8-letter words containing a, c, u, t, i
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- cruciate — shaped or arranged like a cross
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curatrix — a woman in charge of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cut nail — a nail having a tapering rectangular form with a blunt point, made by cutting from a thin rolled sheet of iron or steel.
- cuticula — cuticle
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- ducktail — DA.
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fugacity — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- furacity — (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- justicia — any of numerous plants and shrubs of the genus Justicia, which includes the shrimp plant and water willow.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- multicar — involving several cars
- muriatic — (not in scientific use) of or derived from muriatic acid.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- octavius — a male given name.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- pictural — a picture
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice