5-letter words containing u, a
- alfur — a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- algum — a type of wood, mentioned in the Bible
- allus — Eye dialect of always, representing Southern US.
- almud — a unit of volume in various countries, most notably Spain, where it is roughly equivalent to 4.63 litres
- almug — a type of tree or wood mentioned in the Bible, thought to be a variety of sandalwood
- aloud — When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.
- altus — a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alula — the terminal part of a bird's wing corresponding to the thumb, consisting of two or more quills; bastard wing
- alumn — Alternative spelling of alum.
- alums — Plural form of alum.
- alure — a flat passage often found behind parapets of churches or battlements
- amaut — a hood on an Inuit woman's parka for carrying a child
- amgun — a river in SE Siberian Russia, flowing NE to the Amur River. 490 miles (788 km) long.
- amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- ampul — a sealed glass or plastic container for one dose of a sterile medicine to be injected parenterally
- amuck — amok
- amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- angus — a council area of E Scotland on the North Sea: the historical county of Angus became part of Tayside region in 1975; reinstated as a unitary authority (excluding City of Dundee) in 1996. Administrative centre: Forfar. Pop: 107 520 (2003 est). Area: 2181 sq km (842 sq miles)
- anhui — a province of E China, crossed by the Yangtze River. Capital: Hefei. Pop: 64 100 000 (2003 est). Area: 139 860 sq km (54 000 sq miles)
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- ankus — a stick used, esp in India, for goading elephants
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- annum — by the year; yearly.
- annus — year of wonders; wonderful year.
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- anzus — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them
- appui — a support or supporter
- appuy — to support, or to post troops to a position which provides defensive support
- apure — a river in W Venezuela, rising in the Andes and flowing east to the Orinoco. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)
- aquae — Chiefly Pharmacology. water. a liquid. a solution, especially in water.
- aquas — Plural form of aqua.
- aquit — Misspelling of acquit.
- arbus — Diane, original name Diane Nemerov. 1923–71, US photographer, noted esp for her portraits of vagrants, dwarfs, transvestites, etc
- arcus — an arcus senilis
- argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- argun — a river in NE Asia, forming part of the boundary between the Russian Federation and China. About 450 miles (725 km) long.
- argus — any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m
- arhus — a city and port in Denmark, in E Jutland. Pop: 228 547 (2004 est)
- arius — ?250–336 ad, Greek Christian theologian, originator of the doctrine of Arianism
- arnut — a small herb, Conopodium majus, which is common throughout Europe and North Africa and which has edible tubers
- arrau — Claudio. 1903–91, Chilean pianist
- artur — a male given name.
- aruba — an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Chief town: Oranjestad. Pop: 109 153 (2013 est). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles)
- aruhe — the edible root of a fern
- arums — Plural form of arum.
- aruru — the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
- ascus — a saclike structure that produces (usually) eight ascospores during sexual reproduction in ascomycetous fungi such as yeasts and mildews
- ashur — the chief deity, god of war and empire
- assur — the supreme national god of the ancient Assyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc
- astun — to amaze, bewilder or stupefy