6-letter words containing t, a, u
- attius — Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
- atyrau — a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea.
- audits — Plural form of audit.
- aughts — Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession.
- augite — a black or greenish-black mineral of the pyroxene group, found in igneous rocks. Composition: calcium magnesium iron aluminium silicate. General formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- august — August is the eighth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- auklet — any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus
- auntie — Someone's auntie is their aunt.
- auntly — of or like an aunt
- aurate — any salt of auric acid
- aurist — a former name for audiologist
- aussat — the Australian-owned communications satellite launched in 1985
- 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)
- auteur — You can refer to a film director as an auteur when they have a very strong artistic influence on the films they make.
- author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- 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
- autumn — Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.
- avaunt — go away! depart!
- baguet — (architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette.
- bahutu — Hutu
- baotou — an industrial city in N China, in the central Inner Mongolia AR on the Yellow River. Pop: 1 367 000 (2005 est)
- barbut — an open-faced Italian helmet made from one piece of metal and reaching the shoulders
- baruta — a city in N Venezuela: a suburb of Caracas.
- basuto — Sotho (def 3).
- bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US
- battue — the beating of woodland or cover to force game to flee in the direction of hunters
- batumi — seaport in Georgia, on the Black Sea, near the Turkish border: pop. 136,000
- beaute — Archaic spelling of beauty.
- beauts — (often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beauty — Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
- bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
- bruant — Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- brutal — A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
- buntal — straw obtained from leaves of the talipot palm
- buriat — Buryat.
- buryat — a member of a Mongoloid people living chiefly in the Buryat Republic
- butane — Butane is a gas that is obtained from petroleum and is used as a fuel.
- butuan — city on the NE coast of Mindanao, the Philippines: pop. 228,000
- cactus — A cactus is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts of the world. Cacti have no leaves and many of them are covered in prickles.
- cantus — a medieval form of church singing; chant
- canute — died 1035, Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35), and Norway (1028–35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)
- catgut — a strong cord made from the dried intestines of sheep and other animals that is used for stringing certain musical instruments and sports rackets, and, when sterilized, as surgical ligatures
- catsup — ketchup
- caught — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch.
- cautel — craftiness; skilful deceit
- cauter — an ironlike instrument used for cauterizing and searing organic tissue