8-letter words containing au
- raurkela — a city in Odisha state, in E India.
- re-audit — an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- rehauled — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
- retaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- rousseau — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Le Douanier") 1844–1910, French painter.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- sarraute — Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- saucisse — a small sausage
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- saussure — Ferdinand de [French fer-dee-nahn duh] /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- secaucus — a town in NE New Jersey.
- shauchle — to distort the shape of (something)
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- siauliai — a city in N Lithuania, N of Kaunas.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- st. paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- staubach — Roger Thomas, born 1942, U.S. football player.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- staunton — a city in N Virginia.
- straucht — straight
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subaural — below the ear
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- tableaux — a picture, as of a scene.
- taunting — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- tauranga — a city on the N coast of North Island, in N New Zealand.
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- tautomer — a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- tautonym — a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
- temirtau — a city in E central Kazakhstan, NW of Karaganda.
- tombaugh — Clyde William, 1906–97, U.S. astronomer: discovered Pluto 1930.
- tonneaux — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- trauchle — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
- truffaut — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1932–84, French film director.
- uncaught — simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- uncaused — not resulting from some antecedent cause.
- unfaulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.