8-letter words containing c, a, t, u
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- 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
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- ducktail — DA.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- ecaudate — having no tail.
- educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- educatee — a person who receives instruction; student.
- educates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educate.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- enacture — an enactment
- enchaunt — Obsolete form of enchant.
- eructate — To burp; to belch.
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eurocrat — European Union official
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- evacuant — A medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific, or especially a laxative.
- evacuate — Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safe place.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- face out — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factotum — a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- fast-cut — to go abruptly from one brief scene to another.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.