8-letter words containing a, u
- actuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate.
- actuator — An actuator is a machine or part of a machine which moves or controls another part in response to an input.
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- aculeate — cutting; pointed
- acupoint — any of the specific points on the body where a needle is inserted in acupuncture or pressure is applied in acupressure
- acutance — a physical rather than subjective measure of the sharpness of a photographic image
- ad vivum — to that which is alive.
- addendum — An addendum is an additional section at the end of a book or document.
- adducent — that adducts
- adducing — Present participle of adduce.
- adducted — Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).
- adductor — a muscle that adducts
- adenauer — Konrad (ˈkɔnraːt). 1876–1967, German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1949–63)
- adequacy — Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- adjourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn.
- adjudged — to declare or pronounce formally; decree: The will was adjudged void.
- adjudges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge.
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjuring — Present participle of adjure.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- adjutant — An adjutant is an officer in the army who deals with administrative work.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- adrastus — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor
- adularia — a white or colourless glassy variety of orthoclase in the form of prismatic crystals. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is a minor gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- adumbral — shadowy
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advoutry — adultery
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedeagus — the phallus of a male insect.
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aegyptus — a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs
- aequalis — (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aerarium — the state treasury in ancient Rome.
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees