5-letter words containing u
- burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects
- burro — a donkey, esp one used as a pack animal
- burry — full of or covered in burs
- bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
- burse — a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
- burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- bus's — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- busan — a port in SE South Korea, on the Korea Strait: the second largest city and chief port of the country; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 3 527 000 (2005 est)
- busby — a tall fur helmet with a bag hanging from the top to the right side, worn by certain soldiers, usually hussars, as in the British Army
- busch — Adolf Georg Wilhelm [German gey-awrk] /German geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1952, Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Germany.
- bused — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- buses — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- bushy — Bushy hair or fur is very thick.
- busra — Basra.
- bussu — a South American palm tree, Manicaria saccifera
- busti — a small settlement; village.
- busty — If you describe a woman as busty, you mean that she has large breasts.
- butch — If you describe a woman as butch, you mean that she behaves or dresses in a masculine way. This use could cause offence.
- buteo — a type of American hawk
- butle — to act as butler
- butsu — a representation of the Buddha.
- butte — an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- butts — a large cask for wine, beer, or ale.
- butty — A butty is a sandwich.
- butut — a Gambian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a dalasi
- butyl — of, consisting of, or containing any of four isomeric forms of the group C4H9–
- buxom — If you describe a woman as buxom, you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts.
- buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.
- buyup — an act or instance of buying up: a spectacular buyup of the city's most valuable real estate.
- buzau — city in Walachia, SE Romania: pop. 149,000
- buzzy — If a place, event, or atmosphere is buzzy, it is lively, interesting, and modern.
- caius — Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cajun — Cajun means belonging or relating to a group of people who live mainly in Louisiana in the United States, and are descended from French people. Cajun is also used to refer to the language and culture of these people.
- camus — Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957
- capua — a town in S Italy, in NW Campania: strategically important in ancient times, situated on the Appian Way. Pop: 19 041 (2001)
- caput — the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure
- carus — (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
- casus — an event, situation or occurrence
- cauca — a river in W Colombia, rising in the northwest and flowing north to the Magdalena River. Length: about 1350 km (840 miles)
- cauda — the area behind the anus of an animal; tail
- caulk — If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- cauls — a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
- cauri — a monetary unit of Guinea, the 100th part of a syli.
- causa — a reason or cause
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cavum — (anatomy) A cavity.
- cavus — (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
- cecum — the pouch that is the beginning of the large intestine
- cetus — a large constellation on the celestial equator near Pisces and Aquarius. It contains the variable star Mira Ceti
- ceuta — an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar, consisting of a port and military station: held by Spain since 1580. Pop: 74 931 (2003 est)