8-letter words containing a, b, c, u
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cunabula — a cradle
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- macahuba — a South American palm tree of the genus Acrocomia
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- muhlbach — Luise [loo-ee-zuh] /luˈi zə/ (Show IPA), (Klara Müller Mundt) 1814–73, German novelist.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- put back — postpone
- rubrical — reddish; marked with red.
- run back — to carry (a football) toward the opponent's goal, as after receiving a kickoff
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scuzzbag — a despicable or unethical person
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- staubach — Roger Thomas, born 1942, U.S. football player.
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subclaim — a claim that is part of a larger claim