8-letter words containing t, e, u
- coupette — a small coupe for serving dessert.
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- cpu time — processor time
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- creature — You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crew cut — A crew cut is a man's hairstyle in which his hair is cut very short.
- critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
- cruciate — shaped or arranged like a cross
- crudites — Crudités are pieces of raw vegetable, often served before a meal.
- cruelest — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- crueltie — Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- crustate — having a crust or shell
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- crutched — Simple past tense and past participle of crutch.
- crutches — Plural form of crutch.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cultlike — resembling a cult
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- cumulate — to accumulate
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curetted — to scrape with a curette.
- curettes — Plural form of curette.
- currents — Plural form of current.
- curtises — Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- curtsied — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- curtsies — a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- curveted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.