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| Word | Definition |
| uakari | short-tailed, long-haired monkey |
| uberous | yielding an abundance of milk; abounding |
| uberty | fruitfulness; abundant productiveness |
| ubi | whereabouts; permanent or present location |
| ubication | condition of being in a certain location |
| ubicity | whereabouts |
| ubiety | location; state of being in a definite place |
| ubiquarian | one who seems to be everywhere at once |
| ubique | everywhere |
| ubiquitarianism | belief that Christ is everywhere |
| ubity | place or locality |
| ucalegon | neighbour whose house is on fire |
| udal | form of land tenure in Orkney and Shetland islands |
| udometer | instrument for measuring rainfall |
| ufology | study of alien spacecraft |
| ughten | morning twilight |
| uguisu | olive-plumed bush warbler |
| uintathere | extinct Pleistocene hoofed herbivore |
| ukase | edict; proclamation by an autocratic government |
| ukeke | Hawaiian mouth harp with two or three strings |
| ulatrophy | atrophy of the gums |
| ulcuscle | a small ulcer |
| uletic | of, like or pertaining to the gums |
| uliginous | slimy; oozy; swampy; growing in swampy places |
| ullage | quantity by which vessel is under full capacity |
| ullagone | cry of lamentation; funeral lament |
| ulmaceous | of or like elms |
| uloid | like a scar |
| ulosis | formation of a scar |
| ulotrichous | having woolly hair |
| ultimation | process of bringing to a conclusion |
| ultimo | of last month |
| ultimogeniture | inheritance by the last son |
| ultion | revenge; vengeance |
| ultracrepidate | to criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge |
| ultradian | of physiological cycles longer than an hour and shorter than a day |
| ultrafidian | going beyond faith |
| ultrageous | violently extreme |
| ultraism | holding extreme opinions on a subject |
| ultramarine | deep blue |
| ultramicroscope | instrument for viewing extremely small objects |
| ultramontane | south of the Alps; supporting the Pope |
| ultroneous | spontaneous; voluntary |
| umbe | around; about |
| umbel | mass of flowers springing from a single center |
| umbelliferous | bearing umbels |
| umber | brownish red |
| umbilical | of, like or pertaining to the navel; related on the mother's side |
| umbilicanimism | looking at the navel in search of enlightenment; omphaloskepsis |
| umbiliciform | shaped like a navel |
| umbo | central knob or boss of a shield |
| umbracious | shady |
| umbraculiform | shaped like an umbrella |
| umbraculum | umbrella or umbrella-like structure |
| umbrage | shade; foliage; offence |
| umbratic | shadowy; providing shade |
| umbratilous | shadowy; shaded; indoor; secluded |
| umbriferous | giving or bearing shade |
| umbril | visor on helmet to protect the eyes from light |
| umbrose | shade-giving; dusky |
| umlaut | two dots placed over a vowel to indicate change in vowel sound (Führer) |
| umstroke | circumference; edge |
| unalist | priest holding one benefice |
| unaneled | without extreme unction |
| unasinous | being equally stupid |
| unberufen | exclamation to avert ill luck following boasting |
| unbosom | to pour out; to tell freely |
| uncate | hooked |
| uncial | of, like or pertaining to an inch or an ounce |
| unciform | shaped like a hook |
| unconsentaneous | not in agreement |
| unction | anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address |
| unctuous | slimy; oily; greasy; offensively suave and smug |
| undate | wavy |
| undecennial | happening every eleven years |
| undeify | to deprive of the nature of a god |
| underbreath | subdued voice; rumour |
| underbridge | bridge carrying a road or railway |
| undercroft | crypt or vault under a church |
| underlap | piece of material that extends under another |
| undern | light midday meal |
| underwit | inferior wit; half-wit |
| undigenous | produced by the action of water |
| undight | to take off; to doff; to undo |
| undine | female water spirit |
| undinism | psychological obsession with urine and urination |
| undulationism | theory that light consists of waves |
| uneath | difficult; distressing; hard; scarce |
| ungual | of a claw, hoof, or talon; clawed |
| unguentary | of, like or pertaining to unguents; one who makes or sells unguents |
| unguiculate | clawed |
| unguicule | fingernail |
| unguiferous | bearing nails or claws |
| unguiform | shaped like a claw |
| unguinous | oily; fatty |
| unguligrade | walking on hoofs |
| unhouseled | not having received the Eucharist shortly before death |
| unicity | uniqueness; oneness |
| unicorn | carriage drawn by three horses in triangular formation |
| unicornic | resembling a unicorn |
| unifarious | arranged in a single row or series |
| unifilar | having only one thread or wire |
| unigeniture | state or fact of being the only begotten |
| unigenous | of the same origin, kind or sort |
| unipara | woman having given birth only once |
| uniparous | producing only one offspring at birth |
| uniphonous | producing only one variety of musical note |
| uniplicate | having only one fold |
| unipotent | powerful in one direction only |
| unisonous | in unison or agreement |
| unition | conjunction |
| universalism | belief in universal salvation |
| univocal | unmistakeable; unequivocal |
| univocalic | having only one vowel; written passage using only one vowel |
| univoltine | having one brood a year |
| univorous | living on only one host or source of food |
| unleal | unfaithful |
| unligable | unable to be bound together |
| unprevaricate | not perverted |
| unreeve | to withdraw a rope from an opening |
| unseel | to unsew the eyes of |
| unsinew | to take the strength from |
| unstercorated | not manured |
| untimeous | untimely |
| untreasure | to despoil |
| unwithdrawing | liberal; lavish |
| unzymotic | fabulous |
| upaithric | roofless; open to the sky |
| upas | poisonous or harmful institution or influence |
| upbuilding | development; edification |
| upcast | upward throw; material thrown up |
| upher | rough pole made of fir and used in scaffolding |
| uplong | extending upward from |
| uprist | rising; uprising |
| upspeak | to begin to speak |
| upstay | to sustain |
| upsy | in the manner of; thoroughly |
| upwith | up along |
| uranic | of the palate |
| uraniferous | bearing uranium |
| uraniscus | roof of the mouth |
| uranism | male homosexuality |
| uranography | descriptive astronomy and mapping |
| uranology | study of the heavens; astronomy |
| uranomancy | divination by studying the heavens |
| uranomania | obsession with the idea of divinity |
| uranometry | measurement of distances between heavenly bodies |
| uranophobia | fear of heaven |
| uranoplasty | plastic surgery on the hard palate |
| uranoscopy | star-watching |
| uraster | starfish |
| urbacity | excessive pride in one's city |
| urbanist | expert in urban planning |
| urbanology | study of cities |
| urbarial | founded on a register of landed property |
| urbicide | destruction of a city |
| urbicolous | dwelling in cities |
| urbiculture | cultivation or development of urban life |
| urceiform | shaped like a pitcher |
| urceolate | shaped like a pitcher |
| urceus | single-handled jug or pitcher |
| urdé | pointed; having points |
| urdee | of a heraldic device, pointed or broken into parallel pointed projections |
| ure | use; custom |
| uredo | burning feeling in the skin |
| urenology | study of rust molds |
| urent | burning; stinging |
| uresis | urination |
| urethroscope | instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra |
| uretic | of, like or pertaining to urine |
| urial | wild central Asian sheep with reddish coat and long curved horns |
| urimancy | divination by observing urine |
| urinator | diver |
| uriniferous | bearing urine |
| urinometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity of urine |
| urkingdom | taxonomic group of organisms larger than a kingdom |
| urman | swampy pine forest |
| urochs | extinct wild ox or bison |
| urogenous | producing or produced in urine |
| urolith | small stone in the urinary tract |
| urology | study of urine; urinary tract |
| uromastix | spiky-tailed ground-dwelling lizard |
| uropoietic | secreting or excreting urine |
| uropygium | rump of a bird |
| urosthenic | having a tail designed for propulsion |
| urraca | noisy South American bird |
| ursal | fur seal |
| ursicide | killing or killer of a bear |
| ursiform | having the shape or appearance of a bear |
| ursine | of, like or pertaining to bears |
| urtext | earliest version of a text; original unmodified version |
| urticaceous | of, like or pertaining to nettles |
| urticant | stinging; irritating |
| urticate | to sting; to flog with nettles |
| urubu | black tropical New World vulture |
| usageaster | self-appointed and conservative language usage expert |
| usance | habit; custom |
| ushabti | figurine of deceased person placed in Egyptian tomb |
| usitative | signifying a usual act |
| ustion | action of burning or searing |
| ustulation | burning; roasting |
| usucaption | acquisition of property by long usage and enjoyment |
| usufruct | the right to use and enjoy something |
| usward | toward us |
| utile | profitable; useful |
| utilitarianism | belief that utility of actions determines moral value |
| utinam | earnest wish or desire |
| utraquist | person speaking two or both of two languages |
| utricide | one who stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone |
| utricle | small cavity or sac |
| utriculiform | shaped like a small cavity or sac |
| utriform | shaped like a leather bottle or flask |
| uvala | irregular depression in a karst terrain |
| uvelloid | resembling a small cluster of grapes |
| uvid | moist; wet |
| uxorial | of, like or pertaining to a wife |
| uxoricide | killing of one's own wife |
| uxorious | excessively fond of one's wife |
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