Words ending with ou
2 letter words ending with ou
- ou — A fruit-eating Hawaiian honeycreeper with a stout bill and green and yellow plumage.
3 letter words ending with ou
- dou — Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- eou — (character, humour) The mnemonic of a mythical ASCII control character (End Of User) that would make an ASR-33 Teletype explode on receipt. This construction parodies the numerous obscure delimiter and control characters left in ASCII from the days when it was associated more with wire-service teletypes than computers (e.g. FS, GS, RS, US, EM, SUB, ETX, and especially EOT). It is worth remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a lot of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was nowhere near as ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in front of a tube or flatscreen today.
- fou — crazy; foolish.
- iou — promissory note
- lou — Henry Louis ("Lou") 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.
4 letter words ending with ou
5 letter words ending with ou
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- bayou — A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana.
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- d'you — D'you is a shortened form of 'do you' or 'did you', used in spoken English.
- fogou — (archaeology) A Cornish souterrain, a underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
6 letter words ending with ou
- acajou — a type of mahogany used by cabinet-makers in France
- allyou — all of you
- amadou — a spongy substance made from certain fungi, such as Polyporus (or Fomes) fomentarius and related species, used as tinder to light fires, in medicine to stop bleeding, and, esp formerly, by anglers to dry off dry flies between casts
- baotou — an industrial city in N China, in the central Inner Mongolia AR on the Yellow River. Pop: 1 367 000 (2005 est)
- biniou — a small high-pitched Breton bagpipe
7 letter words ending with ou
- angelou — Maya, real name Marguerite Johnson. 1928–2014, US Black novelist, poet, and dramatist. Her works include the autobiographical novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) and its sequels
- barthou — (Jean) Louis [zhahn lwee] /ʒɑ̃ lwi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1934, French statesman and author.
- caribou — A caribou is a large north American deer.
- cotonou — the chief port and official capital of Benin, on the Bight of Benin. Pop: 891 000 (2005 est)
- cou-cou — a preparation of boiled corn meal and okras, stirred to a stiff consistency with a cou-cou stick, eaten in the Caribbean
8 letter words ending with ou
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- carcajou — wolverine
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- chaozhou — a city in SE China, in E Guangdong province, on the Han River: river port. Pop: 480 000 (2005 est)
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
9 letter words ending with ou
- 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.
- 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.
- cortelyou — George Bruce, 1862–1940, U.S. cabinet officer and public utility director.
10 letter words ending with ou
- chiungchou — Qiongzhou.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- miniconjou — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota Indians and originally inhabiting parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
- nouadhibou — a seaport in SW Mauritania.
11 letter words ending with ou
- ouagadougou — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 106,111 sq. mi. (274,827 sq. km). Capital: Ouagadougou.
- thohoyandou — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- zhangjiakou — a city in NW Hebei province, in NE China: capital of the former Qahar province.
12 letter words ending with ou
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- haji-ioannou — Sir Stelios. born 1967, British businessman, born in Greece; founder (1995) and chairman (until 2002) of the low-cost airline company Easyjet
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
16 letter words ending with ou
- holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
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