8-letter words containing c, t, u
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- posticum — epinaos.
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pruritic — itching.
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- put back — postpone
- quantico — a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- quintics — Plural form of quintic.
- quixotic — extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- rack out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- re-count — to count again.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- reducted — to reduce.
- reductor — a tube with a stopcock at one end, usually filled with a metal, for reducing a constituent in a solution.
- reinduct — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- relucent — shining; bright.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- restruck — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- rock out — listen enthusiastically to pop music
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rusticly — in a rustic manner
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant