5-letter words containing ou
- roupy — hoarse or husky.
- rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- roust — to rout, as from a place: to roust someone out of bed.
- route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- routh — abundance; plenty.
- routs — a bellow.
- rouyn — a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.
- sajou — a South American monkey
- scoup — to jump or scamper
- scour — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- seoul — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- sioux — Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- smout — a child or undersized person
- snout — the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- sough — to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound: the wind soughing in the meadow.
- soult — Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
- soupy — resembling soup in consistency: soupy oatmeal.
- sousa — John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- souse — to swoop or pounce upon.
- south — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- stoup — a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- stour — British Dialect. tumult; confusion. a storm.
- stout — bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
- tatou — the name given to various species of armadillo
- thous — to address as “thou.”.
- touch — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- toure — Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- tours — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- touse — to handle roughly; dishevel.
- tousy — tousled or unkempt
- trout — any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- vodou — voodoo (sense 1)
- vouch — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- vouge — an axlike, shafted weapon having a curved blade tapering to a point at the top, used by foot soldiers in the 14th century and after.
- voulu — feigned or calculated; deliberate
- vrouw — a woman; wife; lady.
- would — a simple past tense and past participle of will1 .
- wound — the act of winding.
- x out — to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out): to x out an error.
- you'd — You'd is the usual spoken form of 'you had', especially when 'had' is an auxiliary verb.
- young — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- youre — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of you're.
- yourn — (obsolete, or, dialectal) yours.
- yours — to address as “thou.”.
- youse — You (usually more than one person).