8-letter words containing c, u, s
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resecure — to secure again; make secure again
- resource — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- restruck — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- rucksack — a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, etc.
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rusticly — in a rustic manner
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- sacculus — a saccule.
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sadducee — a member of a Palestinian sect, consisting mainly of priests and aristocrats, that flourished from the 1st century b.c. to the 1st century a.d. and differed from the Pharisees chiefly in its literal interpretation of the Bible, rejection of oral laws and traditions, and denial of an afterlife and the coming of the Messiah.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- saguache — Sawatch.
- sapucaia — a Brazilian tree of the genus Lecythis
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- saucisse — a small sausage
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scale up — increase in size
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- schedule — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schellum — a person or an animal that is a rascal or villain
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- schmutzy — Slang. dirty; grimy.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schumann — Clara (Clara Wieck) 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- sciolous — pretending to have knowledge on a subject, having incomplete knowledge
- scirrhus — a firm, densely collagenous cancer.
- scissure — a longitudinal cleft or opening.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.