4-letter words containing u
- grus — a constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Phoenix and Piscis Austrinus and containing a first and a second magnitude star
- guac — guacamole.
- guam — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- guan — a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- guar — a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- guck — slime or oozy dirt: the guck in a stagnant pond.
- gude — God.
- gues — Plural form of gue.
- guff — empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
- guga — (Scotland) solan goose.
- guib — bushbuck.
- gula — Zoology. the upper part of the throat or gullet. the front or forward part of the neck.
- gule — (obsolete) The throat; the gullet.
- gulf — a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
- gull — a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- gulp — to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
- guls — a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- guly — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to gules; red.
- gumi — a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- gump — a foolish or stupid person.
- gums — Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the alveolar parts of either jaw and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
- guna — (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- gung — (obsolete) altform gonga: an outhouse.
- gunk — any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation: gunk on the oil filter.
- gunn — Thom(son William). 1929–2004, British poet who lived in the USA. His works include Fighting Terms (1954), My Sad Captains (1961), Jack Straw's Castle (1976), The Man with the Night Sweats (1992), and Boss Cupid (2000)
- guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- gunt — Lbl slang the bulging between the waist and the genital areas.
- gunz — the first stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Compare Nebraskan (def 4).
- gurl — Obsolete form of girl.
- gurn — Make a grotesque face.
- gurt — (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
- guru — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
- gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- gust — Archaic. flavor or taste.
- guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- guvs — term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- guys — Plural form of guy.
- guze — (heraldiccharge) A roundlet of the sanguine tincture, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.
- habu — a large venomous snake, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- haku — (in Hawaii) a crown of fresh flowers.
- hapu — A subtribe of an iwi; the basic political unit within Māori society.
- haue — Obsolete typography of have.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- haun — a hand
- haut — high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant that attracts a monied crowd.
- hour — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- huac — House Un-American Activities Committee.
- hubs — hub
- huck — toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
- hued — having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination): many-hued; golden-hued.