9-letter words containing ou
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- capacious — Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in.
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carcajous — Plural form of carcajou.
- carousals — Plural form of carousal.
- carousels — A merry-go-round.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carrousel — carousel
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-out — food: take-away
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- catch out — To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- cd4 count — a blood test that measures the number of helper T cells, used to evaluate patients infected with HIV.
- cellarous — of, relating to or resembling a cellar
- cellhouse — a prison building containing separate cells, each usually intended for one or two prisoners.
- cellulous — consisting of or filled with cells
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalous — having a head
- ceraceous — waxlike or waxy
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cetaceous — Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.
- chalk out — to outline (a plan, scheme, etc); sketch
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- changchou — Changzhou
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
- checkouts — Plural form of checkout.
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chiaochou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.