A-Z: words ending in U

A

Comment that makes an illuminating or entertaining point (from French, "noticed")

B

Another word from French, for a desk or a department

C

Reindeer

D

Alternative spelling of a traditional Aboriginal musical instrument

E

Also from Australia, a large flightless bird

F

Common virus

G

A Hindu spiritual teacher

H

Japanese poem

I

Improvised

J

A Nigerian belief system and style of music

K

Chinese martial art, usually spelled with a space

L

From the French for "place", meaning in place of, instead

M

List of food available in a restaurant

N

A Greek letter and useful Scrabble word

O

A decorative process for ornaments which originally applied a gold–mercury amalgam to bronze

P

Flat hilltop

Q

Ancient Andean device which used strings to record data

R

Italian meat sauce

S

Japanese number puzzle

T

Archaic word for "you"

U

Southern African philosophy of interconnectedness which has given its name to a version of Linux

V

Haitian religion, the word being related to the superstition of sticking pins into dolls to hurt real people

W

Chinese word for martial arts

X

Vietnamese coin worth one hundredth of a dong

Y

Pronoun which is one of the top 20 commonest words in English

Z

Asian relative of the cow