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7-letter words containing a, l, u

  • bluejay — a common North American jay, Cyanocitta cristata, having bright blue plumage with greyish-white underparts
  • boatful — an amount or number that could be carried by a boat
  • boileau — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature
  • borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
  • boxhaul — to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
  • braudel — ˈFernand Paul (fɛʀˈnɑ̃ pɔl) ; fernänˈ p^ōl) 1902-85; Fr. historian
  • breslau — Wrocław
  • brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
  • buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
  • bugaloo — a fast dance of Afro-American origin, performed by couples and characterized by dancing apart and moving the body in short, quick movements to the beat of the music.
  • bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
  • bulkage — any agent that aids peristalsis by increasing the bulk of material in the intestine
  • bullace — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form
  • bullary — a place where salt is prepared or boiled
  • bullate — puckered or blistered in appearance
  • bullbat — the common nighthawk
  • bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
  • bumelia — a thorny shrub of the genus Bumelia
  • bummalo — Bombay duck.
  • burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
  • burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
  • busload — A busload of people is a large number of passengers on a bus.
  • butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
  • buttals — the boundary lines of a piece of land
  • butyral — a type of resin
  • buyable — available to be bought
  • cageful — an amount which fills a cage to capacity
  • cagoule — a lightweight usually knee-length type of anorak
  • calamus — any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus, some species of which are a source of rattan and canes
  • calcium — Calcium is a soft white element which is found in bones and teeth, and also in limestone, chalk, and marble.
  • calculi — Mathematics. a method of calculation, especially one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus.
  • calhoun — John Caldwell1782-1850; U.S. statesman: vice president (1825-32)
  • calicut — seaport in SW India, on the Arabian Sea: pop. 420,000
  • call up — If you call someone up, you telephone them.
  • call-up — an order to report for active military service.
  • callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
  • callout — (communication) Outward bound telephone calls.
  • calluna — a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris
  • calumba — the root of the Mozambiquan plant Jateorhiza columba, used as an aid to digestion and as a mild tonic
  • calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
  • calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
  • calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
  • cannula — a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc
  • canular — shaped like a cannula; tubular.
  • capsule — A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
  • capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
  • caracul — the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
  • careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
  • carolus — any of several coins struck in the reign of a king called Charles, esp an English gold coin from the reign of Charles I
  • cartful — the amount a cart can hold
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