6-letter words containing c, a, u
- uncage — to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- uncake — to remove compacted matter from (something)
- uncalm — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- uncape — to remove the cape from
- uncart — to remove from a cart
- uncase — to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- uncast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- unciae — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- uncial — designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century a.d.
- unclad — a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.
- unctad — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- unfact — a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- univac — (processor, company) A brand of computer. There is a historical placard in the United States Census Bureau that has the following, "The Bureau of the Census dedicated the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer, UNIVAC I, on June 14, 1951. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation". The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and built Univac. Over the years, rights to the Univac name changed hands several times. Circa 1987, Sperry Univac merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- unlace — to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- unpack — to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
- untack — to unfasten (something tacked).
- upcard — Stud Poker. a card properly dealt face up. Compare hole card.
- upcast — an act of casting upward.
- uracil — Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- uralic — a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- uranic — of or relating to the heavens; astronomical: uranic principles.
- uratic — a salt of uric acid.
- urtica — a nettle which yields a flax-like fibre
- usance — Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- usnach — (in Irish legend) the father of Naoise
- vacuum — a space entirely devoid of matter.
- vaunce — to advance
- vicuna — a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
- vulcan — the ancient Roman god of fire and metalworking, identified with the Greek Hephaestus.
- waucht — (Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.
- yuccas — Plural form of yucca.
- zanuck — Darryl F(rancis) [dar-uh l] /ˈdær əl/ (Show IPA), 1902–79, U.S. motion-picture producer.