English Words: U
23,789 words · Page 143 of 476
An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
Someone who makes incomplete plans with missing steps; someone who plans unsuccessfully.
A passage, especially for pedestrians, that crosses underneath a road, railroad or obstacle.
To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.
One who or that which underperforms, having performance that is below average or below expectations; often specifically a company or stock
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter U contains 23,789 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 476 pages, and you are currently viewing page 143. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "U" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.