8-letter words containing u, d, c
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.
- muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
- muscadel — muscatel.
- muscadet — a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctuoid — a member of the family of moths Noctuidae
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- nuclides — Plural form of nuclide.
- nuclidic — Of or pertaining to nuclides.
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- occluded — Simple past tense and past participle of occlude.
- occluder — (medicine) an implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
- occludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occlude.
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurred — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- oncidium — any of numerous tropical American orchids of the genus Oncidium, having clusters of flowers showing great variety in size, form, and color.
- out cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- outchide — to exceed in chiding
- outcrowd — to crowd out or exclude
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outscold — to outdo in scolding
- paunched — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- prudence — a female given name.
- puckered — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- pushcard — punchboard.
- quadcore — (computing, of a microprocessor) Composed of four cores.
- quadrics — Plural form of quadric.
- quenched — Simple past tense and past participle of quench.
- quidnunc — a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
- quiesced — Simple past tense and past participle of quiesce.