8-letter words containing a, b, c, u
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- bucellas — a Portuguese white wine
- buchanan — George. 1506–82, Scottish historian, who was tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI; author of History of Scotland (1582)
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- buy-back — A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors.
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- can buoy — a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US waters
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carnauba — a Brazilian fan palm, Copernicia cerifera
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- causable — that can be caused
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- club bag — a soft, usually leather, two-handled bag suitable for use in traveling or for general utility.
- club car — a railway carriage with comfortable extending chairs, a bar, and other comforts
- clubable — Alternative form of clubbable.
- clubface — the face of a golf club
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- clubhaul — to force (a sailing vessel) onto a new tack, esp in an emergency, by fastening a lee anchor to the lee quarter, dropping the anchor as the vessel comes about, and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- clubland — A city's clubland is the area that contains all the best nightclubs.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cubicula — a burial chamber, as in catacombs.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.