6-letter words containing u, a
- apercu — outline
- apulia — a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)
- aquake — Quaking.
- aquent — Lb soil science A kind of wet soil formed on river banks, tidal mudflats etc.
- aquila — a constellation lying in the Milky Way close to Cygnus and situated on the celestial equator. The brightest star is Altair
- aquilo — the ancient Roman personification of the north wind.
- aquino — Corazón, known as Cory. 1933–2009, Philippine stateswoman: president (1986–92)
- aquire — Misspelling of acquire.
- arallu — the ancient Babylonian world of the dead.
- arbour — An arbour is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- arbute — (archaic) The wood of the strawberry tree.
- ardour — Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
- argued — Simple past tense and past participle of argue.
- arguer — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- argues — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- argufy — to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- arguta — the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- arjuna — the most important of the five princes in the Mahabharata. Krishna served as his charioteer in the battle with the Kauravas
- armful — An armful of something is the amount of it that you can carry fairly easily.
- armour — In former times, armour was special metal clothing that soldiers wore for protection in battle.
- armure — a silk or wool fabric with a small cobbled pattern
- arnaud — Yvonne. 1892–1958, French actress, who was well-known on the London stage and in British films. A theatre in Guildford is named after her
- arnulf — a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- artaud — Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- arthur — a legendary king of the Britons in the sixth century ad, who led Celtic resistance against the Saxons: possibly based on a historical figure; represented as leader of the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
- arunta — Aranda.
- arusha — a city in N Tanganyika, in Tanzania.
- asarum — the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine
- asbury — Francis1745-1816; 1st Methodist bishop in U.S.
- ashura — a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)
- aslaug — daughter of Brynhild and Sigurd, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok.
- aspout — in a spurting or spouting manner
- asquat — in a crouched down manner
- asshur — Ashur1
- assiut — Asyut
- assuan — Aswan
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- astrut — in an distended or projecting manner
- astute — If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
- asuras — Plural form of asura.
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- atreus — a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz )
- atrium — An atrium is a part of a building such as a hotel or shopping centre, which extends up through several floors of the building and often has a glass roof.
- attius — Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize