8-letter words containing t, o, u, c
- 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.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- 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.
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- custodes — plural of custos.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- customed — accustomed; inured
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- cut-offs — Cut-offs are short pants made by cutting part of the legs off old pants.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- deck out — If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- duck out — leave secretly
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- duecento — the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- eduction — the act of educing.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- eurocrat — European Union official
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- executor — A person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.
- face out — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.