8-letter words containing u, n, s, c
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- cruising — Present participle of cruise.
- 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.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- cuisines — Plural form of cuisine.
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- cummings — Edward Estlin (ˈɛstlɪn), (preferred typographical representation of name e. e. cummings). 1894–1962, US poet
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- currents — Plural form of current.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cuteness — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutlines — Plural form of cutline.
- cutscene — (in computer games) a scene that develops the story line and is often shown on completion of a certain level, or when the player’s character dies.
- cuttings — Cuttings are small pieces of rock removed by the drill bit.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- disjunct — disjoined; separated.
- duckpins — Plural form of duckpin.
- elenchus — A logical refutation.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- esculent — Fit to be eaten; edible.
- etruscan — a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 bc
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- fascinum — An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunstick — a ramrod