8-letter words containing u, d, c
- crudites — Crudités are pieces of raw vegetable, often served before a meal.
- crudware — /kruhd'weir/ Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBSs in the micro-hobbyist world.
- cruelled — Simple past tense and past participle of cruel.
- crumbled — Simple past tense and past participle of crumble.
- crumpled — creased
- crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crutched — Simple past tense and past participle of crutch.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cuckolds — Plural form of cuckold.
- cuckooed — Simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo.
- cuddlier — suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.
- cuddling — Present participle of cuddle.
- cudgeled — a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- cudgeler — One who beats with a cudgel.
- cudgerie — a large tropical rutaceous tree, Flindersia schottina, having light-coloured wood
- cudweeds — Plural form of cudweed.
- 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)
- 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.
- culloden — a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- cumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of cumber.
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- curetted — to scrape with a curette.
- cursedly — In a cursed manner; miserably.
- cursored — Simple past tense and past participle of cursor.
- curtsied — 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.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cussword — a swearword
- custardy — resembling custard
- custodes — plural of custos.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- customed — accustomed; inured
- cut dead — to snub completely
- 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.
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- damascus — the capital of Syria, in the southwest: reputedly the oldest city in the world, having been inhabited continuously since before 2000 bc. Pop: 2 317 000 (2005 est)