8-letter words containing s, e, a, u
- calluses — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- capaneus — one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
- capsuled — Enclosed within a capsule.
- capsules — Plural form of capsule.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capuches — Plural form of capuche.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carneous — fleshy
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carouse.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- caucused — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- caucuses — U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
- causable — that can be caused
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- causeuse — an upholstered settee for two persons.
- causeway — A causeway is a raised path or road that crosses water or wet land.
- 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.
- cephalus — the husband of Procris.
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chausses — a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- coassume — to assume jointly
- coequals — Plural form of coequal.
- concause — a shared cause
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- couvades — a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various taboos usually associated with pregnancy.
- 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.
- crustate — having a crust or shell
- culdesac — Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
- cupcakes — Plural form of cupcake.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- curacies — Plural form of curacy.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- daedalus — an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- dasyures — Plural form of dasyure.