English words starting with ahu

In eastern polynesia: a raised platform or mound; especially a platform of earth or stone used as a memorial or (as on easter island) as a support for stone statues.

More fully "ahuehuete tree". a mexican cypress, taxodium mucronatum (family cupressaceae), which can attain great girth, commonly grown as an ornamental and also important for the production of timber and (especially formerly) medicinal resins.

Of a ship: so as to float or drift solely with the force of the wind or current on the hull, i.e. with the sails furled or the engines turned off. chiefly with lie.

In predicative use: filled with a humming sound; full of or alive with activity, excitement, etc. chiefly with with.