8-letter words containing l, u, c, r
- r-colour — an (r) quality imparted to certain vowels, usually by retroflexion
- recolour — to give a new colour to
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- relucent — shining; bright.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rubrical — reddish; marked with red.
- rugelach — a fruit-and-nut pastry shaped like a croissant
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rusticly — in a rustic manner
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scuffler — a person who scuffles
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- scuttler — someone or something that scuttles
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- sulfuric — of, relating to, or containing sulfur, especially in the hexavalent state.
- surculus — a sucker
- surgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- telluric — of or containing tellurium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- torcular — a tourniquet or bandage
- trauchle — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
- truckful — the amount of something that can be conveyed in a truck
- tubercle — a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
- turrical — of, relating to, or resembling a turret.
- ulbricht — Walter [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.
- ulcerate — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulcerous — of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers.
- unclever — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.