8-letter words containing e, u, s
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- caciques — Plural form of cacique.
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- caduceus — a staff entwined with two serpents and bearing a pair of wings at the top, carried by Hermes (Mercury) as messenger of the gods
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calluses — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
- capsules — Plural form of capsule.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capuches — Plural form of capuche.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carneous — fleshy
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carouse.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- caucused — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- caucuses — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- causable — that can be caused
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- causeuse — an upholstered settee for two persons.
- causeway — A causeway is a raised path or road that crosses water or wet land.
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censurer — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of censure.
- censused — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censuses — Plural form of census.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cephalus — the husband of Procris.
- cepstrum — (mathematics) The Fourier transform of the logarithm of a spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- cereuses — Plural form of cereus.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chausses — a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail
- checksum — a digit representing the number of bits of information transmitted, attached to the end of a message in order to verify the integrity of data