8-letter words containing u, t
- crop out — (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- cruciate — shaped or arranged like a cross
- crudites — Crudités are pieces of raw vegetable, often served before a meal.
- cruelest — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- crueltie — Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
- crumpets — Plural form of crumpet.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- crustate — having a crust or shell
- crustily — In a crusty manner.
- crusting — Present participle of crust.
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- crutched — Simple past tense and past participle of crutch.
- crutches — Plural form of crutch.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cubicity — the state or quality of being cubic
- cubistic — a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- cucurbit — any creeping flowering plant of the mainly tropical and subtropical family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the pumpkin, cucumber, squashes, and gourds
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- cuitikin — a gaiter
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- culprits — Plural form of culprit.
- cultigen — a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
- cultists — Plural form of cultist.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- cultlike — resembling a cult
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cultural — Cultural means relating to a particular society and its ideas, customs, and art.
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- 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.
- cumulate — to accumulate
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cup-tied — (of a team) unable to play another fixture because of involvement in a cup tie
- cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- 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.
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- curatrix — a woman in charge of a museum, art gallery, or similar institution
- curb cut — a small ramp or slope from a sidewalk to a roadway to ease passage for people in wheelchairs, bicyclists, etc.
- curetted — to scrape with a curette.