8-letter words containing a, c, u, t
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- capturer — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- card-cut — having a fretwork pattern in low relief: card-cut woodwork.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- carucate — the area of land an oxen team could plough in a year
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- catalufa — any of several bigeyes, as Pristigenys serrula (popeye catalufa) found in the Pacific Ocean.
- catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
- catch up — If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
- catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- catsuits — Plural form of catsuit.
- catullus — Gaius Valerius (ˈɡaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84–?54 bc, Roman lyric poet, noted particularly for his love poems
- caudaite — a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- caudated — Having a tail, or a termination resembling a tail; caudate.
- caustics — Plural form of caustic.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- celature — the art of embossing metal.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cetaceum — spermaceti.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chaqueta — a heavy jacket associated with South American cowboys
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- chetumal — city in SE Mexico: capital of Quintana Roo state: pop. 38,000
- chiquita — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- claustra — barrier.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.