8-letter words containing c, e, n, s, u
- counties — Plural form of county.
- crunches — Plural form of crunch.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- cuisines — Plural form of cuisine.
- currents — Plural form of current.
- curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- cuteness — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- cutscene — (in computer games) a scene that develops the story line and is often shown on completion of a certain level, or when the player’s character dies.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- elenchus — A logical refutation.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- esculent — Fit to be eaten; edible.
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- haunches — the hip.
- incisure — a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- includes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of include.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- insecure — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- insucken — relating to, or situated within, a sucken
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- knuckles — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- muchness — Archaic. greatness, as in quantity, measure, or degree.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
- nucellus — the central cellular mass of the body of the ovule, containing the embryo sac.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nucleons — Plural form of nucleon.
- nuclides — Plural form of nuclide.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- quenches — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).