8-letter words containing s, u, c, e
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickies — Plural form of quickie.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- quiesced — Simple past tense and past participle of quiesce.
- racemous — racemose.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- reaccuse — to accuse (a person, organization, etc) again
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resecure — to secure again; make secure again
- resource — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- restruck — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- sadducee — a member of a Palestinian sect, consisting mainly of priests and aristocrats, that flourished from the 1st century b.c. to the 1st century a.d. and differed from the Pharisees chiefly in its literal interpretation of the Bible, rejection of oral laws and traditions, and denial of an afterlife and the coming of the Messiah.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- saguache — Sawatch.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- saucisse — a small sausage
- scale up — increase in size
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- schedule — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schellum — a person or an animal that is a rascal or villain
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scissure — a longitudinal cleft or opening.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrouger — something big
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- scrubber — a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scuffler — a person who scuffles
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.