8-letter words containing c, i, r, u
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- circinus — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Centaurus and the Southern Cross
- circuits — Plural form of circuit.
- circuity — (of speech, reasoning, etc) a roundabout or devious quality
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- circulet — Obsolete form of circlet.
- circulus — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
- circuses — Plural form of circus.
- circussy — characteristic of a circus
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- citruses — Plural form of citrus.
- citrussy — having or resembling the taste or colour of a citrus fruit
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- conarium — the pineal gland
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- coremium — the spore-producing organ of certain fungi that consists of conidiophores
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- couperin — François (frɑ̃swa). 1668–1733, French composer, noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music
- couriers — Plural form of courier.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crimeful — criminal; filled with crime
- critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- croupily — in a croupy manner