5-letter words containing u
- arnut — a small herb, Conopodium majus, which is common throughout Europe and North Africa and which has edible tubers
- arrau — Claudio. 1903–91, Chilean pianist
- artur — a male given name.
- aruba — an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Chief town: Oranjestad. Pop: 109 153 (2013 est). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles)
- aruhe — the edible root of a fern
- arums — Plural form of arum.
- aruru — the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
- ascus — a saclike structure that produces (usually) eight ascospores during sexual reproduction in ascomycetous fungi such as yeasts and mildews
- ashur — the chief deity, god of war and empire
- assur — the supreme national god of the ancient Assyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc
- astun — to amaze, bewilder or stupefy
- asura — (in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- asyut — an ancient city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 417 000 (2005 est)
- auber — Daniel François Esprit (danjɛl frɑ̃swa ɛspri). 1782–1871, French composer, who was prominent in development of opéra comique. His works include 48 operas
- audax — (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- audie — a female or male given name.
- audio — Audio equipment is used for recording and reproducing sound.
- audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
- auger — a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
- auget — (mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
- aught — anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know)
- augur — If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aulos — an ancient Greek woodwind instrument with a double reed, similar to an oboe
- aumil — a native manager or revenue collector in India
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- aunts — Plural form of aunt.
- aunty — auntie.
- aurae — a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
- aural — Aural means related to the sense of hearing. Compare acoustic.
- aurar — eyrir
- auras — Plural form of aura.
- aurei — a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- aurum — gold
- aust. — Australia(n)
- austl — Australia
- auto- — self; same; of or by the same one
- auton — (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- autos — Plural form of auto.
- autry — Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auxin — any of various plant hormones, such as indoleacetic acid, that promote growth and control fruit and flower development. Synthetic auxins are widely used in agriculture and horticulture
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- ayous — the wood of the obeche.
- azure — Azure is used to describe things that are bright blue.
- azury — a bluish colour
- azusa — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- babul — any of several leguminous trees of the genus Acacia, esp A. arabica of N Africa and India, which bear small yellow flowers and are a source of gum arabic, tannin, and hardwood