8-letter words containing u, n, c, r
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- crank up — If you crank up a machine or device, you start it.
- crank-up — an act or instance of cranking up.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- crumenal — a purse
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
- cruncher — the critical or decisive thing
- crunches — Plural form of crunch.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- crunking — Present participle of crunk.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- cumarone — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C 8H 6O
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- curarine — an alkaloid extracted from curare, used as a muscle relaxant in surgery. Formula: C19H26ON2
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- curcumin — a yellow pigment, derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, and the main active ingredient of turmeric. It is an antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties
- curdling — Present participle of curdle.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curranty — full of currants
- currency — The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency.
- currents — Plural form of current.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyanuric — of or derived from cyanuric acid.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- decurion — a local councillor
- echiuran — spoonworm
- enacture — an enactment
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- enuretic — Pertaining to, or afflicted by, enuresis; tending to wet the bed.
- eructing — Present participle of eruct.
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- euchring — Present participle of euchre.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.