4-letter words containing u
- fund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- fung — (rare) Fungus.
- funk — Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
- funs — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- funt — An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.
- fupa — a wide area of protruding fat in the upper pubic region.
- furl — to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
- furo — a short, deep Japanese bathtub, often with a seat, in which a person sits upright while soaking in hot water.
- furr — a furrow
- furs — Plural form of fur.
- fury — unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.
- fusa — (sumo) the four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.
- fusc — dark-brown; dusky-brown
- fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
- fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- fust — (obsolete) To decay.
- futa — (slang) short for futanari.
- fute — (obsolete) To whistle.
- futz — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- fuze — a mechanical or electronic device to detonate an explosive charge, especially as contained in an artillery shell, a missile, projectile, or the like.
- fuzz — loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
- gaud — a showy ornament or trinket.
- gaue — Simple past form of giue; obsolete spelling of gave.
- gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- gaum — to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
- gaup — to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.
- gaur — a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- genu — the knee.
- geru — An earthy-red color. In India this colour is used to paint flowerpots and tree bases.
- geum — any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- gifu — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- giue — Obsolete typography of give.
- glub — The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
- glue — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- glug — to make the sound of liquid pouring from a bottle.
- glum — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- glut — to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
- gmwu — General and Municipal Workers Union
- gnus — either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- gosu — Person of great skill, master, expert.
- goud — (obsolete) woad.
- goup — to keep or be in motion; function or perform as required: Can't you go any faster in your work?
- gour — Dated form of gaur.
- gout — an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- gpmu — Graphical, Paper and Media Union
- grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- grue — to shudder.
- gruf — (obsolete) forwards; with one's face to the ground.
- grum — grim; glum; surly.
- grup — (especially in marketing) an adult, usually over the age of 30, whose lifestyle, interests, and tastes are in some ways the same as those of much younger people: skateboards that appeal to grups and teenagers.