8-letter words containing i, n, u
- cerulein — a bright blue dyestuff obtained from indigo
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chipmunk — A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chuck in — to abandon or give up
- chucking — Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
- chuffing — (intensifier)
- chugging — a large gulp or swallow: He finished his beer in two chugs.
- chumming — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- chunking — the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- cicinnus — a scorpioid cyme
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- cingulum — a girdle-like part, such as the ridge round the base of a tooth or the band of fibres connecting parts of the cerebrum
- cinquain — a stanza of five lines
- circinus — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Centaurus and the Southern Cross
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- claudine — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- clinique — Archaic spelling of clinic.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- clubbing — Clubbing is the activity of going to night clubs.
- clucking — Present participle of cluck.
- clumping — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- clunking — a hard hit, especially on the head.
- cofusion — Alternative form of co-fusion.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- comenius — John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer
- conarium — the pineal gland
- concious — Misspelling of conscious.
- conduits — Plural form of conduit.
- conidium — an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore) in fungi such as Penicillium
- conquian — a variety of rummy for two players.
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- continuo — a shortened form of basso continuo
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coquelin — Beˈnoit Consˈtant (bəˈnwa kɔ̃̃ˈstɑ̃) ; bənwȧˈ kōnstänˈ) 1841-1909; Fr. actor
- coquinas — Plural form of coquina.
- coronium — a hypothetical element whose existence was proposed in the 19th century to explain a green line seen in the solar coronal spectrum; this is now known to be highly-ionized iron and nickel
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae