8-letter words containing c, u, b, e
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- causable — that can be caused
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- cerebrum — the anterior portion of the brain of vertebrates, consisting of two lateral hemispheres joined by a thick band of fibres: the dominant part of the brain in man, associated with intellectual function, emotion, and personality
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- clubable — Alternative form of clubbable.
- clubbers — Plural form of clubber.
- clubface — the face of a golf club
- clubfeet — Plural form of clubfoot.
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- could be — It's possible
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- crumbled — Simple past tense and past participle of crumble.
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cubicles — A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a bed in a dwelling or one containing a desk in an office.
- cucumber — A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
- cumberer — Someone or something that cumbers.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- dulbecco — Renato [ruh-nah-toh;; Italian re-nah-taw] /rəˈnɑ toʊ;; Italian rɛˈnɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2012, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- ice blue — a very pale blue color.
- ice cube — a small cube of ice, as one made in a special tray in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator or by an ice-making machine.