8-letter words containing a, c, u, s, n
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- haunches — the hip.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- macmanus — Seumas [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nausicaä — a daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, who assisted the shipwrecked Odysseus after discovering him on a beach
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- schumann — Clara (Clara Wieck) 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- seacunny — a steersman or quartermaster in a ship manned by lascars
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sunscald — injury to the leaves, bark, or underlying tissues of woody plants due to the combined effects of heat, humidity, and intense sunshine.
- sunspace — sunroom.
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tusculan — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
- uncashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- uncasked — removed from a cask; brought out of a cask
- uncaused — not resulting from some antecedent cause.
- unceased — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- unchaste — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- unclassy — not classy; lacking in good taste or sense; crude: Always being late for appointments is unclassy.
- unscaled — noting armor having imbricated metal plates sewn to a flexible backing.