8-letter words containing a, c, s
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- curacies — Plural form of curacy.
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curraghs — Plural form of curragh.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- custardy — resembling custard
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- custumal — a customary.
- cutaways — Plural form of cutaway.
- cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.
- cutglass — Made of cut glass.
- cutgrass — the general name for any grass of the genus Leersia, native to the Americas and Eurasia
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanines — Plural form of cyanine.
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cyclades — a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles)
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cypselae — Plural form of cypsela.
- cytaster — aster.
- czarists — of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or the system and principles of government under a czar.
- czaritsa — A czarina or tsaritsa.
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- damascus — the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc. Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- damrosch — Walter (Johannes)1862-1950; U.S. conductor & composer, born in Germany
- day case — a patient or case that comes into hospital for a surgical procedure and is dealt with and released in the course of one day
- daypacks — Plural form of daypack.
- debacles — Plural form of debacle.
- dec wars — A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms. Some years later, ESR (disappointed by Hastings and Tarr's failure to exploit a great premise more thoroughly) posted a 3-times-longer complete rewrite called "Unix WARS"; the two are often confused.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- deceased — The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
- deceases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decease.
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- descaled — Simple past tense and past participle of descale.
- descaler — a thing for removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.