5-letter words containing ou
- houre — Obsolete spelling of hour.
- houri — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hours — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- inout — (programming) A type or "mode" of function parameter that passes information in both directions - from the caller to the function and back to the caller, combining the in and out modes. An "inout" parameter might be used where the function needs to read and update some data belonging to the caller as a side effect of its main purpose.
- joual — any of the nonstandard dialects of Canadian French, characterized by deviations from the standard phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and often containing many borrowings from English.
- jougs — an iron ring, fastened by a chain to a wall, post, or tree, in which an offender was held by the neck: common in Scotland from the 16th to 18th century
- jouks — a sudden, elusive movement.
- joule — James Prescott, 1818–89, English physicist.
- jouls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joul.
- joust — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- jouve — Pierre Jean [pyer zhahn] /pyɛr ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1887–1976, French writer.
- khoum — A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.
- knout — a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- koura — either of two New Zealand freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops
- loude — (obsolete) Sound.
- louer — Obsolete typography of lover.
- loues — Plural form of loue.
- lough — a lake.
- louhi — a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- louie — a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- louis — louis d'or.
- loupe — any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- loups — Plural form of loup.
- loure — a slow dance of French origin
- lours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lour.
- loury — lowery.
- louse — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lousy — infested with lice.
- louth — a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- louts — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louys — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- miaou — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- mouch — to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- moues — Plural form of moue.
- mould — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- moule — a mussel, esp. an edible variety
- moult — (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- mound — a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.
- mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- mourn — Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
- mouse — A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
- mouso — (jargon) /mow'soh/ (By analogy with "typo") An error in mouse usage resulting in an inappropriate selection or graphic garbage on the screen. Compare thinko.
- mousy — resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- mouth — Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- nouch — (obsolete) An ouch; a jewel.
- nould — would not
- nouns — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nouny — (of a word) resembling a noun
- nouse — (neologism) A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.