8-letter words containing s, c, r, u
- consumer — A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services.
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- coughers — Plural form of cougher.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- couperus — Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Dutch novelist.
- couplers — Plural form of coupler.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- couriers — Plural form of courier.
- coursers — Plural form of courser.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crocuses — Plural form of crocus.
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crouches — Plural form of crouch.
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- crudites — Crudités are pieces of raw vegetable, often served before a meal.
- cruelest — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruisers — Plural form of cruiser.
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- crullers — Plural form of cruller.
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- crummies — a cow with crooked horns.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- crumples — to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
- crunches — Plural form of crunch.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- cruppers — Plural form of crupper.
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crushers — Plural form of crusher.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crustate — having a crust or shell
- crustily — In a crusty manner.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.