8-letter words containing ou
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- brownout — a dimming or reduction in the use of electric lights in a city, esp to conserve electric power or as a defensive precaution in wartime
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- bullpout — a type of fish
- burn out — If a fire burns itself out, it stops burning because there is nothing left to burn.
- bust out — escape from somewhere
- butt out — If someone tells you to butt out, they are telling you rudely to go away or not to interfere with what they are doing.
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- caducous — (of parts of a plant or animal) shed during the life of the organism
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- cameroun — Cameroon
- camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- carcajou — wolverine
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carneous — fleshy
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carouse.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- chaozhou — a city in SE China, in E Guangdong province, on the Han River: river port. Pop: 480 000 (2005 est)
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.