8-letter words containing r, u, c, t
- clairaut — Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- claustra — barrier.
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- clusters — Plural form of cluster.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- clutcher — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cokernut — coconut.
- commuter — a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
- computor — (obsolete) A person who calculates or computes.
- confuter — A person who confutes.
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- coquetry — flirtation
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cornuted — having horns
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- 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)
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- creature — You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crew cut — A crew cut is a man's hairstyle in which his hair is cut very short.
- critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece