8-letter words containing c, l, u, t
- cuticles — Plural form of cuticle.
- cuticula — cuticle
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- cuttling — to fold (cloth) face to face after finishing.
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- declutch — to disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- delectus — (obsolete) An elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.
- ducktail — DA.
- ductless — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- dulcetly — In a dulcet manner.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- electrum — A natural or artificial alloy of gold with at least 20 percent silver, used for jewelry, especially in ancient times.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- esculent — Fit to be eaten; edible.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eustelic — Of or possessing a eustele.
- feculent — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- full-cut — (of a brilliant) cut with 58 facets, including the table and culet.
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- ich-laut — the voiceless palatal fricative sound that is written as ch in German ich, often allophonic with the ach-laut
- insculpt — engraved
- jaculate — to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- lectured — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- lecturer — a person who lectures.
- lectures — Plural form of lecture.
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- lettuces — Plural form of lettuce.
- leukotic — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line cut — an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def 2).
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- liturgic — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- lock out — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- lockouts — Plural form of lockout.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- locutory — locutorium.