5-letter words containing u, i
- linyu — Pinyin. former name of Shanhaiguan.
- louhi — a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- louie — a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- louis — louis d'or.
- lucia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucid — easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
- ludic — playful in an aimless way: the ludic behavior of kittens.
- luing — one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- lumic — Having the speed of light.
- lungi — a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- luni- — moon
- lupin — The common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
- lurgi — Alternative spelling of lurgy.
- luria — Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
- lurid — gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- lurie — Alison. born 1926, US novelist. Her novels include Imaginary Friends (1967), The War Between the Tates (1974), Foreign Affairs (1985), and The Last Resort (1998)
- maidu — a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- maqui — an evergreen shrub, Aristotelia chilensis, of Chile, having toothed, oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and purple berries, grown as an ornamental in S California.
- mauri — (NZ) life force, according to Maori beliefs.
- miaou — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- miaul — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- minum — (printing, obsolete) A small kind of printing type; minion.
- minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- mixup — an act or instance of mixing.
- moqui — Moki.
- mucic — of or derived from mucic acid.
- mucid — moldy; musty.
- mucin — any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mudir — a local governor
- mufti — civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- mugil — (zoology) Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.
- mujik — a Russian peasant.
- mukti — moksha.
- mulai — A title for the ruler of Morocco.
- mulki — a native or inhabitant of the former Hyderabad State in India
- multi — a pattern of several colors or hues, usually in stripes: This dress comes in pink or green multi.
- mumin — one of the devout.
- munia — Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).
- munin — one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- murid — A rodent of a very large family ( Muridae ) that includes most kinds of rats, mice, and voles.
- murri — A medieval Arab condiment made from fermented barley.
- murti — (Hinduism) A sacred image of a deity.
- music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- musil — Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- musit — a hole or gap in a fence or hedge through which animals pass
- nairu — the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.
- nguni — a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- nidus — a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- ninus — the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.