8-letter words containing s, i, u
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- bursitis — inflammation of a bursa, esp one in the shoulder joint
- bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
- bus line — the route of a bus or buses.
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- bush tit — any of several North American titmice of the genus Psaltriparus, which construct long, pendent nests.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- bushlike — resembling a bush
- bushline — an airline that flies over sparsely inhabited territory to serve isolated settlements.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- buskined — relating to tragic drama
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- caciques — Plural form of cacique.
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating
- caesuric — caesural
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- casuists — Plural form of casuist.
- cat suit — a jumpsuit.
- catsuits — Plural form of catsuit.
- caucasia — a region in SW Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea: contains the Caucasus Mountains, dividing it into Ciscaucasia in the north and Transcaucasia in the south; one of the most complex ethnic areas in the world, with over 50 different peoples
- caucasic — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- 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.
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chillums — Plural form of chillum.
- chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chuddies — underpants
- chumship — friendship
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- cicinnus — a scorpioid cyme
- circinus — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Centaurus and the Southern Cross
- circuits — Plural form of circuit.
- circulus — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.