8-letter words containing ur
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censurer — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of censure.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chavurah — havurah.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- churched — formally presented or taught at church.
- churches — Plural form of church.
- churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- churners — Plural form of churner.
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- ciseleur — a person who is expert in ciselure
- ciselure — the art or process of chasing metal
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- claqueur — a member of a claque
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- closures — Plural form of closure.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- co-occur — to happen at the same time as something else
- cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
- cocksure — Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- coendure — to endure together
- coenurus — an encysted larval form of the tapeworm Multiceps, containing many encapsulated heads. In sheep it can cause the gid, and when eaten by dogs it develops into several adult forms
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coinsure — to take out coinsurance
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colourer — a person or thing that colours
- concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
- conjured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjure.
- conjurer — A conjurer is a person who entertains people by doing magic tricks.
- conjures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjure.
- conjuror — a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
- contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- corduroy — Corduroy is thick cotton cloth with parallel raised lines on the outside.
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- couraged — Having a specified form or amount of courage.