8-letter words containing a, c, u, r, 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
- custardy — resembling custard
- cutgrass — the general name for any grass of the genus Leersia, native to the Americas and Eurasia
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- ecraseur — surgical device consisting of a heavy wire loop placed around a part to be removed and tightened until it cuts through
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- escurial — Escorial
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- hachures — Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- parcours — parcourse.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- quadrics — Plural form of quadric.
- racemous — racemose.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- reaccuse — to accuse (a person, organization, etc) again
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- rucksack — a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, etc.
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scalprum — a large scalpel