7-letter words containing u, a, e
- aurorae — the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Compare Eos.
- ausable — a river in NE New York, flowing NE through a gorge (Ausable Chasm) into Lake Champlain. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- auslese — a white wine, usually sweet, produced in Germany from individually selected bunches of very ripe grapes
- auspice — patronage or guidance (esp in the phrase under the auspices of)
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- auteuil — a former town, now part of Paris, France: noted for residences of Boileau, Talleyrand, Molière, La Fontaine, and other eminent people.
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- autocue — An Autocue is a device used by people speaking on television or at a public event, which displays words for them to read.
- autopen — a mechanical device used to produce imitation signatures
- auxerre — a town in central France, capital of Yonne department; Gothic cathedral. Pop: 38 800 (2006)
- auxesis — growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division
- auxetic — something that promotes auxesis
- avebury — a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
- avenues — Plural form of avenue.
- avernus — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- avulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of avulse.
- ayuthea — a city in central Thailand, on the Chao Phraya: former national capital.
- azulejo — a Portuguese or Spanish painted ceramic tile
- azulene — (organic compound, uncountable) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
- azurely — With an azure colour.
- azurine — a roach found in Europe, bluish in colour
- azurite — an azure-blue mineral associated with copper deposits. It is a source of copper. Composition: copper carbonate. Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- ballute — a type of inflatable device resembling a cross between a parachute and a balloon, designed to slow descent rapidly
- balteus — (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- bandeau — a narrow band of ribbon, velvet, etc, worn round the head
- baneful — destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- banquet — A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- barbule — a very small barb
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- barques — Plural form of barque.
- bascule — a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight
- basescu — Traian. born 1951, Romanian politician, president of Romania (2004–14)
- basques — Plural form of basque.
- bateaux — Also, batteau. Nautical. Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers. a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack. (in some regions) a scow.
- bateful — (obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
- batteau — bateau (def 1).
- batture — A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
- battute — a beat.
- batuque — a Brazilian round dance of African origin.
- baubles — a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
- bauchle — an old worn shoe
- baulked — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- baulker — Someone who baulks.
- bautzen — a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- bear up — If you bear up when experiencing problems, you remain cheerful and show courage in spite of them.
- bearhug — to give someone a bear hug
- beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.