8-letter words containing c, a, e, u
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aquacade — an aquatic exhibition or entertainment consisting of swimming, diving, etc., often to music
- aquacise — A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- aquiesce — Misspelling of acquiesce.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auspices — an augur of ancient Rome.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- avouches — to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- blueback — any of several species of fish with a blue colouring
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- bucellas — a Portuguese white wine
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- caciques — Plural form of cacique.
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- caducean — relating to a caduceus
- caduceus — a staff entwined with two serpents and bearing a pair of wings at the top, carried by Hermes (Mercury) as messenger of the gods