6-letter words containing a, s, u
- angust — (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
- animus — If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it.
- annuls — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- anubis — a deity, a son of Osiris, who conducted the dead to judgment. He is represented as having a jackal's head and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes
- anused — (in combination) Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of anus.
- anuses — the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- argues — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- arusha — a city in N Tanganyika, in Tanzania.
- asarum — the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine
- asbury — Francis1745-1816; 1st Methodist bishop in U.S.
- ashura — a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)
- aslaug — daughter of Brynhild and Sigurd, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok.
- aspout — in a spurting or spouting manner
- asquat — in a crouched down manner
- asshur — Ashur1
- assiut — Asyut
- assuan — Aswan
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- astrut — in an distended or projecting manner
- astute — If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
- asuras — Plural form of asura.
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- atreus — a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz )
- attius — Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- au jus — (of meat) served in its own gravy
- auceps — a person who catches hawks
- audism — The notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or behave in the manner of one who hears.
- audits — Plural form of audit.
- augeas — king of the Epeans in Elis and one of the Argonauts.
- augers — Plural form of auger.
- aughts — Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession.
- augurs — Plural form of augur.
- august — August is the eighth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- aureus — a gold coin of the Roman Empire
- aurist — a former name for audiologist
- aurous — of or containing gold, esp in the monovalent state
- auspex — in ancient Rome, an augur, or diviner, esp. one who watched for omens in the flight of birds
- aussat — the Australian-owned communications satellite launched in 1985
- aussie — Aussie means Australian.
- austen — Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
- auster — the south wind
- austin — a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)
- ausubo — a tropical American tree, Manilkara bidentata, with hard, red wood
- autism — Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause someone to have difficulty in communicating with and responding to other people.
- autist — an autistic person
- auxins — Plural form of auxin.
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
- awmous — almous.