6-letter words containing u
- acquis — The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of EU law.
- acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
- act up — If something is acting up, it is not working properly.
- actium — a town of ancient Greece that overlooked the naval battle in 31 bc at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
- actual — You use actual to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine.
- acture — action
- acuate — to sharpen
- acuity — Acuity is sharpness of vision or hearing, or quickness of thought.
- aculei — Also, acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- acumen — keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
- acuter — Comparative form of acute.
- acutes — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- ad out — receiver's advantage
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- adduce — If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
- adduct — (of a muscle) to draw or pull (a leg, arm, etc) towards the median axis of the body
- adieus — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adieux — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- aditus — The entrance to a cavity or channel.
- adjure — to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- adnoun — an adjective used as a noun; absolute adjective
- adoula — Cyrille [see-ril] /siˈrɪl/ (Show IPA), 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.
- adours — a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- aduice — Obsolete spelling of advice.
- adults — Plural form of adult.
- adytum — the most sacred place of worship in an ancient temple from which the laity was prohibited
- adzuki — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus angularis, that has yellow flowers and pods containing edible brown seeds; widely cultivated as a food crop in China and Japan
- aeacus — a king of Aegina who, after he dies, becomes one of the three judges of the dead in the lower world, with Minos and Rhadamanthus
- aecium — a globular or cup-shaped structure in some rust fungi in which aeciospores are produced
- aegeus — an Athenian king and father of Theseus
- aegium — a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
- aeneus — a tropical fish, Corydoras aeneus, that is commonly found in aquariums
- aeolus — the god of the winds
- aerugo — verdigris.
- afflux — a flowing towards a point
- aflush — (archaic, or, poetic) flushed, blushing.
- agabus — a Christian prophet who predicted a great famine. Acts 11:28.
- aggeus — Haggai
- agouta — a Haitian rodent, Solenodon paradoxus
- agouti — any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat
- agouty — agouti.
- agrius — one of the Gigantes.
- aguayo — A rectangular piece of patterned cloth, used in traditional South American communities to carry children, goods, etc.
- aguise — to dress (the body)
- aguish — producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
- aguize — to dress (the body)
- aidful — helpful; assisting
- aimful — possessing purpose or aim
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.