12-letter words containing ou
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- centre court — the main court of a tennis complex, esp at Wimbledon
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circumfluous — flowing all around
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- coffee house — A coffee house is a kind of bar where people sit to drink coffee and talk. Coffee houses were especially popular in Britain in the 18th century.
- coffeehouses — Plural form of coffeehouse.
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- collembolous — of or relating to colembolans
- colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- colour model — (graphics) Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- colour-coded — Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions.
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- come out for — to announce one's approval of; endorse
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.