English Words: U

23,789 words · Page 147 of 476

underresourceverb

To provide with too few resources.

underresourcedadj

Having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.

underresourcingnoun

The act or practice of providing insufficient resources.

underrespectedadj

Insufficiently respected.

underrespondverb

To respond inadequately, or less than others.

underresponsenoun

inadequate response, or less response than others

underresponsiveadj

Insufficiently responsive.

underresponsivenessnoun

The quality of being underresponsive.

underrestrainverb

To fail to restrain sufficiently.

underresuscitateverb

To administer an insufficient amount of fluid during an attempt to resuscitate (somebody).

underresuscitationnoun

The administration of an inadequate amount of fluid during an attempt to resuscitate somebody.

underridenoun

A vehicle accident in which one vehicle partially slides underneath another.

underringnoun

An instance of registering too small an amount on a cash register, either accidentally or fraudulently.

underripeadj

Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.

underripenedadj

inadequately ripened

underripenessnoun

The state or condition of being underripe.

underroastverb

To roast insufficiently.

underrobenoun

A robe designed to be worn under other clothing, particularly another robe.

underroofadj

Beneath a roof.

underroomnoun

A room below ground.

underrootadj

Beneath the roots.

underrootedadj

Of a plant: having developed the roots insufficiently.

underrotateverb

To rotate insufficiently.

underrotationnoun

insufficient rotation

underroundverb

To round (the lips or a vowel) insufficiently or less than usual.

underruffverb

To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent

underrunnoun

A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.

underrunnernoun

The lower of a pair of grinding millstones.

undersnoun

Underwear.

undersacristannoun

A subordinate sacristan.

undersailedadj

Inadequately equipped with sails.

undersalariedadj

Given too small a salary; underpaid.

undersaltverb

To season (food) with too little salt.

undersampleverb

To take insufficient samples when sampling

undersampledadj

Not adequately sampled or surveyed.

undersamplingnoun

sampling at a lower rate than normal

undersandedadj

Containing too little sand.

undersashnoun

A wide ornamental waistband worn with a kimono.

undersatisfactionnoun

The quality of being undersatisfied.

undersatisfiedadj

Not satisfied enough.

undersaturateverb

To saturate too little.

undersaturatedadj

Insufficiently saturated

undersaturationnoun

The state of an unsaturated solution

undersaveverb

To save too little money.

undersavernoun

One who undersaves.

undersawyernoun

A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.

undersayverb

To say by way of derogation or contradiction.

underscannoun

The situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).

underscarfnoun

A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.

underscentnoun

A scent that is perceptible but less prominent than other scents in a particular environment.

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 147. 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.