8-letter words containing c, u, e, i
- 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.
- cuddlier — suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.
- cudgerie — a large tropical rutaceous tree, Flindersia schottina, having light-coloured wood
- cuisines — Plural form of cuisine.
- culchies — Plural form of culchie.
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cultlike — resembling a cult
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cunjevoi — an aroid plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza, of tropical Asia and Australia, cultivated for its edible rhizome
- cup size — a measurement of the parts of a bra that actually hold the breasts
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- curacies — Plural form of curacy.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curarize — to paralyse or treat with curare
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- curricle — a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side
- curriers — Plural form of currier.
- curriery — the trade, work, or place of occupation of a currier
- cursives — Plural form of cursive.
- curtises — Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- curtsied — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- curtsies — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- cushiest — Superlative form of cushy.
- cusplike — Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
- cut time — alla breve
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- cuticles — Plural form of cuticle.
- cutinize — to become or cause to become covered or impregnated with cutin
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- cuttiest — cut short; short; stubby.
- deciduae — Plural form of decidua.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decurion — a local councillor
- deducing — Present participle of deduce.
- deuteric — of, pertaining to, or resulting from the metasomatic changes taking place in igneous rock or magma as it solidifies
- dice cup — a container, usually cylindrical and open at the top, in which dice are shaken to give them a random position and from which they are then thrown or rolled.
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- disclude — (nonstandard) To disclose, make known.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discured — Simple past tense and past participle of discure.
- discuses — Plural form of discus.
- diuretic — increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.
- ducklike — Similar to a duck.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.