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8-letter words containing a, u

  • cupulate — shaped like a small cup
  • curacies — Plural form of curacy.
  • curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
  • curarize — to paralyse or treat with curare
  • 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
  • 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.
  • curators — Plural form of curator.
  • curatory — the office of a curator
  • curatrix — a woman in charge of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
  • curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
  • cure-all — A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
  • curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
  • curraghs — Plural form of curragh.
  • currants — Plural form of currant.
  • curranty — full of currants
  • curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
  • curtains — death or ruin; the end
  • curtalax — cutlass.
  • curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
  • cuspated — Ending in a point.
  • cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
  • custardy — resembling custard
  • custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
  • custumal — a customary.
  • cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
  • cut dead — to snub completely
  • 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.
  • cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
  • cut-rate — Cut-rate goods or services are cheaper than usual.
  • cutaways — Plural form of cutaway.
  • cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.
  • cutglass — Made of cut glass.
  • cutgrass — the general name for any grass of the genus Leersia, native to the Americas and Eurasia
  • cuticula — cuticle
  • cuttable — capable of being cut
  • cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
  • cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
  • cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
  • cyanuret — cyanide
  • cyanuric — of or derived from cyanuric acid.
  • cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
  • cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
  • cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
  • dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
  • daedalus — an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island
  • daguerre — Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)
  • daibutsu — a large representation of the Buddha.
  • daiquiri — A daiquiri is a drink made with rum, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and ice.
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