8-letter words containing o, u
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- avouches — to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- azureous — (zoology) of a fine blue color; azure.
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- baghouse — a dust-filtering chamber consisting of fabric filter bags
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- beehouse — A beehive or apiary.
- befouled — to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- beliquor — to cause to be drunk
- belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
- berouged — wearing rouge
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- besought — beseech
- besouled — having a soul
- bespouse — to marry
- beyrouth — Beirut.
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol