Words starting with U — 274 entries

The 274 dictionary words that begin with the letter U, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• untouched6 sensesRemaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not altered.
• untraceable1 senseNot able to be traced or tracked down.
• untrue2 sensesFalse; not true.
• unusual2 sensesNot usual, out of the ordinary.
• unusually1 senseIn an unusual manner.
• unwanted2 sensesNot wanted; unwelcome.
• unwell2 sensesNot in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill
• unwilling1 senseNot willing; reluctant
• unwind10 sensesTo separate (something that is wound up)
• unworthy2 sensesNot worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
• up66 sensesIndicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to…
• up-2 sensesUsed to indicate increase.
• upbeat3 sensesHaving a fast pace, tempo, or beat.
• upbringing2 sensesThe traits acquired during one's childhood training
• upcoming5 sensesHappening or appearing in the relatively near future.
• update8 sensesAn additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.
• upgrade9 sensesAn upward grade or slope.
• upgraded1 senseHaving had an upgrade; having been improved or enhanced.
• uphill7 sensesUp a slope, towards higher ground.
• Uphill3 sensesA suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3158).
• uphold3 sensesTo hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
• Uphold1 senseA surname.
• upload3 sensesTo transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
• uploaded1 senseHaving been uploaded; having been digitally sent from one's computer to someone else's.
• upon1 sensealternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.
• upper18 sensesAt a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
• upright16 sensesVertical; erect.
• Upright1 senseA surname.
• uprising1 senseA popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
• uproar5 sensesTumultuous, noisy excitement.
• UPS2 sensesTo connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply.
• upset18 sensesAngry, distressed, or unhappy
• upsetting3 sensesAn overturning or disarrangement.
• upside4 sensesThe highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
• upstairs7 sensesLocated on a higher floor or level of a building.
• upstanding2 sensesHonest; reputable; respectable.
• upstate5 sensesThe northern section of a state.
• uptight5 sensesExcessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
• uptown6 sensesThe residential part of a city, which is usually away from the central business district.
• Uptown2 sensesThe central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina.
• upward5 sensesIn a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
• Upward1 senseA surname.
• upwards5 sensesTowards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
• uranium1 senseThe element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
• urban5 sensesOf, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place,…
• Urban3 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• urge9 sensesA strong desire to do something.
• urgency3 sensesThe quality or condition of being urgent.
• urgent2 sensesRequiring immediate attention.
• urgently2 sensesWith great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
• urine2 sensesLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
• urn7 sensesA vase with a footed base.
• Ursula1 senseA female given name from Latin.
• us13 sensesMe and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
• use22 sensesThe act of using.
• used4 sensesIn used to.
• useful1 senseHaving a practical or beneficial use.
• useless4 sensesWithout use or the possibility to be used.
• user5 sensesOne who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
• useR1 senseSomeone who uses the R programming language.
• uses1 senseA form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another…
• usher9 sensesA person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
• Usher2 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for an usher.
• using1 senseuse; utilization
• usual3 sensesMost commonly occurring; typical.
• usually2 sensesMost of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
• Utah7 sensesA state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City.
• uterus2 sensesA reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
• utility13 sensesThe state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
• utmost2 sensesThe most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
• utopia1 senseA world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
• utter27 sensesTo the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
• Utter1 senseA surname.
• utterly1 senseCompletely; entirely; to the fullest extent.