8-letter words containing c, u, t, e
- peracute — (of diseases, chiefly in animals) very severe; very acute
- 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.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- punctate — marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- re-count — to count again.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- reducted — to reduce.
- reductor — a tube with a stopcock at one end, usually filled with a metal, for reducing a constituent in a solution.
- reinduct — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- relucent — shining; bright.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- restruck — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- scuttled — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- scuttler — someone or something that scuttles
- securest — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
- stuccoed — an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- suberect — not quite erect
- subjects — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- suckiest — disagreeable; unpleasant.
- suitcase — a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- suricate — a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- tecumseh — 1768?–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe.