8-letter words containing a, u
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- augurers — Plural form of augurer.
- auguries — Plural form of augury.
- auguring — an excessively talkative person.
- augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
- augustly — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- augustus — original name Gaius Octavianus; after his adoption by Julius Caesar (44 bc) known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. 63 bc–14 ad, Roman statesman, a member of the second triumvirate (43 bc). After defeating Mark Antony at Actium (31 bc), he became first emperor of Rome, adopting the title Augustus (27 bc)
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- aumildar — a manager or agent.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- aunthood — the state of being, or relationship of, aunt
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolae — Plural form of aureola.
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auricula — a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear
- aurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aurify.
- auriform — shaped like an ear; auricular
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- aurorean — of or resembling dawn
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- ausonius — Decimus Magnus (ˈdɛsɪməs ˈmæɡnəs). ?310–?395 ad, Latin poet, born in Gaul
- auspices — an augur of ancient Rome.
- austerer — Comparative form of austere.
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- autacoid — any natural internal secretion, esp one that exerts an effect similar to a drug
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autistic — An autistic person suffers from autism.
- autobahn — An autobahn is a German motorway.
- autobank — a machine offering cash and other banking services
- autobaud — automatic baud rate detection
- autobiog — autobiography.
- autobody — Alternative form of auto body.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.