8-letter words containing s, a, t, u
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bust ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- catsuits — Plural form of catsuit.
- catullus — Gaius Valerius (ˈɡaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84–?54 bc, Roman lyric poet, noted particularly for his love poems
- caustics — Plural form of caustic.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- 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.
- claustra — barrier.
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- crustate — having a crust or shell
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- custardy — resembling custard
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- custumal — a customary.
- cutaways — Plural form of cutaway.