8-letter words containing c, u, l, e, r
- leuricus — Leofric.
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lurchers — Plural form of lurcher.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- nucellar — Of or pertaining to the nucellus.
- occluder — (medicine) an implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- recolour — to give a new colour to
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- relucent — shining; bright.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rugelach — a fruit-and-nut pastry shaped like a croissant
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scuffler — a person who scuffles
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- scuttler — someone or something that scuttles
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- telluric — of or containing tellurium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- trauchle — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
- tubercle — a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
- ulcerate — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulcerous — of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers.
- unclever — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.