10-letter words containing OU
Embark on an exploration of 10-letter words that contain the letter OU. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate OU within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ridiculous | 13 | inspiring scornful pity | - |
| background | 20 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| throughout | 17 | from first to last | - |
| surrounded | 12 | confined on all sides | a camp surrounded by enemies |
| mysterious | 15 | of an obscure nature | the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms |
| suspicious | 14 | not as expected | suspicious behavior |
| journalist | 17 | someone who keeps a diary or journal | - |
| foundation | 14 | education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge | he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study |
| tournament | 12 | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | - |
| tremendous | 13 | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | - |
| previously | 18 | at an earlier time or formerly | she had previously lived in Chicago |
| accountant | 14 | someone who maintains and audits business accounts | - |
| thoroughly | 20 | completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') | - |
| outrageous | 11 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | spends an outrageous amount on entertainment |
| playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - |
| marvellous | 15 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| encouraged | 14 | inspired with confidence | - |
| courageous | 13 | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain |
| contagious | 13 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| thoughtful | 20 | acting with or showing thought and good sense | - |
| accounting | 15 | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | they send me an accounting every month |
| rendezvous | 23 | a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex | - |
| auspicious | 14 | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | an auspicious beginning for the campaign |
| journalism | 19 | newspapers and magazines collectively | - |
| greenhouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| continuous | 12 | continuing in time or space without interruption | a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light |
| counseling | 13 | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | - |
| courthouse | 15 | a building that houses judicial courts | - |
| pronounced | 15 | strongly marked; easily noticeable | a pronounced flavor of cinnamon |
| lighthouse | 17 | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | - |
| miraculous | 14 | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention | - |
| victorious | 15 | experiencing triumph | - |
| honourable | 15 | adhering to ethical and moral principles | - |
| announcing | 13 | - | - |
| indigenous | 12 | originating where it is found | the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan |
| counsellor | 12 | a lawyer who pleads cases in court | - |
| prosperous | 14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | a prosperous family |
| disastrous | 11 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign |
| camouflage | 18 | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | - |
| ultrasound | 11 | using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | - |
| profoundly | 19 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | - |
| infectious | 15 | caused by infection or capable of causing infection | - |
| enormously | 15 | extremely | he was enormously popular |
| whorehouse | 19 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| rebellious | 12 | discontented as toward authority | - |
| roundabout | 13 | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | - |
| horrendous | 14 | causing fear or dread or terror | horrendous explosions shook the city |
| nutritious | 10 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| councilman | 16 | a man who is a council member | - |
| councillor | 14 | a member of a council | - |
| scandalous | 13 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | scandalous behavior |
| astounding | 12 | so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | an astounding achievement |
| meticulous | 14 | marked by precise accordance with details | meticulous research |
| soundtrack | 17 | sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film | - |
| discourage | 14 | try to prevent; show opposition to | We should discourage this practice among our youth |
| guesthouse | 14 | a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
| generously | 14 | in a generous manner | - |
| monogamous | 15 | (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate | monogamous marriage |
| fictitious | 15 | adopted in order to deceive | a fictitious address |
| capricious | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | a capricious refusal |
| warehouses | 16 | - | - |
| silhouette | 13 | a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color | - |
| vigorously | 17 | with vigor; in a vigorous manner | he defended his ideas vigorously |
| stupendous | 13 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | a stupendous field of grass |
| precarious | 14 | not secure; beset with difficulties | - |
| voluptuous | 15 | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | - |
| tambourine | 14 | a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | - |
| graciously | 16 | in a gracious or graceful manner | he did not have a chance to grow up graciously |
| tourniquet | 19 | bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure | - |
| mouthpiece | 19 | the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | - |
| autonomous | 12 | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | an autonomous judiciary |
| harmonious | 15 | exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | - |
| campground | 18 | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | - |
| foreground | 15 | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | - |
| resounding | 12 | characterized by resonance | - |
| incestuous | 12 | resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
| favourable | 18 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | - |
| thousandth | 17 | one part in a thousand equal parts | - |
| thunderous | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| fairground | 15 | an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
| turnaround | 11 | act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | - |
| monotonous | 12 | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | nothing is so monotonous as the sea |
| powerhouse | 18 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| synonymous | 18 | (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
| bloodhound | 17 | a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | - |
| steakhouse | 17 | a restaurant that specializes in steaks | - |
| cautiously | 15 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | she ventured cautiously downstairs |
| countryman | 17 | a man who lives in the country and has country ways | - |
| ubiquitous | 21 | being present everywhere at once | - |
| spellbound | 15 | having your attention fixated as though by a spell | - |
| chivalrous | 18 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
| cretaceous | 14 | from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants | - |
| northbound | 16 | moving toward the north | the northbound lane |
| nourishing | 14 | of or providing nourishment | good nourishing stew |
| gratuitous | 11 | unnecessary and unwarranted | - |
| lascivious | 15 | driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | - |
| troubadour | 13 | a singer of folk songs | - |
| precocious | 16 | appearing or developing early | precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias |
| southbound | 16 | moving toward the south | a southbound train |
| storehouse | 13 | a depository for goods | storehouses were built close to the docks |
| fabulously | 18 | exceedingly; extremely | she plays fabulously well |
| impervious | 17 | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | a material impervious to water |
| soundproof | 16 | impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound | a soundproof room |
| fortuitous | 13 | having no cause or apparent cause | fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune |
| confounded | 17 | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | a cloudy and confounded philosopher |
| adulterous | 11 | characterized by adultery | an adulterous relationship |
| traitorous | 10 | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | a lying traitorous insurrectionist |
| fourteenth | 16 | coming next after the thirteenth in position | - |
| amphibious | 19 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| outlandish | 14 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | the outlandish clothes of teenagers |
| denouncing | 14 | - | - |
| pernicious | 14 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | - |
| posthumous | 17 | occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | a posthumous award |
| prodigious | 14 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | the young Mozart's prodigious talents |
| groundwork | 19 | lowest support of a structure | - |
| tantamount | 12 | being essentially equal to something | his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt |
| counteract | 14 | oppose or check by a counteraction | - |
| groundless | 12 | without a basis in reason or fact | the allegations proved groundless |
| thereabout | 15 | near that place | he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks |
| outpatient | 12 | a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated | - |
| gloriously | 14 | with glory or in a glorious manner | where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded |
| scrupulous | 14 | characterized by extreme care and great effort | scrupulous attention to details |
| hereabouts | 15 | in this general vicinity | the people are friendly hereabouts |
| boisterous | 12 | violently agitated and turbulent | boisterous winds and waves |
| villainous | 13 | extremely wicked | a villainous plot |
| roundhouse | 14 | a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | - |
| colourless | 12 | weak in color; not colorful | - |
| contiguous | 13 | having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho |
| treasonous | 10 | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | - |
| rigorously | 14 | in a rigorous manner | he had been trained rigorously by the monks |
| racecourse | 14 | a course over which races are run | - |
| renouncing | 13 | - | - |
| jealousies | 17 | - | - |
| gluttonous | 11 | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink | over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands |
| tumultuous | 12 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | the tumultuous years of his administration |
| fastidious | 14 | having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | fastidious microorganisms |
| cantaloupe | 14 | the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | - |
| compounded | 18 | combined into or constituting a chemical compound | - |
| blockhouse | 21 | a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
| smokehouse | 19 | a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | - |
| denouement | 13 | the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | - |
| perfidious | 16 | tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | the perfidious Judas |
| slanderous | 11 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| guardhouse | 15 | a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained | - |
| wheelhouse | 19 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| wraparound | 16 | a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around | - |
| roundtable | 13 | a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views | a roundtable on the future of computing |
| obsequious | 21 | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | - |
| coursework | 19 | work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
| gregarious | 12 | instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others | he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude |
| shouldered | 15 | having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form | stoop-shouldered |
| compounder | 17 | - | - |
| gelatinous | 11 | thick like gelatin | - |
| ungenerous | 11 | lacking in magnanimity | it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note |
| recounting | 13 | an act of narration | his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable |
| outclassed | 13 | decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class | - |
| avaricious | 15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | they are avaricious and will do anything for money |
| houseguest | 14 | a guest entertained in your house | - |
| iniquitous | 19 | characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | iniquitous deeds |
| licentious | 12 | lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained | coarse and licentious men |
| southerner | 13 | an American who lives in the South | - |
| solicitous | 12 | full of anxiety and concern | solicitous parents |
| outpouring | 13 | a natural flow of ground water | - |
| earthbound | 16 | lacking wit or imagination | - |
| infrasound | 14 | - | - |
| wondrously | 17 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| perilously | 15 | in a dangerous manner | - |
| salubrious | 12 | promoting health; healthful | the salubrious mountain air and water |
| outfielder | 14 | a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield | - |
| extraneous | 17 | not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | water free of extraneous matter |
| calamitous | 14 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | a calamitous defeat |
| journeying | 21 | the act of traveling from one place to another | - |
| glamourous | 13 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | - |
| penthouses | 15 | - | - |
| southwards | 17 | toward the south | - |
| sulphurous | 15 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | - |
| motormouth | 17 | someone who talks incessantly | I wish that motormouth would shut up |
| clamouring | 15 | loud and persistent outcry from many people | - |
| curvaceous | 17 | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes |
| bourgeoise | 13 | - | - |
| housebound | 16 | confined usually by illness | - |
| indecorous | 13 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | indecorous behavior |
| impounding | 16 | placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | - |
| mousseline | 12 | - | - |
| embouchure | 19 | the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | - |
| fallacious | 15 | intended to deceive | fallacious testimony |
| favourably | 21 | showing approval | - |
| cloudburst | 15 | a heavy rain | - |
| counselled | 13 | - | - |
| herbaceous | 17 | characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part | - |
| touchstone | 15 | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | - |
| touchingly | 19 | in a poignant or touching manner | - |
| ungracious | 13 | lacking social graces | - |
| outgrowing | 15 | - | - |
| acoustical | 14 | of or relating to the science of acoustics | - |
| houseplant | 15 | any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
| homogenous | 16 | all of the same or similar kind or nature | - |
| housebreak | 19 | train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house | - |
| journeyman | 22 | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | - |
| libidinous | 13 | driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | libidinous orgies |
| vociferous | 18 | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | a vociferous mob |
| waterspout | 15 | a heavy rain | - |
| pugnacious | 15 | ready and able to resort to force or violence | pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance |
| statehouse | 13 | a government building in which a state legislature meets | - |
| outfitting | 14 | the act of renovating and fitting out a ship | - |
| overground | 15 | - | - |
| loquacious | 21 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| euphonious | 15 | having a pleasant sound | a euphonious trill of silver laughter |
| farmhouses | 18 | - | - |
| cadaverous | 16 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | - |
| cloudiness | 13 | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | - |
| circuitous | 14 | marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | the explanation was circuitous and puzzling |
| humourless | 15 | lacking humor | - |
| housewares | 16 | - | - |
| infamously | 18 | - | - |
| languorous | 11 | lacking spirit or liveliness | a hot languorous afternoon |
| uproarious | 12 | uncontrollably noisy | - |
| untroubled | 13 | free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | - |
| polygamous | 18 | having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | - |
| scurrilous | 12 | expressing offensive reproach | - |
| mendacious | 15 | given to lying | a mendacious child |
| misogynous | 16 | hating women in particular | - |
| dollhouses | 14 | - | - |
| factitious | 15 | not produced by natural forces | brokers created a factitious demand for stocks |
| foursquare | 22 | with firmness and conviction; without compromise | he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration |
| bathhouses | 18 | - | - |
| incautious | 12 | carelessly failing to exercise proper caution | an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs |
| largemouth | 16 | a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye | - |
| leguminous | 13 | relating to or consisting of legumes | - |
| glasshouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| gorgeously | 15 | in an impressively beautiful manner | the Princess was gorgeously dressed |
| throughput | 19 | output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time) | - |
| voluminous | 15 | marked by repeated turns and bends | - |
| portentous | 12 | ominously prophetic | - |
| preciously | 17 | extremely | - |
| ravenously | 16 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | - |
| sensuously | 13 | with aesthetic gratification or delight | sensuously delighting in the wine and food |
| spirituous | 12 | containing or of the nature of alcohol | spirituous liquors |
| studiously | 14 | in a studious manner | she examined the data studiously |
| roughhouse | 17 | engage in rough or disorderly play | - |
| outwitting | 14 | - | - |
| doubletree | 13 | a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
| felicitous | 15 | marked by good fortune | a felicitous life |
| flavouring | 17 | something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | - |
| foundering | 15 | (of a ship) sinking | - |
| clubhouses | 17 | - | - |
| coniferous | 15 | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves | - |
| countertop | 14 | the top side of a counter | - |
| decoupling | 16 | - | - |
| autologous | 11 | derived from organisms of the selfsame individual | autologous blood donation |
| bigmouthed | 19 | unwisely talking too much | - |
| groundsman | 14 | someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) | - |
| innumerous | 12 | too numerous to be counted | - |
| inglorious | 11 | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | inglorious defeat |
| throughway | 23 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| ungrounded | 13 | - | - |
| sedulously | 14 | in a sedulous manner | this illusion has been sedulously fostered |
| snowplough | 19 | a vehicle used to push snow from roads | - |
| subroutine | 12 | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | - |
| surmounted | 13 | having something on top | columns surmounted by statues |
| robustious | 12 | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | a robustious group of teenagers |
| mountebank | 18 | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | - |
| nonserious | 10 | - | - |
| outshining | 14 | - | - |
| outselling | 11 | - | - |
| outperform | 17 | be or do something to a greater degree | This car outperforms all others in its class |
| ecotourism | 14 | tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature | - |
| flophouses | 18 | - | - |
| fourchette | 18 | - | - |
| gangrenous | 12 | suffering from tissue death | - |
| diaphanous | 16 | so thin as to transmit light | a hat with a diaphanous veil |
| desirously | 14 | - | - |
| jouissance | 19 | - | - |
| loungecore | 13 | - | - |
| housecarle | 15 | - | - |
| outharbour | 15 | - | - |
| outsourcer | 12 | - | - |
| overloudly | 17 | - | - |
| mouthguard | 17 | - | - |
| arousingly | 14 | - | - |
| aftertouch | 18 | - | - |
| farouchely | 21 | - | - |
| fourscores | 15 | - | - |
| floathouse | 16 | - | - |
| couverture | 15 | chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
| untouristy | 13 | - | - |
| youngblood | 17 | - | - |
| rancourous | 12 | - | - |
| housetrain | 13 | - | - |
| carousings | 13 | - | - |
| brewhouses | 18 | - | - |
| boutiquier | 21 | - | - |
| bouncedown | 18 | - | - |
| boulderier | 13 | - | - |
| boozehound | 25 | - | - |
| colourizer | 21 | - | - |
| colourisms | 14 | - | - |
| colouriser | 12 | - | - |
| colouriest | 12 | - | - |
| colourcast | 14 | a television program that is broadcast in color | - |
| colourbred | 15 | - | - |
| coenamours | 14 | - | - |
| counsellee | 12 | - | - |
| chermoulas | 17 | - | - |
| antitumour | 12 | used in the treatment of cancer | - |
| antiarmour | 12 | - | - |
| autonymous | 15 | - | - |
| bluemouths | 17 | - | - |
| beansprout | 14 | - | - |
| beclamours | 16 | - | - |
| flavourist | 16 | - | - |
| flavourier | 16 | - | - |
| houselings | 14 | - | - |
| housewraps | 18 | - | - |
| groupworks | 20 | - | - |
| grapelouse | 13 | - | - |
| harbourful | 18 | - | - |
| doughballs | 17 | - | - |
| ecotouring | 13 | - | - |
| mislabours | 14 | - | - |
| mourvedres | 16 | - | - |
| mousselike | 16 | - | - |
| nougatines | 11 | - | - |
| outhumours | 15 | - | - |
| outlashing | 14 | - | - |
| outlusters | 10 | - | - |
| outpsyched | 21 | - | - |
| outridings | 12 | - | - |
| outsavours | 13 | - | - |
| outstrided | 12 | - | - |
| outharbors | 15 | - | - |
| outcalling | 13 | - | - |
| oogamously | 16 | - | - |
| otterhound | 14 | hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters | - |
| noncolours | 12 | - | - |
| jealousest | 17 | - | - |
| ingrounded | 13 | - | - |
| indextrous | 18 | - | - |
| insourcing | 13 | - | - |
| labourites | 12 | - | - |
| larvaceous | 15 | - | - |
| libelously | 15 | - | - |
| reploughed | 17 | - | - |
| recoloured | 13 | - | - |
| serogroups | 13 | - | - |
| shithouses | 16 | - | - |
| scourgings | 14 | - | - |
| pumphouses | 19 | - | - |
| overfavour | 19 | - | - |
| overhonour | 16 | - | - |
| poutassous | 12 | - | - |
| premoulded | 16 | - | - |
| ploughhead | 20 | - | - |
| ploughback | 24 | - | - |
| playdoughs | 20 | - | - |
| touristier | 10 | - | - |
| troughings | 15 | - | - |
| ungrouping | 14 | - | - |
| unbouncier | 14 | - | - |
| uncloudier | 13 | - | - |
| smouldrier | 13 | - | - |
| smashmouth | 20 | - | - |
| snowmoulds | 16 | - | - |
| shophouses | 18 | - | - |
| sulfureous | 13 | - | - |
| wordcounts | 16 | - | - |
| vapouriest | 15 | - | - |
| camouflets | 17 | - | - |
| camoufleur | 17 | - | - |
| cancellous | 14 | having an open or latticed or porous structure | - |
| cantaloups | 14 | - | - |
| canorously | 15 | - | - |
| caoutchouc | 19 | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products | - |
| calcareous | 14 | composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | - |
| byssaceous | 17 | - | - |
| cactaceous | 16 | - | - |
| cacuminous | 16 | - | - |
| callousing | 13 | - | - |
| calumnious | 14 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| caliatours | 12 | - | - |
| caliginous | 13 | dark and misty and gloomy | - |
| calembours | 16 | - | - |
| cassoulets | 12 | - | - |
| cartouches | 17 | - | - |
| catamounts | 14 | - | - |
| catarrhous | 15 | - | - |
| captiously | 17 | in a captious, carping manner | he was captiously pedantic |
| carrousels | 12 | - | - |
| carrefours | 15 | - | - |
| chairbound | 18 | - | - |
| charthouse | 18 | - | - |
| censorious | 12 | harshly critical or expressing censure | was censorious of petty failings |
| ceriferous | 15 | - | - |
| ceruminous | 14 | relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
| chophouses | 20 | - | - |
| choucroute | 17 | - | - |
| choultries | 15 | - | - |
| chountered | 16 | - | - |
| chowhounds | 22 | - | - |
| chylaceous | 20 | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | - |
| ciclatouns | 14 | - | - |
| chunderous | 16 | - | - |
| chibouques | 26 | - | - |
| cheekpouch | 26 | - | - |
| chincoughs | 21 | - | - |
| cloudlands | 14 | - | - |
| cloudscape | 17 | - | - |
| cloudtowns | 16 | - | - |
| clothbound | 18 | - | - |
| cloudberry | 18 | creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | - |
| coccineous | 16 | - | - |
| coalhouses | 15 | - | - |
| clamourers | 14 | - | - |
| clangorous | 13 | having a loud resonant metallic sound | the clangorous locomotive works |
| clangoured | 14 | - | - |
| cistaceous | 14 | - | - |
| colourants | 12 | - | - |
| colourfast | 15 | - | - |
| colourings | 13 | - | - |
| colourised | 13 | - | - |
| colourises | 12 | - | - |
| colourists | 12 | - | - |
| colourized | 22 | - | - |
| colourizes | 21 | - | - |
| colourably | 17 | - | - |
| colourable | 14 | - | - |
| colostrous | 12 | - | - |
| colourwash | 18 | - | - |
| colourways | 18 | - | - |
| commodious | 17 | large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | a commodious harbor |
| coetaneous | 12 | of the same period | - |
| cofounding | 17 | - | - |
| cofounders | 16 | - | - |
| cocounsels | 14 | - | - |
| coldhouses | 16 | - | - |
| cohousings | 16 | - | - |
| concourses | 14 | - | - |
| confounder | 16 | - | - |
| concinnous | 14 | - | - |
| cookhouses | 19 | - | - |
| coolhouses | 15 | - | - |
| coonhounds | 16 | - | - |
| cornflours | 15 | - | - |
| cornaceous | 14 | - | - |
| coriaceous | 14 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
| corfhouses | 18 | - | - |
| contrecoup | 16 | - | - |
| controuled | 13 | - | - |
| contouring | 13 | - | - |
| cousinages | 13 | - | - |
| cousinhood | 16 | - | - |
| cousinries | 12 | - | - |
| cousinship | 17 | - | - |
| couturiere | 12 | - | - |
| couturiers | 12 | - | - |
| covermount | 17 | - | - |
| covetously | 18 | in a greedy manner | - |
| creepmouse | 16 | - | - |
| couscousou | 14 | - | - |
| countercry | 17 | - | - |
| countrymen | 17 | - | - |
| countships | 17 | - | - |
| coupledoms | 17 | - | - |
| couplement | 16 | - | - |
| couponings | 15 | - | - |
| courageful | 16 | - | - |
| countryish | 18 | - | - |
| countlines | 12 | - | - |
| countering | 13 | - | - |
| counterion | 12 | - | - |
| counterman | 14 | someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) | - |
| countermen | 14 | - | - |
| counterspy | 17 | a spy who works against enemy espionage | - |
| countersue | 12 | - | - |
| countesses | 12 | - | - |
| courantoes | 12 | - | - |
| courbarils | 14 | - | - |
| courbettes | 14 | - | - |
| courtierly | 15 | - | - |
| courtliest | 12 | - | - |
| courtlings | 13 | - | - |
| courtrooms | 14 | - | - |
| courtships | 17 | - | - |
| courtsides | 13 | - | - |
| courtyards | 16 | - | - |
| courtezans | 21 | - | - |
| courtesies | 12 | - | - |
| courgettes | 13 | - | - |
| couriering | 13 | - | - |
| coursebook | 18 | - | - |
| courseware | 15 | - | - |
| courtcraft | 17 | - | - |
| courtesans | 12 | - | - |
| courtesied | 13 | - | - |
| couscouses | 14 | - | - |
| counterbid | 15 | - | - |
| councilors | 14 | - | - |
| counselees | 12 | - | - |
| counselors | 12 | - | - |
