8-letter words containing c, a, u, s
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- macaques — Plural form of macaque.
- macmanus — Seumas [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- macushla — darling.
- masscult — the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected, interpreted, and popularized by the mass media for dissemination to the widest possible audience.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mollusca — the phylum comprising the mollusks.
- moluccas — a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598 (2000). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- muscadel — muscatel.
- muscadet — a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- musicals — Plural form of musical.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nausicaä — a daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, who assisted the shipwrecked Odysseus after discovering him on a beach
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- octavius — a male given name.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outcaste — (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
- outcasts — Plural form of outcast.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- parcours — parcourse.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushcard — punchboard.