8-letter words containing r, u, c
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- avicular — of or relating to small birds
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- back rub — a form of massage in which the masseur rubs one's back
- back run — a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- bicolour — two-coloured
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brick up — If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks.
- brochure — A brochure is a magazine or thin book with pictures that gives you information about a product or service.
- bronchus — either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- bruckner — Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum
- bruncher — a person who eats brunch
- bucchero — an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.
- buck for — If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckhorn — horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- burlecue — burlesque (def 3).
- burr cut — crew cut.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- calcular — relating to calculus
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameroun — Cameroon
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- cannular — shaped like a cannula
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cantuar. — Cantuariensis