8-letter words containing ou
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- closeout — A closeout at a store is a sale at which goods are sold at reduced prices.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudlet — a small cloud
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
- concious — Misspelling of conscious.
- concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
- conk-out — to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out): The engine conked out halfway there.
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- cookouts — Plural form of cookout.
- cool out — to relax and cool down
- cool-out — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- couchant — in a lying position
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- could be — It's possible
- could've — Could've is the usual spoken form of 'could have', when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- couldest — Alternative form of couldst.
- couldn't — Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
- coulisse — a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel, such as a sluicegate, portcullis, or stage flat
- coulombs — Plural form of coulomb.
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- councell — Obsolete spelling of council.
- councils — Plural form of council.
- counsell — Obsolete spelling of counsel.
- counsels — Plural form of counsel.
- count in — If you tell someone to count you in, you mean that you want to be included in an activity.
- count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.