8-letter words containing c, u, t
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arcturus — the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- astucity — Craftiness; astuteness.
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- autacoid — any natural internal secretion, esp one that exerts an effect similar to a drug
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autistic — An autistic person suffers from autism.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- autocoid — Alternative form of autacoid.
- autoconf — (software, tool) The GNU project's tool that configures a source code distribution to compile and run on a different platform. Among open source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s, autoconf, automake, and libtools have been the standard way to make a distribution portable so that it can be built on multiple operating systems without change.
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- autopsic — relating to autopsy
- autoptic — relating to or belonging to personal observation
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
- batucada — A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba.
- bauxitic — consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite
- beechnut — the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boot-cut — (of trousers) slightly flared at the bottom of the legs
- botch-up — A botch-up is the same as a botch.
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- burr cut — crew cut.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- buttocks — the two large fleshy masses of thick muscular tissue that form the human rump
- buzz cut — A buzz cut is hairstyle in which the hair is cut very close to the head.
- buzz-cut — crew cut.
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- caducity — perishableness