5-letter words containing a, s, u
- camus — Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957
- carus — (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
- casus — an event, situation or occurrence
- cauls — a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
- causa — a reason or cause
- cause — 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?
- cavus — (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
- chaus — (dated) Felis chaus, the jungle cat.
- dasyu — a member of the Asuras, survivors of the ancient culture of Harappa: defeated by Indra.
- daubs — Plural form of daub.
- dauts — to caress.
- duals — of, relating to, or noting two.
- dukas — Paul (Abraham) [pawl a-bra-am] /pɔl a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1865–1935, French composer.
- dumas — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- duras — dura mater.
- dyaus — the Vedic god of the sky.
- fauns — one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- faust — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- favus — Pathology. a skin disease, especially of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii.
- fupas — a wide area of protruding fat in the upper pubic region.
- fusan — Pusan.
- gaius — a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- gansu — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- gauds — Plural form of gaud.
- gaurs — Plural form of gaur.
- gause — Obsolete spelling of gauze.
- gauss — Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer.
- gsusa — Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- guans — Plural form of guan.
- guasa — The jewfish.
- gugas — Plural form of guga.
- gulas — Plural form of gula.
- gunas — (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- gusla — a Balkan single-stringed musical instrument that is played with a bow
- hauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haul.
- hausa — a member of an indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam.
- hulas — Plural form of hula.
- husak — Gustáv [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, Czechoslovak political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1969–87; president 1975–89.
- janus — an ancient Roman god of doorways, of beginnings, and of the rising and setting of the sun, usually represented as having one head with two bearded faces back to back, looking in opposite directions.
- jauks — to dally; dawdle.
- jaups — a splash, spurt, or drop of water.
- judas — the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:35.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- kansu — Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- kiasu — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)
- kraus — Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- kulas — Plural form of kula.
- laius — a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lamus — a son of Hercules and Omphale.