7-letter words that end in u
- pangfou — Bengbu.
- parakou — a city in E central Benin.
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- plateau — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- ponceau — a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- purlieu — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- queneau — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–76. French writer, influenced in the 1920s by surrealism. His novels include Zazie dans le métro (1959)
- raupatu — the confiscation or seizure of land
- rinceau — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rokkaku — a type of Japanese kite shaped like a hexagon
- rondeau — Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- rouleau — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- sankuru — a river in S central Congo, flowing WNW to the Kasai River. 750 miles (1207 km) long.
- sapajou — a capuchin monkey.
- see you — 'See you', 'be seeing you', and 'see you later' are ways of saying goodbye to someone when you expect to meet them again soon.
- seppuku — hara-kiri (def 1).
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- sharaku — Tashusai [taw-shoo-sahy] /ˈtɔ ʃʊˈsaɪ/ (Show IPA), flourished 18th century, Japanese printmaker.
- shiatsu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shiatzu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shikibu — Murasaki Shikibu.
- shikoku — an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).
- shimizu — a city in Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan.
- sinuiju — a city in W North Korea, on the Yalu River.
- sou-sou — an arrangement made among friends whereby each person makes regular contributions to a fund, the money being drawn out periodically by each individual in turn
- soutenu — performed in a carefully sustained manner.
- spandau — a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
- tableau — a picture, as of a scene.
- taichou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- taizhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- tamarau — a small wild buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) mindorensis, of Mindoro in the Philippines, having thick, brown hair and short, massive horns.
- tamiflu — an oral antiviral drug that attacks the influenza virus and prevents it spreading inside the body
- tardieu — André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- thimphu — a kingdom in the Himalayas, NE of India: foreign affairs under Indian jurisdiction. About 19,300 sq. mi. (50,000 sq. km). Capital: Thimphu.
- thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thurgau — a canton in NE Switzerland. 388 sq. mi. (1005 sq. km). Capital: Frauenfeld.
- timarau — a small wild buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) mindorensis, of Mindoro in the Philippines, having thick, brown hair and short, massive horns.
- tinamou — any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- tokelau — an island group in the South Pacific composed of three atolls, Nukunono, Atafu, and Fakaofo; dependent territory of New Zealand. Pop: 1368 (2012 est). Area: about 11 sq km (4 sq miles)
- tonneau — a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- trudeau — Pierre Elliott [pee-air] /piˈɛər/ (Show IPA), 1919–2000, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1968–79 and 1980–84.
- trumeau — a mirror having a painted or carved panel above or below the glass in the same frame.
- umbundu — Mbundu (def 2).
- umlungu — a white man: used esp as a term of address
- vanuatu — a republic consisting of a group of 80 islands in the S Pacific, about 1000 miles (1600 km) NE of Australia: formerly under joint British and French administration; gained independence 1980. About 5700 sq. mi. (14,763 sq. km). Capital: Vila.
- wailuku — a town on NW Maui, in central Hawaii.
- waipahu — a city in Hawaii, on S Oahu.
- warehou — (New Zealand) Any of the three medusafishes Seriolella brama (the common warehou), Seriolella caerulea (the white warehou), and Seriolella punctata (the silver warehou).
- watteau — Jean Antoine [zhahn ahn-twan] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1684–1721, French painter.
- wenchou — a seaport in SE Zhejiang province, in E China.