8-letter words containing a, n, o, u
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks
- columnal — of, like, or relating to a column
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- commaund — Obsolete form of command.
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concause — a shared cause
- conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
- conneaut — a city in NE Ohio.
- conquian — a variety of rummy for two players.
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- couchant — in a lying position
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- 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
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.