8-letter words containing c, o, u, r, t
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- eurocrat — European Union official
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- executor — A person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- locutory — locutorium.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nocturne — a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- outcrier — One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier.
- outcries — Plural form of outcry.
- outcrops — Plural form of outcrop.
- outcross — to cross (animals or plants) by breeding individuals of different strains but, usually, of the same breed.
- outcrowd — to crowd out or exclude
- outcurse — to exceed in cursing
- outcurve — Baseball. a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter. the course of such a ball.
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.