7-letter words containing a, u
- aetolus — son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- agamous — agamic
- agelaus — the herdsman of Priam who raised Paris.
- agendum — agenda
- ageusia — lack of the sense of taste
- aglucon — an aglycon, especially one combined with glucose to form a glycoside.
- agoutis — Plural form of agouti.
- aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.
- agulhas — Capesouthernmost point of Africa, in Western Cape province, South Africa
- agynous — (botany) Without female organs; male.
- ahungry — hungry
- air gun — a gun operated by means of compressed air
- air out — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airguns — Plural form of airgun.
- ajutage — a tube or nozzle through which water is discharged
- al kufa — Kufa.
- al-oued — El Oued.
- al-uzza — a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the planet Venus and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- ala-tau — several mountain ranges of the Tien Shan system in E Kyrgyzstan and SE Kazakhstan. Highest peak, 18,000 feet (5490 meters).
- alarums — Plural form of alarum.
- albinus — Alcuin.
- albumen — Albumen is the same as albumin.
- albumin — Albumin is a protein that is found in blood plasma, egg white, and some other substances.
- alcaeus — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes
- alesund — a port and market town in W Norway, on an island between Bergen and Trondheim: fishing and sealing fleets. Pop: 40 001 (2004 est)
- alfaqui — an expert or teacher in Muslim law
- aliquot — of, signifying, or relating to an exact divisor of a quantity or number
- aliunde — from a source extrinsic to the matter, document, or instrument under consideration
- all but — All but a particular person or thing means everyone or everything except that person or thing.
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all-out — You use all-out to describe actions that are carried out in a very energetic and determined way, using all the resources available.
- alliums — Plural form of allium.
- alloquy — (obsolete) Act of speaking to another; an address.
- alluded — to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed by to): He often alluded to his poverty.
- alludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allude.
- allured — to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
- allurer — One who is alluring.
- allures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allure.
- alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
- almique — a West African tree, Manilkara albescens, of the sapodilla family.
- almuces — Plural form of almuce.
- alodium — allodium
- alpheus — a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her
- alumane — (inorganic compound) The compound aluminium hydride, AlH3.
- alumian — (mineral) natroalunite.
- alumina — an oxide of aluminum, Al2O3, present in bauxite and clay and found as different forms of corundum, including emery, sapphires, and rubies
- alumish — resembling alum
- alumium — (obsolete) Alternative name for aluminium / aluminum (the chemical element, symbol Al, with an atomic number of 13).
- alumnae — a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alumnus — The alumni of a school, college, or university are the people who used to be students there.