3-letter words containing u
- nfu — National Farmers Union
- ngu — Nongonococcal urethritis.
- nlu — National Labor Union
- nmu — Non-Maintainer Upload
- nsu — nonspecific urethritis
- nu- — indicating an updated or modern version of something
- nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nuc — (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
- nug — (slang) A piece of marijuana.
- nuh — Alternative spelling of nah.
- nuj — National Union of Journalists
- num — Abbreviation of number.
- nun — the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- nur — A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
- nus — oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- nwu — National Writers Union
- oau — the former Organization of African Unity (now called the African Union)
- odu — Old Dutch
- ohu — (NZ, historical) A kind of rural commune established in New Zealand under a government scheme of the mid-1970s.
- oud — a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui — yes
- oup — Oxford University Press
- our — (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ous — Plural form of ou.
- out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- ozu — ˌYasuˈjiro (ˌjɑsuˈdʒiroʊ ) ; yäˌso̅ojēˈrō) 1903-63; Jpn. film director
- pau — a department in SW France. 2978 sq. mi. (7710 sq. km). Capital: Pau.
- pcu — PCI Configuration Utility
- pdu — Protocol Data Unit
- piu — more: più allegro.
- pku — phenylketonuria
- plu — a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.
- psu — power supply unit
- pub — a bar or tavern.
- pud — pudding.
- pug — Also called pugmark. a footprint, especially of a game animal.
- pul — a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pun — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pup — a young dog; puppy.
- pur — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- pus — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- puy — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- qua — as; as being; in the character or capacity of: The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.
- que — barbecue.
- qum — a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.
- quo — quoth.
- qux — (computing) Alternative form of quux.
- rau — Santha Rama [san-thuh rah-muh] /ˈsæn θə ˈrɑ mə/ (Show IPA), 1923–2009, Indian writer and astrologer.