8-letter words containing uc
- farouche — fierce.
- faucaria — any succulent plant of the genus Faucaria, comprising several species native to southern Africa and having solitary yellow or white flowers.
- fauchard — a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.
- feluccas — Plural form of felucca.
- fiducial — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- foucquet — Jean or Jehan [both French zhahn] /both French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1420–c80, French painter.
- fructify — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- fructive — fruitful
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- fuck all — Fuck all is used to mean 'nothing at all'.
- fuck off — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fuck-off — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fuckhead — a stupid or obnoxious person.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucidic — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucinic — relating to glucinium
- glucinum — (formerly) beryllium. Symbol: Gl.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- 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.
- gonoduct — a duct leading from a gonad to the exterior, through which gametes pass
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- hallucal — of or relating to the hallux.
- halluces — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- heuchera — any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- in touch — If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- induciae — the time limit given for a defendant to appear in court after first receiving a citation to appear
- inducing — Present participle of induce.
- inducted — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- inductee — a person inducted into military service.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.