8-letter words containing u, n, c
- cow dung — cow manure
- 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.
- 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.
- cuddling — Present participle of cuddle.
- cufflink — Cufflinks are small decorative objects used for holding together shirt cuffs around the wrist.
- cui bono — for whose benefit? for what purpose?
- cuisines — Plural form of cuisine.
- cuitikin — a gaiter
- culiacan — a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sinaloa state. Pop: 799 000 (2005 est)
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- 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
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
- 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
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cumbungi — any of various tall Australian marsh plants of the genus Typha
- cummings — Edward Estlin (ˈɛstlɪn), (preferred typographical representation of name e. e. cummings). 1894–1962, US poet
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- cumulant — (mathematics) Any of a set of parameters of a one-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form.
- cunabula — a cradle
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- cunjevoi — an aroid plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza, of tropical Asia and Australia, cultivated for its edible rhizome
- 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.