8-letter words containing t, e, u
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butylene — any of four alkenes, including isobutylene, having the same formula, C4H8, but differing in properties and structure
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- buy time — gain time (sense 2) (at , time)
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- capturer — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capulets — Plural form of capulet.
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- carucate — the area of land an oxen team could plough in a year
- carveout — A small company created from a larger one.
- 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
- caudaite — a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- caudated — Having a tail, or a termination resembling a tail; caudate.
- ceinture — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- celature — the art of embossing metal.
- cementum — a thin bonelike tissue that covers the dentine in the root of a tooth
- 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.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centuple — a hundred times as much or as many; hundredfold
- cepstrum — (mathematics) The Fourier transform of the logarithm of a spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cetaceum — spermaceti.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chaqueta — a heavy jacket associated with South American cowboys
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- cheshunt — a town in SE England, in SE Hertfordshire: a dormitory town of London. Pop: 55 275 (2001)
- chesnutt — Charles Waddell [wo-del] /wɒˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- chestful — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chetumal — city in SE Mexico: capital of Quintana Roo state: pop. 38,000
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- circulet — Obsolete form of circlet.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- citruses — Plural form of citrus.