8-letter words containing r, u, c
- circular — Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- circulet — Obsolete form of circlet.
- circulus — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
- circuses — Plural form of circus.
- circussy — characteristic of a circus
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- citruses — Plural form of citrus.
- citrussy — having or resembling the taste or colour of a citrus fruit
- 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.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- club car — a railway carriage with comfortable extending chairs, a bar, and other comforts
- clubbers — Plural form of clubber.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- clubrush — any rush of the genus Scirpus
- clumpier — Comparative form of clumpy.
- clumsier — Comparative form of clumsy.
- clunkers — Plural form of clunker.
- 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
- co-occur — to happen at the same time as something else
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
- cocksure — Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- coendure — to endure together
- coenurus — an encysted larval form of the tapeworm Multiceps, containing many encapsulated heads. In sheep it can cause the gid, and when eaten by dogs it develops into several adult forms
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- cokernut — coconut.
- colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours