5-letter words containing u
- curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- curst — a simple past tense and past participle of curse.
- curts — a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curve — A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
- curvy — If someone describes a woman as curvy, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- cusco — Cuzco
- cusec — a unit of flow equal to 1 cubic foot per second. 1 cusec is equivalent to 0.028 317 cubic metre per second
- cushy — A cushy job or situation is pleasant because it does not involve much work or effort.
- cusks — Plural form of cusk.
- cusps — a point or pointed end.
- cuspy — (of a computer program) well-designed and user-friendly
- cusso — a tree of the rose family native to the mountains of central and eastern Africa
- cusum — a statistical technique used to analyse an individual's use of language
- cutan — (biochemistry) A hydrocarbon polymer, of uncertain structure but thought to be similar to kerogen, found in some plants.
- cutch — Kutch
- cuter — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutes — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutey — cutie
- cutie — a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp a girl or woman
- cutin — a waxy waterproof substance, consisting of derivatives of fatty acids, that is the main constituent of plant cuticle
- cutis — the vertebrate skin, including both of its layers, the dermis and the epidermis
- cutto — a large knife
- cutty — short or cut short
- cutup — a person who clowns, plays practical jokes, etc. to attract attention
- cuvee — individual batch or blend of wine
- cuzco — a city in S central Peru: former capital of the Inca Empire, with extensive Inca remains; university (1692). Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)
- cyrus — known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder. died ?529 bc, king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire
- d out — (in sport) to prevent an opponent from attacking by using successful defence techniques
- d'you — D'you is a shortened form of 'do you' or 'did you', used in spoken English.
- dafuq — (vulgar, internet slang) The fuck.
- dasyu — a member of the Asuras, survivors of the ancient culture of Harappa: defeated by Indra.
- datuk — (in Malaysia) a title denoting membership of a high order of chivalry
- datum — a single piece of information; fact
- daube — a braised meat stew
- daubs — Plural form of daub.
- dauby — Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
- dauer — (nematology) A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability.
- daugh — An old Scots unit of measure equal to four ploughgates.
- dault — a child who is brought up in a family to which he or she has no blood connection
- daunt — If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
- dauts — to caress.
- dayum — (slang, emphatic) eye dialect of damn, representing Southern US.
- debug — When someone debugs a computer program, they look for the faults in it and correct them so that it will run properly.
- debur — to remove burs from (a piece of machined metal)
- debus — to unload (goods) or (esp of troops) to alight from a motor vehicle
- debut — The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
- decus — Digital Equipment Computer Users Society
- degum — to remove gum from (a substance or object)
- degut — to remove the entrails of; disembowel; gut.
- demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.