdown.
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countercry — a cry responding to another cry
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countermen — Plural form of counterman.
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countersue — to sue (a plaintiff) in response or opposition to a preceding lawsuit
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- countesses — Plural form of countess.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
- coup stick — a stick with which some North American Indian warriors sought to touch their enemies in battle as a sign of courage.
- coupleable — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- couplement — the action of coupling or the state of being coupled
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- courbevoie — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 85 716 (2006)
- courgettes — Plural form of courgette.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- coursebook — a book studied on an educational course