6-letter words containing au
- cauter — an ironlike instrument used for cauterizing and searing organic tissue
- cauzee — (India, historical) A judge.
- chaulk — (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) alternative spelling of chalk.
- chaunk — (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
- chaunt — chant
- chiaus — a Turkish messenger, emissary, sergeant, etc.
- claude — Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
- clause — A clause is a section of a legal document.
- coteau — a hillside
- dachau — a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop: 39 474 (2003 est)
- danaus — a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night
- daubed — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- dauber — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- daubes — Plural form of daube.
- daubry — the action of smearing or painting unskilfully
- daudet — Alphonse (alfɔ̃s). 1840–97, French novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist: noted particularly for his humorous sketches of Provençal life, as in Lettres de mon moulin (1866)
- dauncy — donsie.
- dauner — an amble or walk
- daunts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daunt.
- daunus — father of Euippe, second wife of Diomedes.
- dauted — to caress.
- dautie — a beloved person who is petted or pampered
- dessau — an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380 (2003 est)
- epaule — The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
- escaut — Scheldt
- faucal — pertaining to the fauces or opening of the throat.
- fauces — Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- faucet — any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- faulds — Plural form of fauld.
- faults — Plural form of fault.
- faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- faunae — Plural form of fauna.
- faunal — the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- faunas — Plural form of fauna.
- faunus — an ancient Italian woodland deity, later identified with Pan.
- fausty — Fusty.
- fautor — a supporter or patron
- fiaunt — a warrant issued to the Court of Chancery in Ireland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
- fizeau — Armande Hippolyte Louis [ar-mahn ee-paw-leet lwee] /arˈmɑ̃ i pɔˈlit lwi/ (Show IPA), 1819–96, French physicist.
- flaunt — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flauta — a tightly rolled corn tortilla filled with shredded meat, chopped vegetables, or cheese, usually deep fried and garnished with sour cream, guacamole, or salsa.
- frauds — Plural form of fraud.
- gateau — a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
- gauche — lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
- gaucho — a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- gauded — Simple past tense and past participle of gaud.
- gaufer — a waffle
- gauged — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
- gauger — a person or thing that gauges.
- gauges — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.