8-letter words containing u, t
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cornuted — having horns
- corrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrupt.
- cost-cut — to reduce the cost of: to cost-cut expenditures.
- costumal — Pertaining to costume or dress.
- costumed — Simple past tense and past participle of costume.
- costumer — A costumer is the same as a costumier.
- costumes — Plural form of costume.
- costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- couchant — in a lying position
- couldest — Alternative form of couldst.
- couldn't — Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
- count in — If you tell someone to count you in, you mean that you want to be included in an activity.
- count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
- count up — add, total
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
- countest — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countian — a resident of a specific county
- counties — Plural form of county.
- counting — Not counting a particular thing means not including that thing. Counting a particular thing means including that thing.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- coupette — a small coupe for serving dessert.
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- cpu time — processor time
- crap out — to make a losing throw in craps
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- creature — You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crew cut — A crew cut is a man's hairstyle in which his hair is cut very short.
- critique — A critique is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.