English words: urban legend to urethrostomy

300 English words, part 83 of 88 of the words starting with U, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words urban legend to urethrostomy

urban legend noun: A widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.
urban lumberjack noun: A lumbersexual.
urban mine noun: The stockpile of metals that may be recovered from discarded electronic equipment.
urban mining noun: The process of recovering rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments.
urban myth noun: A widely circulated story, often believed to be true by the teller, but usually distorted, exaggerated or fabricated for sensational effect, and often...
urban Naxal noun: A person, especially an intellectual, academic, journalist, or other urban resident, who supports the ideology, objectives, or activities of the Naxalite...
urban planner noun: A specialist in urban planning.
urban planning noun: The conscious design of towns and cities.
urban prairie noun: Urban land that has reverted to green space.
urban regeneration noun: Synonym of urban renewal.
urban renew noun, verb: To carry out urban renewal; to redevelop an urban area.
urban renewal noun: A process where older areas of a city are redeveloped, including slum clearance, replacement of outdated buildings and infrastructure.
urban renewed adjective, verb: Having gone through the process of urban renewal.
urban reserve noun: A division of property owned by a First Nations community within an urban area.
Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome noun: A rare congenital disorder characterized by genital anomalies, mental retardation, obesity, contractures of fingers, and osteoporosis.
urban rot noun: Synonym of urban blight.
urban-rural commune noun: Synonym of urban-rural gmina.
urban-rural gmina noun: A type of gmina comprised of rural communities and at least one settlement with city rights.
urban sanitary district noun: A sanitary district that was established in a municipal borough.
urban scattering noun: The construction of housing in a sporadic and unregulated manner in periurban, rural or country areas.
urban sprawl noun: An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.
urban studies noun: The study of the urban development of cities.
urban survival syndrome noun: A legal defense according to which an inner-city life of racial segregation and/or violence causes a state akin to post-traumatic stress disorder and...
Urban syndrome noun: Synonym of Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome.
urban-type settlement noun: an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town) in the Soviet Union, Poland (formerly), Bulgaria (formerly) and in 10 post-Soviet...
urban void noun: Any abandoned, underutilized, or undeveloped area within a city; including vacant lots, derelict industrial sites, obsolete infrastructure (like beneath...
urban warfare noun: combat conducted in towns and cities
urban warrior noun: One who lives in a city and has an aggressive, competitive attitude which tends to be focused on physical activity.
Urbana proper noun: A city, the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois; named for the city in Ohio.
urbancentric adjective: Focused on urban areas.
Urbandale proper noun: A city in Iowa, United States.
urbane adjective /ɜːˈbeɪn/: Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.
Urbanek proper noun: A surname.
urbanely adverb: In an urbane manner.
urbaneness noun: urbanity
urbaner adjective, noun /ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/: Synonym of urbanite.
urbania noun: Urban areas collectively, as opposed to suburbia.
Urbaniak proper noun: A surname.
urbanicity noun: The quality or fact of (an area) being urban.
urbanisation noun: Alternative spelling of urbanization.
urbanise verb: Alternative spelling of urbanize.
urbanised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of urbanized
urbaniser noun: Alternative form of urbanizer.
urbanish adjective: Somewhat urban.
urbanism noun /ˈɜː(ɹ)bənɪzəm/: The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.
urbanist noun: A person who studies cities and their growth.
Urbaniste noun: A variety of large pear.
urbanistic adjective: Relating to an urbanist.
urbanistically adverb: In an urbanistic manner.
urbanistics noun: Synonym of urban studies.
urbanite noun: Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
urbanitis noun: A notional disease associated with urban living or habits.
urbanity noun /əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/: Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
urbanization noun: The process of the formation and growth of cities.
urbanize verb: To make something more urban in character.
urbanized adjective, verb: having undergone urbanization
urbanizer noun: One who develops a place into a city.
urbanlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a urban areas.
urbanly adverb: In an urban manner.
urbanness noun: The state or condition of being urban.
urbano noun: An umbrella term for various popular Latin American music genres.
urbanocentric adjective: urbancentric
urbanoid adjective: Resembling an urban environment.
urbanological adjective: Relating to urbanology.
urbanologist noun: a sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns
urbanology noun: The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns.
urbanonym noun /ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/: The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities.
urbanonymic adjective: Of or relating to urbanonymy.
urbanonymy noun /ˌɛɹbəˈnɑnəmi/: The naming of urban features.
urbanophilic adjective: That prefers to live in a town or city
urbanscape noun: An urban landscape.
Urbanski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
urbarial adjective /ɜːˈbɛəɹi.əl/: Relating to an urbarium.
urbarium noun /ɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/: A medieval register of the land ownership of an area.
urbech noun: A thick, sticky paste made from ground raw or dried seeds (such as flax, hemp, sunflower, pumpkin), apricot kernels or nuts, traditionally used in Dagestani...
urbex noun /ˈɜɹbeks/: The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration.
urbexer noun: A person who explores man-made structures, often as a hobby; a person who participates in urban exploration.
urbexing noun: The exploration of man-made environments, particularly urban, prohibited, or abandoned.
URBI noun: Acronym of Universal Real-Time Behavior Interface.
urbicidal adjective /ɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl/: Pertaining to or having the nature of urbicide, that being the deliberate “killing” of a city by the razing of distinctive physical manifestations of its...
urbicide noun /ˈɜːbɪsaɪd/: The destruction of a city or urban area.
urbicolous adjective: Living in an urban environment; city-dwelling.
urbicultural adjective: Relating to urbiculture.
urbiculture noun: The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.
urbilaterian noun: The hypothetical last common ancestor to all bilaterians.
Urbina proper noun: A surname.
Urbino proper noun: A historic walled-town in the Marche, Italy
urbs noun /ɜːbz/: A walled city in Ancient Rome.
urceiform adjective: Shaped like a pitcher.
urceolar adjective: urceolate
urceolarian noun: Any member of the Urceolaria.
urceolate adjective /ˈɜː(ɹ)sɪəleɪt/: Shaped like an urn.
urceolately adverb: In an urceolate manner.
urceole noun: A vessel for water or washing the hands in Roman Catholicism.
urceolus noun: Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.
urceus noun: A ewer for holding water for washing.
Urch proper noun: A surname.
urchin noun /ˈɜːtʃɪn/: A hedgehog.
urchin barren noun: A shallow part of the ocean where the population growth of sea urchins has gone unchecked, causing destructive grazing of kelp forests.
urchin fish noun: A porcupine fish.
urchiness noun: A female urchin.
urchinivorous adjective: That eats sea urchins
urchinlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an urchin (mischievous child).
urchinly adjective /ˈɜːt͡ʃɪnli/: Of the nature of, resembling, or befitting an urchin.
urd noun: One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
urd bean noun: Synonym of black gram
urd dal noun: Alternative spelling of urad dal.
urdamycin noun: Any of a group of angucycline antibiotics present in Streptomyces fradiae.
Urdaneta proper noun: A surname.
urdé adjective: Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.
urdée adjective: Alternative form of urdé.
Urdish adjective, noun: A crossover of Urdu and English language.
urdoxa noun /ˈʊə.dɒk.sə/: A pre-reflective, original belief; a foundational doxic attitude prior to doubt or affirmation.
Urdu adjective /ˈʊəˌduː/: Of or relating to the Urdu language.
Urdufication noun: The act or process of rendering a language more similar to Urdu.
Urduization noun: The process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region.
Urduphone adjective, noun /ˈʊəduˌfəʊn/: Urdu-speaking.
urdy adjective: Alternative form of urdé.
ure contraction, noun, suffix, verb /-ʊə̯/: Use, practise, exercise.
urea noun /jʊˈɹiːə/: A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
urea cycle noun: A metabolic cycle of biochemical reactions, occurring in ureotelic organisms, in which highly toxic ammonia is converted to urea for excretion.
urea-formaldehyde noun: Any of several of the condensation products of the reaction between urea and formaldehyde (and their derivatives) used as a thermosetting material.
ureaform noun: A fertilizer made from urea-formaldehyde reaction products.
ureagenesis noun: formation of urea
ureal adjective: Of or pertaining to urea.
urealytic adjective: That hydrolyses urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide
ureameter noun: An apparatus for measuring the amount of urea in urine, based on the amount of nitrogen produced in certain reactions.
ureametry noun: The measurement of urea.
ureaplasma noun: Any member of the genus Ureaplasma of urease-positive bacteria
ureaplasmal adjective: Relating to ureaplasmas
urease noun /ˈjʊəɹɪeɪz/: the enzyme, found in soil bacteria and some plants, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide
urechid noun: Any of the family Urechidae of spoonworms.
urechidan adjective: Relating to urechids
urechitin noun: A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a plant, Pentalinon luteum, found in the Caribbean
urechitoxin noun: A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin.
uredepa noun: An antiosteoporotic drug.
uredial adjective: Relating to the uredium.
uredineal adjective: Alternative form of uredinial
uredineous adjective: Relating to the uredo.
uredinial adjective: Relating to the uredinium.
urediniospore noun: A spore produced by a uredinium
urediniosporic adjective: Relating to urediniospores
uredinium noun: A pustule that occurs on the leaves and stems of a plant infected with rust fungus.
uredinological adjective: Relating to uredinology.
uredinologist noun: One who studies uredinology.
uredinology noun: The mycological study of rust fungi.
uredinospore noun: Alternative form of urediniospore.
uredinous adjective: Relating to the uredo.
urediospore noun /jʊəˈɹɛdiəˌspɔː(ɹ)/: urediniospore
uredium noun: Synonym of uredinium.
uredo noun: urediniospore
uredofos noun: An anthelminthic drug.
uredosoral adjective: Relating to the uredosorus.
uredospore noun: urediniospore
uredosporic adjective: Relating to uredospores.
uredosporous adjective: Relating to uredospores.
uredostage noun: Synonym of uredo (“summer stage in the life history of certain rust”).
urefibrate noun: An antilipidemic drug.
ureic adjective: Of, relating to, or derived from urea.
ureid noun: Any of several classes of (mostly heterocyclic) compounds derived from urea
ureide noun: Any compound, of general formula R-CO-NH-CO-NH₂ or R-CO-NH-CO-NH-CO-R', formally derived by the acylation of urea.
ureido- prefix /jə.ɹiː.əd.oʊ/: Ureylene.
ureidopenicillin noun: Any of a class of penicillin antibiotics in which an amino group has been replaced by a urea moiety.
ureilite noun /ˈjɔːɹiɪlʌɪt/: An achondrite composed mostly of olivine and clinobronzite with some diamond or graphite.
urelement noun: A mathematical object which is not a set but which can be an element of a set.
uremia noun: Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.
uremic adjective /jʊəˈɹiːmɪk/: Of, relating to, or causing uremia.
uremic frost noun: Crystals of urea that are excreted onto the skin in cases of uremia.
uremigenic adjective: Causing, or caused by, uremia.
Uren proper noun: A surname.
Urena proper noun: A surname.
ureo- prefix: urea
ureogenesis noun: The biosynthesis of urea
ureogenic adjective: Relating to ureogenesis
ureohydrolase noun: Any of various hydrolase enzymes involved in arginine/agmatine metabolism, the urea cycle, histidine degradation, and other pathways.
ureolysis noun: The breakdown of urea (typically by bacteria) into ammonia and carbon dioxide
ureolytic adjective: Alternative form of urealytic.
ureolytically adverb: In a urealytic manner.
ureosecretory adjective: Relating to the secretion of urea.
ureosmotic adjective: That modifies urea production in order to stabilize osmotic pressure
ureotelic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting ureotelism
ureotelism noun: The excretion of excess nitrogen as urea
-uresis noun, suffix /jʊ(ə)ˈɹiː.sɪs/: urination.
-uret suffix: -ide.
uretal adjective: Of or pertaining to the ureter.
ureter noun /jʊəˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/: Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
ureteral adjective: Of a ureter.
ureteralgia noun: pain in the ureter
ureterectomy noun: Removal of the ureters.
ureteric adjective: Of or pertaining to the ureter
ureteritis noun: Inflammation of the ureter.
uretero- prefix /jəˈɹiːtəɹoʊ-/: ureter.
ureterocele noun: A congenital abnormality of the urinary bladder, in which the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a pouch.
ureterocervical adjective: Relating to the ureter and the cervix.
ureterocoele noun: Alternative form of ureterocele.
ureterocolic adjective: Relating to the ureter and the colon.
ureterocutaneostomy noun: The detachment of a ureter from the bladder to the surface of the abdomen.
ureterocutaneous adjective: Relating to the ureter and the skin.
ureterocystanastomosis noun: A procedure that involves detaching a diseased, injured, or damaged ureter from its original position and reconnecting reimplanting it directly into the...
ureterocystoneostomy noun: neostomy to the urinary bladder and the ureter
ureterocystoplasty noun: Repair to the urinary bladder and the ureter
ureteroenteric adjective: Relating to a ureter and the intestine.
ureterogenital adjective: Relating to the ureter and the genitals.
ureterogram noun: A diagnostic image produced by ureterography.
ureterograph noun: Synonym of ureterogram.
ureterographic adjective: Relating to ureterography.
ureterography noun: Diagnostic imaging of the ureter.
ureteroileal adjective: Relating to the ureter and the ileum
ureteroileourethral adjective: Relating to, or communicating between the ureter, ileum and urethra.
ureterointestinal adjective: Relating to the ureter and the intestines.
ureterolith noun: A stone in a ureter.
ureterolithiasis noun: The presence of stones in the ureter.
ureterolithotomy noun: The removal of an unfragmented stone from the ureter
ureterolithotripsy noun: The breakup and subsequent removal of stones in the ureter
ureterolysis noun: A surgical procedure to expose the ureter in order to free it from external pressure or adhesions or to avoid damaging it during pelvic surgery, most often...
ureteroneocystostomy noun: An operation involving implantation of the upper end of a transected ureter into the bladder.
ureteronephrectomy noun: A surgical procedure to remove a ureter and a kidney (unilateral procedure) or both ureters and both kidneys (bilateral procedure).
ureteropathy noun: A disease of the ureter.
ureteropelvic adjective: Relating to the ureter and renal pelvis.
ureteroproctostomy noun /jʊˌriːtəroʊˌprɑktəˈstɑmi/: A form of urinary diversion involving the creation of an anastomosis between a ureter and the rectum.
ureteropyelography noun: Contrast radiography of a ureter and the adjacent renal pelvis (either unilaterally or bilaterally).
ureteropyeloscopic adjective: Relating to ureteropyeloscopy.
ureteropyeloscopy noun: pyeloscopy of the ureter
ureterorenal adjective: Of or relating to the ureter and kidneys.
ureterorenoscope noun: A device used in ureterorenoscopy
ureterorenoscopic adjective: Relating to, or by means of ureterorenoscopy
ureterorenoscopy noun: A visual inspection of the interior of the ureter and kidney by means of a flexible endoscope
ureteroscope noun: A device used to inspect the interior of the ureter
ureteroscopic adjective: Relating to a ureteroscope or to ureteroscopy
ureteroscopically adverb: By means of ureteroscopy
ureteroscopist noun: One who performs ureteroscopy.
ureteroscopy noun: Visual inspection of the ureter by means of a ureteroscope.
ureterosigmoidostomy noun: A surgical procedure in which the ureters are diverted into the sigmoid colon.
ureterostenosis noun: stenosis of the ureter
ureterostomy noun: The creation of a stoma (a new, artificial outlet) for a ureter or kidney.
ureterotomy noun: Any operation which involves the incision of the ureter.
ureteroureterostomy noun /jʊˌriːtəroʊjʊˌriːtəˈrɒstəmi/: A surgical procedure in which the two ureters are connected to each other. It’s done when there’s a need to bypass a damaged, obstructed, or diseased...
ureterouterine adjective: Relating to the ureter and the uterus.
ureterovaginal adjective: Relating to the ureter and vagina.
ureterovesical adjective: Relating to, or joining, the ureter and the bladder.
urethan noun: Alternative form of urethane.
urethanase noun: A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of urethane and water into ethanol, carbon dioxide, and ammonia.
urethane noun, verb: A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
urethanic adjective: Relating to urethanes.
urethanization noun: The process of urethanizing.
urethanize verb: To treat with urethane.
uretherostomy noun: An incision into the urethra to allow for drainage.
urethr- prefix: Alternative form of urethro- (before a vowel)
urethra noun /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/: The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
urethral adjective /jʊəˈɹiːθɹəl/: Pertaining to the urethra.
urethral bulb noun: The enlarged proximal part of the corpus spongiosum.
urethral fold noun: The urogenital fold.
urethral intercourse noun: Urethral sex.
urethral meatus noun: Synonym of urinary meatus.
urethral sex noun: A sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's urethra, almost exclusively when they have a vagina.
urethral sphincter noun: The collective muscles used to control the flow of urine from the urinary bladder. These muscles surround the urethra, so that when they contract, the...
urethral sponge noun: A spongy cushion of tissue, found in the lower genital area of females, that sits against both the pubic bone and vaginal wall, and surrounds the urethra.
urethral syndrome noun: The presence of symptoms suggestive of a lower urinary tract infection but without significant bacteriuria with a conventional pathogen.
urethralgia noun: Pain of the urethra.
urethrally adverb: Via the urethra
urethrascope noun: Alternative form of urethroscope.
urethratome noun: Alternative form of urethrotome.
urethrectomy noun: The surgical removal of all or part of the male urethra.
urethrism noun: Irritation of the urethra.
urethrismus noun: Synonym of urethrism.
urethritic adjective: Afflicted with, or relating to, urethritis.
urethritis noun /ˌjʊəɹɪˈθɹaɪtɪs/: Inflammation of the urethra, a finding possible in many diseases (e.g., STI and non-STI, including UTI) but often in gonorrhea and chlamydia.
urethro- prefix /jəˈɹiːθɹoʊ-/: urethra.
urethrocele noun: Prolapse of the female urethra into the vagina.
urethrocutaneous adjective: Relating to the urethra and the skin (of the penis)
urethrocystocele noun: Prolapse of both the urethra and urinary bladder; cystourethrocele.
urethrocystoscopic adjective: Relating to urethrocystoscopy
urethrocystoscopy noun: endoscopy of the urethra and the urinary bladder
urethrodynia noun: pain in the urethra
urethrogenital adjective: Relating to the urethra an the genitals
urethrogram noun: The diagnostic image produced by urethrography.
urethrograph noun: A device used to carry out urethrography.
urethrographic adjective: Relating to urethrography.
urethrographically adverb: By means of urethrography.
urethrography noun: The diagnostic imaging of the urethra.
urethrolithiasis noun: The formation or presence of calculi within the urinary tract that become lodged in the ureter.
urethropenile adjective: Relating to the urethra and penis.
urethroperineal adjective: Relating to the urethra and perineum.
urethroperineoscrotal adjective: Relating to the urethra, perineum, and scrotum.
urethropexy noun: A surgical procedure that provides support to the urethra, sometimes performed in the treatment of incontinence.
urethroplastic adjective: Relating to urethroplasty.
urethroplasty noun: Surgery involving the repair of the urethra.
urethroprostatic adjective: Relating to the urethra and prostate.
urethrorectal adjective: Pertaining to the urethra and rectum.
urethrorrhagia noun: urethral bleeding in the absence of urine, associated with dysuria
urethrorrhea noun: An abnormal discharge (typically of blood) from the urethra.
urethrorrhoea noun: Alternative form of urethrorrhea.
urethroscope noun: An instrument for examining the interior of the urethra.
urethroscopic adjective: Relating to urethroscopy.
urethroscopical adjective: Alternative form of urethroscopic.
urethroscopist noun: One who carries out urethroscopy.
urethroscopy noun: Examination of the interior of the urethra.
urethrosexual adjective: Relating to the urethra and the sex organs.
urethrospasm noun: Spasm of the urethra.
urethrostomy noun: A procedure that creates a permanent opening in the urethra, typically to remove obstructions to the flow of urine.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under U: 26,317 words, in 88 parts.