8-letter words containing s, c, r, u
- escurial — Escorial
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- excursus — A detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- fluerics — fluidics.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- grutches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- hachures — Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- incisure — a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- insecure — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- juristic — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- justicer — a judge or magistrate.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lectures — Plural form of lecture.
- leuricus — Leofric.
- lucifers — Plural form of lucifer.
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lurchers — Plural form of lurcher.
- lycurgus — flourished 9th century b.c, Spartan lawgiver.
- mercosur — a trading block composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with associate members Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; superseded in 2008 by the Union of South American Nations (Unasur or Unasul), by uniting with the Andean Community
- microbus — minibus.
- muscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- musicker — a musician
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurer — Comparative form of obscure.