9-letter words containing ou
- 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.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- courtiers — a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- courtroom — A courtroom is a room in which a legal court meets.
- 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
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- couturier — A couturier is a person who designs, makes, and sells expensive, fashionable clothes for women.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- 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.
- craterous — of, relating to, or resembling a crater
- 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.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminous — criminal
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- cross out — If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, because they are wrong or because you want to change them.
- cross-out — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crouching — to stoop or bend low.
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crowd out — If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.
- cub scout — a member of a junior branch (for those aged 8–11 years) of the Scout Association
- curiouser — (nonstandard) Comparative form of curious.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- de-couple — to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- decoupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decouple.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- decourous — Misspelling of decorous.
- deerhound — a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful