8-letter words containing c, t, u
- 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- lucidity — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luck out — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- luckiest — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- luculent — clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lutecium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- maieutic — of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- masscult — the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected, interpreted, and popularized by the mass media for dissemination to the widest possible audience.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mcteague — a novel (1899) by Frank Norris.
- metuchen — a city in NE New Jersey.
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- mistouch — To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
- muck out — clear out: animal's living quarters
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
- mulcting — Present participle of mulct.
- multicar — involving several cars
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- muriatic — (not in scientific use) of or derived from muriatic acid.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- muscadet — a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- muticous — Botany. having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- neumatic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- neuritic — inflammation of a nerve.