8-letter words containing a, c, u, s, o
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- 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
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- 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.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- octavius — a male given name.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outcaste — (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
- outcasts — Plural form of outcast.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- parcours — parcourse.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- racemous — racemose.
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.