6-letter words containing au
- laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- lauter — To subject to lautering.
- lauzon — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Quebec City on the St. Lawrence.
- le vau — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1612–70, French architect.
- manaus — a port in and the capital of Amazonas, in N Brazil, on the Río Negro near its confluence with the Amazon: about 1000 miles (1600 km) from the Atlantic but accessible to some ocean trade.
- maraud — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- maudit — cursed; damned; wretched
- maudle — (obsolete, transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
- mauger — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- maugre — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- maukin — (Scotland) Alternative form of malkin.
- mauled — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- mauler — One who mauls.
- maulvi — (in India) an expert in Islamic law: used especially as a term of respectful address among Muslims.
- mauman — Mehuman.
- maumee — a city in NW Ohio.
- maumet — British Dialect. a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being. an empty-headed or mindless person.
- maunch — manche.
- maunds — Plural form of maund.
- maundy — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- maungy — (esp of a child) sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish
- maunna — must not
- maurya — a member of an ancient Indian people who united northern India and established an empire 322–184 b.c.
- mauser — Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mauver — a pale bluish purple.
- mauves — Plural form of mauve.
- miauls — Plural form of miaul.
- moldau — a river in the W Czech Republic, flowing N to the Elbe. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- moreau — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- nassau — (used with a plural verb) a group of islands in the W Atlantic Ocean, SE of Florida.
- naught — nothing.
- nausea — sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- nautch — (in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
- nautes — (in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nautic — Alternative form of nautical.
- niihau — an island in NW Hawaii, W of Kauai. 72 sq. mi. (186 sq. km).
- nordau — Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- padauk — any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc.
- paucal — a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to
- paul i — died a.d. 767, pope 757–767.
- paul v — (Camillo Borghese) 1552–1621, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605–21.
- paulin — a tarpaulin
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- paunch — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pauper — a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- paused — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- rabaul — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
- radeau — an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.
- rameau — Jean Philippe [zhahn fee-leep] /ʒɑ̃ fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1683–1764, French composer and musical theorist.