8-letter words containing a, c, u, s
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- ecraseur — surgical device consisting of a heavy wire loop placed around a part to be removed and tightened until it cuts through
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- educates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educate.
- 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
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- evacuees — Plural form of evacuee.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- fascinum — An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
- fast-cut — to go abruptly from one brief scene to another.
- feluccas — Plural form of felucca.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- 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.
- 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.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- 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.
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- halluces — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- haunches — the hip.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- j'accuse — any strong denunciation
- jacuzzis — Plural form of jacuzzi.
- 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.
- justicia — any of numerous plants and shrubs of the genus Justicia, which includes the shrimp plant and water willow.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.