8-letter words containing c, u, s
- outcasts — Plural form of outcast.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outcomes — Plural form of outcome.
- outcries — Plural form of outcry.
- outcrops — Plural form of outcrop.
- outcross — to cross (animals or plants) by breeding individuals of different strains but, usually, of the same breed.
- outcurse — to exceed in cursing
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outscold — to outdo in scolding
- outscoop — to surpass in scooping
- outscore — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- outscorn — to defy with scorn
- outslick — to outsmart
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- parcours — parcourse.
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- posticum — epinaos.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- publics' — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pulsific — causing the pulse to increase
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- quadrics — Plural form of quadric.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- quenches — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickies — Plural form of quickie.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- quiesced — Simple past tense and past participle of quiesce.
- quintics — Plural form of quintic.
- racemous — racemose.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- reaccuse — to accuse (a person, organization, etc) again
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.