8-letter words containing l, u, c, r
- crumples — to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- crustily — In a crusty manner.
- cry foul — If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.
- cuddlier — suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.
- cudgeler — One who beats with a cudgel.
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- culpeper — Nicholas. 1616–54, English herbalist and astrologer; his unauthorized translation (1649) of the College of Physicians' Pharmacopoeia and his Herbal (1653) popularized herbalism
- culprits — Plural form of culprit.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cultural — Cultural means relating to a particular society and its ideas, customs, and art.
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- curculio — any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- cure-all — A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
- cureless — a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curlicue — Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- curlycue — an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature.
- curricle — a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side
- cursedly — In a cursed manner; miserably.
- curseful — (archaic) horrendous, horrific.
- curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
- curtalax — cutlass.
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- drucilla — a female given name.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- electrum — A natural or artificial alloy of gold with at least 20 percent silver, used for jewelry, especially in ancient times.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- escurial — Escorial
- excluder — Something which excludes.
- fluerics — fluidics.
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- furculae — Plural form of furcula.
- furcular — of or relating to the furcula
- furculum — furcula.
- furuncle — boil2 .
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours