8-letter words containing r, a, u
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- celature — the art of embossing metal.
- cellular — Cellular means relating to the cells of animals or plants.
- 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.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cerulean — a deep blue colour; azure
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- charmful — highly charming or enchanting
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chauffer — a small portable heater or stove
- chavurah — havurah.
- chearful — Archaic spelling of cheerful.
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chukkars — one of the periods of play.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- claqueur — a member of a claque
- claustra — barrier.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- club car — a railway carriage with comfortable extending chairs, a bar, and other comforts
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- columnar — shaped like a column.
- conarium — the pineal gland
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- corallum — the skeleton of any zoophyte, esp that of a coral colony
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- coumarin — a white vanilla-scented crystalline ester, used in perfumes and flavourings and as an anticoagulant. Formula: C9H6O2
- coumarou — a tall leguminous tree, Coumarouna odorata, of tropical America
- couraged — Having a specified form or amount of courage.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)