English Words: U

23,789 words · Page 150 of 476

undersocializedadj

Insufficiently assimilated into society; antisocial.

undersocietynoun

A subordinate society.

undersocknoun

A thermal sock worn under a normal sock for extra warmth.

undersoilnoun

The soil underneath the surface / topsoil and above the bedrock.

undersoldverb

simple past and past participle of undersell

undersolenoun

The underside of the sole of a shoe.

undersongnoun

An accompanying sound or strain; an accompaniment.

undersovereignnoun

A subordinate sovereign (ruler).

undersowverb

To sow a second crop after a first one (the cover crop) has become established, such that they both develop at the same time

undersparredadj

Having spars smaller than the usual dimension, or not enough spars.

underspeakverb

To speak with understatement and/or modesty.

underspeciesnoun

Synonym of subspecies

underspecificadj

Not specific enough.

underspecificationnoun

Inadequate specification; failure to specify in enough detail.

underspecifyverb

To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely.

underspeednoun

An excessively-low speed; a speed lower than the minimum operating speed.

underspendverb

To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.

underspendernoun

One who underspends.

underspendingnoun

The spending of too little money.

underspherenoun

A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite.

underspicedadj

Not spiced strongly enough.

underspinnoun

Backspin.

underspokenoun

A spoke that is positioned on the underside.

underspokenadj

Characterized by understatement; understated.

underspreadadj

spread underneath

underspunadj

Too lightly or loosely spun.

undersquareadj

Alternative form of under square.

understableadj

Of a flying disc, having a flight path curving to the right of the expected flight path.

understaffverb

To furnish with too few staff; to staff inadequately.

understaffedadj

having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

understageadj

underneath the stage

understairadj

Beneath a flight of stairs.

understairsnoun

A basement or cellar constructed, or accessed, from underneath the stairs.

understandverb

To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

understand the assignmentverb

To excel at something; to demonstrate one's skill or talent.

understand trapverb

To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on.

understandabilitynoun

The property of being understandable.

understandableadj

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

understandablenessnoun

The state, quality, or condition of being understandable.

understandablyadv

For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.

understandedverb

simple past and past participle of understand

understandernoun

One who understands something.

understandestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of understand

understandethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of understand

understandingnoun

The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.

understandinglyadv

In an understanding manner; with empathy.

understandingnessnoun

The state or condition of being understanding.

understateverb

To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

understatedadj

Restrained and unpretentious.

understatedlyadv

In an understated way.

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 150. 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.

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