8-letter words containing c, t, u
- clutched — to hatch (chickens).
- clutcher — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- clutches — power or control
- cluttery — full of clutter
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cockshut — dusk
- cocoanut — the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- coconuts — Plural form of coconut.
- coequate — to equate with something else
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- cokernut — coconut.
- cola nut — any of the seeds of the cola tree, which contain caffeine and theobromine and are used medicinally and in the manufacture of soft drinks
- cold cut — Usually, cold cuts. slices of unheated salami, bologna, ham, liverwurst, turkey, or other meats and sometimes cheeses.
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- commuted — to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
- commuter — a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- commutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commute.
- compunct — (obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
- computed — Calculate or reckon (a figure or amount).
- computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
- computes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute.
- computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
- conducts — Plural form of conduct.
- conduits — Plural form of conduit.
- confuted — Simple past tense and past participle of confute.
- confuter — A person who confutes.
- confutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confute.
- conjunct — joined; united
- conjunto — a style of Mexican and Texan music featuring the accordion and traditional Mexican elements
- conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
- conk-out — to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out): The engine conked out halfway there.
- conneaut — a city in NE Ohio.
- conquest — Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- consults — Plural form of consult.
- consumpt — expenditure on goods and services for personal use
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- continuo — a shortened form of basso continuo
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- contuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contuse.
- cookouts — Plural form of cookout.
- cool out — to relax and cool down
- cool-out — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.