8-letter words containing a, c, r, u
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- avicular — of or relating to small birds
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- back rub — a form of massage in which the masseur rubs one's back
- back run — a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- calcular — relating to calculus
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameroun — Cameroon
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- cannular — shaped like a cannula
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cantuar. — Cantuariensis
- capsular — relating to or resembling a capsule
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- capturer — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- carcajou — wolverine
- card-cut — having a fretwork pattern in low relief: card-cut woodwork.
- carducci — Giosuè (dʒozuˈɛ). 1835–1907, Italian poet: Nobel prize for literature 1906
- carefull — Obsolete spelling of careful.
- cariacou — any of several deer of the American subgenus Cariacus
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carinula — a small carina.
- carnauba — a Brazilian fan palm, Copernicia cerifera
- carneous — fleshy
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.