7-letter words containing c, a, u
- ebauche — a rough sketch or initial version
- ecuador — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- educand — Someone who is to be, or is being educated.
- educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- educrat — An education administrator.
- eucaine — a crystalline optically active substance formerly used as a local anaesthetic. Formula: C15H21NO2
- euclase — a brittle green gem
- eucrasy — (medicine, archaic) A mixture of qualities that constitutes health or soundness.
- evacuee — A person evacuated from a place of danger to somewhere safe.
- excusal — the act of excusing
- face up — facing upwards
- faceful — An amount that fills or covers the face.
- factful — something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
- factual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- factums — Plural form of factum.
- facture — the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- faculae — Plural form of facula.
- faculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- falcula — (plural only) The falx cerebelli.
- farceur — a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- farruca — a Spanish flamenco dance.
- faucets — Plural form of faucet.
- faucial — Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- faulcon — Obsolete form of falcon.
- feculae — Plural form of fecula.
- felucca — a sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
- festuca — any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- flaunch — a cement or mortar slope around a chimney top, manhole, etc, to throw off water
- fractur — Fraktur (def 2).
- fractus — containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- fructan — a type of polymer of fructose, present in certain fruits
- fuchsia — a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
- fumaric — of or derived from fumaric acid.
- funchal — a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- funckia — any plant of the genus Hosta, resembling lilies
- furcate — forked; branching.
- furcula — the forked clavicular bone of a bird; wishbone.
- furnace — a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- fuschia — Misspelling of fuchsia.
- gauchos — Plural form of gaucho.
- glauco- — bluish-green, silvery, or gray
- glaucus — A genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.
- glucans — Plural form of glucan.
- glucina — (obsolete, chemistry) beryllium oxide.
- gnumacs — /gnoo'maks/ [contraction of "GNU Emacs"] Often-heard abbreviated name for the GNU project's flagship tool, Emacs. Used especially in contrast with GOSMACS.
- gouache — a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.
- graunch — Make a crunching or grinding noise.
- guanaco — a wild South American ruminant, Lama guanicoe, of which the llama and alpaca are believed to be domesticated varieties: related to the camels.
- hachure — one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- hack up — (jargon) To hack, but generally implies that the result is a quick hack. Contrast this with hack on. To "hack up on" implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system. Contrast hacked up; compare kluge up, monkey up, cruft together.