8-letter words containing c, t, u
- enuretic — Pertaining to, or afflicted by, enuresis; tending to wet the bed.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- eructate — To burp; to belch.
- eructing — Present participle of eruct.
- 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
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eucritic — relating to eucrite
- eupeptic — Of or having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits.
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- eurocrat — European Union official
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- eustelic — Of or possessing a eustele.
- eutectic — Relating to or denoting a mixture of substances (in fixed proportions) that melts and solidifies at a single temperature that is lower than the melting points of the separate constituents or of any other mixture of them.
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- evacuant — A medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific, or especially a laxative.
- evacuate — Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safe place.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- executed — Carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action).
- executer — Alternative form of executor.
- executes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute.
- executor — A person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.
- executry — the office or activities of an executor; an executorship
- face out — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factotum — a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- fast-cut — to go abruptly from one brief scene to another.
- feculent — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- fetch up — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- fictious — (obsolete) Fictitious.
- fine-cut — cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut): fine-cut tobacco.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- foucquet — Jean or Jehan [both French zhahn] /both French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1420–c80, French painter.
- fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- fructify — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- fructive — fruitful
- 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.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- fugacity — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- full-cut — (of a brilliant) cut with 58 facets, including the table and culet.
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- furacity — (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- futtocks — Plural form of futtock.
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.