7-letter words containing a, n, u
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- causing — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- chanute — a town in SE Kansas.
- chaunce — Archaic spelling of chance.
- chaunge — Obsolete form of change.
- chauvin — a chauvinist
- cheneau — an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- clubman — a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- cluniac — of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
- clurman — Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- conatus — an effort or striving of natural impulse
- coquina — a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US
- cornual — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- corunna — La Coruña
- courant — a courante
- courlan — limpkin
- cranium — Your cranium is the round part of your skull that contains your brain.
- craunch — crunch
- crucian — a European cyprinid fish, Carassius carassius, with a dark-green back, a golden-yellow undersurface, and reddish dorsal and tail fins: an aquarium fish
- cubbena — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cullman — a city in N Alabama.
- cumaean — of Cumae
- cumarin — a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cuneate — wedge-shaped: cuneate leaves are attached at the narrow end
- currant — Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
- curtain — Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
- curtana — the unpointed sword carried before an English sovereign at a coronation as an emblem of mercy
- cushman — Charlotte Saunders [sawn-derz,, sahn-] /ˈsɔn dərz,, ˈsɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1816–76, U.S. actress.
- cutbank — the outer, steeper bank of a bend or meander in a river or stream
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- danseur — a male ballet dancer
- daubing — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- daunder — a walk or amble
- daunted — intimidated
- daunter — One who daunts.
- dauphin — In former times, the king and queen of France's oldest son was called the dauphin.
- dauting — to caress.
- decuman — a huge wave
- diurnal — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- donatus — early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group. Compare Donatist.
- dubawnt — a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, flowing NE to Baker Lake. 580 miles (933 km) long.
- duennas — Plural form of duenna.