8-letter words containing u
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- adumbral — shadowy
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advoutry — adultery
- aecidium — an aecium
- aedeagus — the phallus of a male insect.
- aedicula — aedicule.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aegyptus — a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs
- aequalis — (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aerarium — the state treasury in ancient Rome.
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- affluxes — Plural form of afflux.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- agaricus — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- ageratum — any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
- aguacate — an avocado
- aguelike — as if suffering from fever
- agueweed — a North American gentianaceous plant, Gentiana quinquefolia, that has clusters of pale blue-violet or white flowers
- aguishly — in an aguish manner
- ahuzzath — a friend of Abimelech with whom he journeyed from Gerar to make a covenant with Isaac in Beersheba. Gen. 26:26–31.
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- aiguille — a rock mass or mountain peak shaped like a needle
- aimfully — in an aimful manner
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air plug — a plug making an airtight seal to a vent.
- air pump — a device for pumping air in or out of something
- airbound — supported by air
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- akureyri — a city in N Iceland.
- al hufuf — a town in E Saudi Arabia: a trading centre with nearby oilfields and oases. Pop: 331 000 (2005 est)
- alajuela — a city in central Costa Rica.
- alamiqui — almique (def 3).
- alaouite — a member of a Shiite sect of Syrian Muslims
- albarium — a stucco used in ancient times, made from powdered marble and lime mortar and often polished.
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.