8-letter words containing u, a, e
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cucquean — (obsolete) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her.
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- cue card — a card, unseen by the audience, carrying dialogue, lyrics, etc. as an aid to a television performer
- culdesac — Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cumacean — any small malacostracan marine crustacean of the Cumacea family, mostly dwelling on the sea bed but sometimes found among the plankton
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumulate — to accumulate
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cupcakes — Plural form of cupcake.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- curacies — Plural form of curacy.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curarize — to paralyse or treat with curare
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- cure-all — A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cut dead — to snub completely
- cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- cut-rate — Cut-rate goods or services are cheaper than usual.
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- daedalus — an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island
- daguerre — Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)
- danseuse — a female ballet dancer
- dasyures — Plural form of dasyure.
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- daughter — Someone's daughter is their female child.
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- dead run — a steady run at top speed: The centerfielder caught the ball on the dead run.
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- deciduae — Plural form of decidua.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation