Words That Start With: COU

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)

• a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

• a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• the territory occupied by a nation

• the people who live in a nation or country

• an area outside of cities and towns

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• joined together especially in a pair or pairs

• connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks