8-letter words containing u, a
- aquifers — Plural form of aquifer.
- aquiform — Resembling water; watery, liquid.
- aquileia — a town in NE Italy, at the head of the Adriatic: important Roman centre, founded in 181 bc. Pop: 3329 (2001)
- aquiline — If someone has an aquiline nose or profile, their nose is large, thin, and usually curved.
- aquitard — A semipermeable layer along an aquifer.
- aquitted — Misspelling of acquitted.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- araguaia — a river in central Brazil, rising in S central Mato Grosso state and flowing north to the Tocantins River. Length: over 1771 km (1100 miles)
- araguari — a city in central Brazil.
- araguaya — a river in S central Brazil, flowing N to the Tocantins River. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- aramburu — Pedro Eugenio [pe-th raw e-oo-he-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ˌɛ uˈhɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–70, president of Argentina 1955–58.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- araucana — any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
- arborous — relating to, or formed by, trees
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arcturus — the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- area rug — An area rug is a rug that covers only part of a floor.
- arequipa — a city in S Peru, at an altitude of 2250 m (7500 ft): founded in 1540 on the site of an Inca city. Pop: 791 000 (2005 est)
- arethusa — a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- argonaut — one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece
- arguable — If you say that it is arguable that something is true, you believe that it can be supported by evidence and that many people would agree with it.
- arguably — You can use arguably when you are stating your opinion or belief, as a way of giving more authority to it.
- arguedas — Alcides [ahl-see-th es] /ɑlˈsi ðɛs/ (Show IPA), 1879–1946, Bolivian author, sociologist, and statesman.
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- argufied — Simple past tense and past participle of argufy.
- argufier — a person who argufies
- argufies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- argutely — in an argute manner
- ariminum — Rimini
- armarium — ambry (def 1).
- armature — a revolving structure in an electric motor or generator, wound with the coils that carry the current
- armgaunt — (of limbs) slender
- armguard — a band of leather or other material worn about the wrist or lower part of the arm for protection and support.
- arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- armourer — An armourer is someone who makes or supplies weapons.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- arsonous — relating to arson