4-letter words containing u
- knut — a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- kofu — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- koku — a Japanese unit of dry measure equivalent to 5.12 bushels (1.8 hectoliters).
- koru — a stylized curved pattern used esp in carving
- kudo — honor; glory; acclaim: No greater kudo could have been bestowed.
- kudu — a large African antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, the male of which has large corkscrewlike horns.
- kueh — (in Malaysia) any cake of Malay, Chinese, or Indian origin
- kufa — a town in central Iraq: former seat of Abbassid caliphate; Muslim pilgrimage center.
- kufi — A type of brimless, rounded cap worn by people of African descent.
- kuhn — Margaret ("Maggie") 1905–95, U.S. activist: a founder of the Gray Panthers.
- kuia — a Māori female elder or elderly woman
- kuip — Kernel User Interface Package
- kuku — a mussel
- kula — (in some Pacific communities) an interisland system of ceremonial gift exchange as a prelude to or at the same time as regular trading.
- kuli — Archaic spelling of coolie.
- kuna — the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- kung — Hans, born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.
- kura — a river flowing from NE Turkey, through the Georgian Republic and Azerbaijan SE to the Caspian Sea. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- kurd — a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- kure — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- kuri — a mongrel dog
- kurn — kirn2 .
- kurt — a male given name.
- kuru — a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, especially the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct.
- kush — the eldest son of Ham. Gen. 10:6.
- kuta — a male dog
- kuti — a female dog; bitch
- kutu — a body louse
- kuyp — Aelbert [Dutch ahl-buh rt] /Dutch ˈɑl bərt/ (Show IPA), Cuyp, Aelbert.
- latu — an edible Asian seaweed, Caulerpa racemosa, with small green berry-like capsules
- laud — to praise; extol.
- laue — Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lauf — a run in bobsleighing
- lauk — (British, dialectal, obsolete) altform lawks.
- leud — a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- lieu — place; stead.
- litu — a plural of litas.
- liue — Obsolete typography of live.
- lomu — Jonah.1975–2015, New Zealand Rugby Union player; scored 37 tries in 63 games for the All Blacks (1994–2002)
- loud — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loue — Obsolete typography of love.
- louk — (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.
- loun — loon2 .
- loup — a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- lour — lower2 .
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- luan — Alternative spelling of lauan.
- luau — a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
- luba — a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- lube — lubricant.