5-letter words containing au
- haulm — stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
- hauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haul.
- hault — (obsolete) Lofty; haughty.
- haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
- hausa — a member of an indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam.
- haute — high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant that attracts a monied crowd.
- heiau — An ancient Hawaiian temple or sacred site.
- hinau — a tall New Zealand tree, Elaeocarpus dentatus, with white flowers and purple fruit
- iglau — Jihlava.
- jauks — to dally; dawdle.
- jaunt — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- jaups — a splash, spurt, or drop of water.
- kauai — an island in NW Hawaii. 511 sq. mi. (1325 sq. km).
- kauch — kiaugh.
- kauri — Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- kauru — the edible stem of the cabbage tree
- kaury — kauri.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)
- knaur — A knot or burl in a tree.
- kraus — Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- kraut — Informal. sauerkraut.
- lauan — Philippine mahogany.
- lauda — Niki (ˈnɪki). born 1949, Austrian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1975, 1977, 1984
- lauds — to praise; extol.
- laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laund — an open grassy space
- laura — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “laurel.”.
- laure — (language) A language for knowledge representation combining object-oriented features and logic programming. It has set operations, object-oriented exception handling and a polymorphic type system.
- leaue — Obsolete spelling of leave.
- libau — German name of Liepāja.
- luaus — Plural form of luau.
- macau — Macao.
- mapau — a small New Zealand tree, Myrsine australis, with reddish bark, aromatic leaves, and dark berries
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- maude — Matilda (def 1).
- mauka — toward the mountains; inland.
- mauls — Plural form of maul.
- maund — a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- maura — a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- mauri — (NZ) life force, according to Maori beliefs.
- maury — Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- mauve — a pale bluish purple.
- miaul — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- naunt — (nonstandard, proscribed, dated) aunt, mine aunt.
- nauru — Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- noyau — A liqueur made of brandy flavored with fruit kernels.
- palau — country consisting of a group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the island group became an independent republic in 1994: 630 sq mi (1,632 sq km); pop. 15,000; cap. Koror
- paula — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pauli — Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.