English Words: U

23,789 words · Page 152 of 476

undersurveyedadj

Insufficiently surveyed

undersweatverb

To sweat (something) inadequately.

underswellnoun

An undercurrent.

undertailadj

Beneath a tail.

undertakableadj

Capable of being undertaken; practicable.

undertakeverb

To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

undertakementnoun

An undertaking or enterprise; something done or attempted.

undertakenverb

past participle of undertake

undertakernoun

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

undertakerishadj

Resembling or characteristic of an undertaker (funeral director).

undertakerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of an undertaker (funeral director).

undertakerlyadj

Resembling or characteristic of an undertaker (funeral director).

undertakerynoun

The work of an undertaker.

undertakestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of undertake

undertakethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of undertake

undertakingnoun

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

undertalentedadj

Lacking talent.

undertastenoun

An underlying taste.

undertaxverb

To levy too little tax upon.

undertaxedadj

Taxed at less than an appropriate level

underteachverb

To teach too little.

underteachernoun

A lower-ranking teacher; an assistant teacher.

undertellernoun

A lower-ranking teller, or bank clerk.

undertempnoun

Clipping of undertemperature.

undertemperaturenoun

A temperature that is insufficient for normal operation

undertenancynoun

Synonym of sublease.

undertenantnoun

Synonym of subtenant.

undertestverb

To test inadequately.

undertestedadj

Not having undergone sufficient testing.

undertextnoun

Text situated below overlying text, such as on a palimpsest.

undertheorisedadj

Alternative form of undertheorized.

undertheorizeverb

To theorize insufficiently.

undertheorizedadj

Insufficiently theoretically studied or researched.

underthighnoun

The back of a person's thigh.

underthingnoun

An undergarment.

underthinkverb

To give insufficient thought or consideration to; fail to consider adequately.

underthinkernoun

One who underthinks.

underthoughtnoun

An unexpressed thought that lies below or informs another thought; a subtext or ulterior motive.

underthresholdadj

Positioned below a threshold.

underthrowverb

To throw a pass that falls short of the receiver. (May take either the thrown pass or the receiver as its direct object.)

underthrustverb

To thrust under another

underticketnoun

The elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.

undertidenoun

Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK dialect obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.

undertienoun

The IPA symbol ‿.

undertildenoun

A tilde placed underneath a character.

undertileadj

Of or pertaining to an area or surface beneath or below tile.

undertimeverb

To measure wrongly, so that it seems to take less time than actually required.

undertintnoun

A subtle or subdued tint

undertipverb

To leave (somebody) a tip (gratuity) that is too small.

undertoadnoun

An underlying threat of disaster beneath the surface of everyday life.

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 152. 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.