8-letter words containing c, u, a
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nucleate — having a nucleus.
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- nuoc mam — a fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- nuthatch — any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- occupate — (obsolete) To occupy.
- oceanaut — aquanaut.
- octavius — a male given name.
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- oracular — of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- ouachita — a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcaste — (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
- outcasts — Plural form of outcast.
- outcatch — to catch more than
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcheat — to exceed in cheating
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outcoach — to exceed in coaching
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outmatch — to be superior to; surpass; outdo: The home team seems to have been completely outmatched by the visitors.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- outwatch — to outdo or surpass in watching.
- pabouche — a soft shoe