5 Letter Words Ending in U

sadhu

Noun : (Hinduism) An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).

Noun : A male given name from Sanskrit

haiku

Noun : A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Noun : A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

sangu

Noun : a Bantu language of Tanzania

snafu

Noun : A ridiculously chaotic situation.

Noun : A major glitch or breakdown.

Verb : (military, slang) To screw up or foul up.

adieu

Noun : A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

bayou

Noun : A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

Noun : A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

bijou

Noun : A jewel.

Noun : A piece of jewelry; a trinket.

Noun : A small intricate piece of metalwork.

coypu

Noun : A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

hindu

Adjective : Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

Noun : A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).

Noun : (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.

nauru

Noun : A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Nauru.

Noun : The island on which the country is located.

Noun : Nauruan, the language of Nauru.

bantu

Noun : (countable) A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.

Noun : (South Africa, dated, now offensive) A black South African.

Noun : (uncountable) The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

kudzu

Noun : An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montans var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States.

Noun : (cooking, medicine) A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.

fichu

Noun : (chiefly historical) A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest.

quipu

Noun : A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.

poilu

Noun : (historical) A French infantryman during the First World War

perdu

Adjective : (obsolete, military) Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.

Adjective : (now rare) In a dangerous situation; lost, desperate.

Adjective : (now rare) Hidden; concealed from sight. Chiefly with lie.

virtu

Noun : Alternative form of vertu. [(art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.]

anjou

Noun : (historical) A former county, duchy and province in the northwest of modern-day France.

Noun : (historical) A noble family, associated with the county, from which came several dynasties and numerous counts and dukes.

Noun : A town and municipality in Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.

nehru

Noun : A surname from Hindi.

nandu

Noun : Any of the rheas: the large, flightless birds of the three species of South American ratites of the genus Rhea (Brisson, 1760), which is also known by its junior synonym Pterocnemia (Gray, 1871).

aeiou

Noun : AEIOU is a 1979 Czechoslovak film.

tatou

Noun : The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

palau

Noun : A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau.

Noun : Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”) [A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.]

otaku

Noun : (fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.

pilau

Adjective : (Hawaii, slang) filthy

Noun : Alternative spelling of pilaf [A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.]

pishu

macau

Noun : A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.

cornu

Noun : A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

cymru

Noun : (rare) Wales

fondu

Noun : (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.

Noun : (ballet) Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.

Noun : Alternative spelling of fondue [A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.]

passu

Noun : a small village located in Gojal valley upper Hunza of the Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan region of Northern Pakistan.

wushu

Noun : Any Chinese martial art.

Noun : A modern exhibition and full-contact sport based on traditional Chinese martial arts, created in the People's Republic of China. Also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu.

corfu

Noun : An island in Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκυρα), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα).

Noun : The capital of Corfu.

khufu

Noun : Synonym of Cheops

prahu

Noun : Alternative form of proa [A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.]

mmbtu

Noun : one million BTUs

vertu

Noun : (art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.

Noun : (art, now historical) Objets d'art collectively.

Noun : Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.

miaou

Noun : Alternative spelling of miaow

Verb : Alternative spelling of miaow

pareu

Noun : Alternative form of pareo (“type of garment”) [A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.]

sajou

Noun : A spider monkey or capuchin.

noyau

Noun : A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.

Noun : (ethology) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.

naidu

Noun : A surname.

uluru

Noun : A giant free-standing rock in central Australia, previously known by its colonial name, Ayers Rock.

wagyu

Noun : Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.

boyau

Noun : (military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.

Noun : A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.

taegu

Noun : Alternative form of Daegu [A city in South Korea.]

jammu

Noun : A particular region: the southern part of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Noun : The city of Jammu, located on the banks of Tawi river, which is one the largest cities in this region and which serves as the winter capital of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

isuzu

Noun : A Japanese female given name from Japanese

Noun : a vehicle manufactured by Isuzu Motors

Noun : Ellipsis of Isuzu Motors, a Japanese automotive manufacturer

shabu

Noun : (slang, drugs, Asia, mainly Indonesia and Philippines) methedrine; methamphetamine

uhuru

Noun : the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy.

Noun : an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania.

Noun : a bootleg version of the album Welcome Home by British Afro rock band Osibisa, released without authorisation in 1992 by Soundwings Records and distributed by Serenade S.A., Barcelona, Spain.

matsu

Noun : An island group in /www.britannica.com/place/Matsu-Island Matsu Island], in Encyclopædia Britannica: "Matsu Island, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ma-tsu Tao or (Pinyin) Mazu Dao, also called Nankan, small island under the jurisdiction of Taiwan in the East China Sea and […]" synonymous with Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC).

Noun : An island in Lienchiang, Taiwan, also known as Nangan.

Noun : A strait between Beigan and Nangan in Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC).

shoyu

Noun : A dark form of soy sauce.

barbu

Noun : found along western atlantic coas

otaru

jitsu

kansu

Noun : Obsolete spelling of Gansu [A province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.]

dictu

centu

kahau

Noun : The proboscis monkey.

kanzu

Noun : A white or cream-coloured robe worn by men in the African Great Lakes region.

gansu

Noun : A province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.

tendu

Noun : (ballet) A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular direction, but the foot does not leave the floor

buchu

Noun : A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.

Noun : (South Africa) Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.

chiru

Noun : The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.

mandu

Noun : (cooking) A dumpling in Korean cuisine.

elihu

Noun : A male given name

Noun : Various male characters in the Bible; see Wikipedia.

Noun : A secret society at Yale University.

manju

Noun : A female given name from Sanskrit

kombu

Noun : Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.

ponzu

Noun : A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange.

tartu

Noun : The second-largest city in Estonia.

keanu

Noun : A male given name from Hawaiian

rendu

Noun : A surname from French.

turku

Noun : A city in Finland.

nairu

Noun : (economics) Initialism of non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment.

mamou

belau

Noun : a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central pacific ocea

urubu

Noun : A vulture of South America.

ginsu

Noun : A kind of sharp kitchen knife.

abreu

Noun : A surname from Portuguese.

poyou

Noun : argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underpart

non-u

Adjective : (chiefly Britain, colloquial, dated) Not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language.

purau

Noun : shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornamen

battu

Adjective : (ballet, of a movement) Performed with a striking together of the legs.

nammu

Noun : (Sumerian mythology) The goddess of the primeval sea that gave rise to heaven and earth.

wekau

Noun : (zoology) An extinct small New Zealand owl with short wings and long legs that lived chiefly on the ground, Sceloglaux albifacies.

shifu

Noun : Alternative form of sifu [A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi.]

bindu

upolu

Noun : (geography) An island in Samoa.

ignou

donau

Noun : an American Thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1910 Kentucky Derby.

katsu

Noun : (food) Panko breaded and deep-fried Japanese food

tennu

b.t.u

merou

hanau

Noun : a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.

Noun : an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag.

maidu

Noun : A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.

Noun : An extinct Maiduan language.

aruru

Noun : mother and earth goddess in gilgamish epic; identified with sumerian ki and ninkhursa

sensu

Noun : a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".

Noun : a Latin word meaning "in the sense of", most often used in biological nomenclature.

non u

sissu

Noun : east indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad tie

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