7-letter words containing c, a, t, u
- quartic — of or relating to the fourth degree.
- racquet — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- sackbut — a medieval form of the trombone.
- sanctum — a sacred or holy place.
- sanctus — (italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- scutage — (in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
- scutari — Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- scutate — Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- stackup — stack (def 13).
- staunch — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- sulcate — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- surcoat — a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- tacitus — Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- tactful — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tactual — of or relating to the sense of touch.
- taichou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- tax cut — decrease in amount of tax
- teacups — a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- touraco — any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- traceur — a participant in the sport or activity of parkour
- tractus — an anthem sung in some Roman Catholic masses
- traduce — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
- truancy — the act or state of being truant.
- trucage — art forgery
- truncal — belonging or relating to the trunk, for example of the body or of a tree
- tuchman — Barbara (Wertheim) [wurt-hahym] /ˈwɜrt haɪm/ (Show IPA), 1912–1989, U.S. historian and writer.
- tuckals — An old statistical package still in use on some VM computers.
- tucuman — a city in NW Argentina.
- tulchan — the skin of a calf placed next to a cow to induce it to give milk
- turacin — a red pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- tuscany — a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- unacted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- uncrate — a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- unlatch — to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch.
- unstack — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- unteach — to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.
- untrace — to remove the traces from (horses)
- untrack — to remove from a track or tracks; to derail (literally or figuratively)
- upcatch — to catch up (with); to arrive at the same point as
- upcoast — along a coast in a northward direction
- usucapt — to take possession of (property)
- vacatur — a court announcement saying something is cancelled or annulled
- vacuate — to empty
- vacuist — a person who believes in the existence of vacuums between molecules and atoms of matter or between bodies of the universe
- vacuity — the state of being vacuous or without contents; vacancy; emptiness: the vacuity of the open sea.
- viaduct — a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.
- victual — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- yucatan — a peninsula in SE Mexico and N Central America comprising parts of SE Mexico, N Guatemala, and Belize.
- yucatec — a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán, Mexico.