8-letter words containing a, t, u, i
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- buzzbait — a fishing lure with small blades that stir the water
- caducity — perishableness
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- canticum — a canticle
- capitula — Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- catsuits — Plural form of catsuit.
- caudaite — a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- 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.
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- chiquita — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”.
- 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.
- 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
- daibutsu — a large representation of the Buddha.
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- daunting — Something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
- deutzias — Plural form of deutzia.
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william