8-letter words containing u
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- ats&gwtu — All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers Trade Union
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- attuning — Present participle of attune.
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- aubusson — a town in central France, in the Creuse department: a centre for flat-woven carpets and for tapestries since the 16th century. Pop: 4662 (1999)
- auckland — the chief port of New Zealand, in the northern part of North Island: former capital of New Zealand (1840–65). Pop: 450 300 (2010 est)
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
- audhumla — a cow, owned by Ymir and born like him from drops of the melting primeval ice: its licking of a mass of salty ice exposed the first god, Buri.
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- audience — The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- audioone — (tool, music) Digital recording and editing software developed by BizTrack Software Development for the dance, music, and audio industries. AudioOne includes a waveform recorder that allows signal manipulation, editing, and recording.
- auditees — Plural form of auditee.
- auditing — the act of inspecting, correcting, and certifying (accounts, etc)
- audition — An audition is a short performance given by an actor, dancer, or musician so that a director or conductor can decide if they are good enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.
- auditive — a person who learns primarily by listening
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- augurers — Plural form of augurer.
- auguries — Plural form of augury.
- auguring — an excessively talkative person.
- augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
- augustly — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- augustus — original name Gaius Octavianus; after his adoption by Julius Caesar (44 bc) known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. 63 bc–14 ad, Roman statesman, a member of the second triumvirate (43 bc). After defeating Mark Antony at Actium (31 bc), he became first emperor of Rome, adopting the title Augustus (27 bc)
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- aumildar — a manager or agent.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- aunthood — the state of being, or relationship of, aunt
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolae — Plural form of aureola.
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auricula — a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear
- aurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aurify.
- auriform — shaped like an ear; auricular
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- aurorean — of or resembling dawn