English Words: U

23,789 words · Page 2 of 476

Ufaname

The capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia.

UFCname

Initialism of Ultimate Fighting Championship, an American mixed martial arts promotion company.

Uffiziname

A major museum and art gallery in Florence, Italy.

UFOnoun

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.

ugnoun

A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

UGAname

Initialism of University of Georgia.

Ugandaname

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

Ugandannoun

A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent.

Ugartename

A surname.

ughintj

Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

ugliesnoun

Ugliness.

ugliestadj

superlative form of ugly: most ugly

uglinessnoun

The condition of being ugly.

uglyadj

Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

uhintj

Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.

UHDnoun

Initialism of ultra-high definition (“3840×2160 (4K), 7680×4320 (8K), 15360 × 8640 (16K)”).

UHFnoun

Initialism of Ultra High Frequency.

uhhintj

Alternative form of uh.

uhurunoun

freedom

UInoun

Initialism of unemployment insurance.

Uighurnoun

Alternative spelling of Uyghur.

Uistname

An archipelago of the Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, consisting of North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and several smaller islands.

Ujjainname

A city in Ujjain district in the region of Malwa in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

UKname

Initialism of United Kingdom

ukenoun

Clipping of ukulele.

Ukiahname

A city, the county seat of Mendocino County, California, United States.

UKIPname

Acronym of UK Independence Party.

Ukrainename

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

Ukrainianadj

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

ukulelenoun

A small four-stringed guitar.

Ulaanbaatarname

The capital city of Mongolia.

ulamanoun

A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.

Ulanname

A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Ulbrichtname

A surname from German.

ulcernoun

An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

ulcerationnoun

The development of an ulcer.

ulcerativeadj

Composed of, or causing ulcers

ulemanoun

plural of alim; the guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.

Ullmannname

A surname from German of Germanic origin.

Ulmname

A city on the River Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Ulmername

A surname from German.

ulnanoun

The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

ulnaradj

Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow

Ulricname

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Ulrichname

A surname.

Ulsanname

A city in South Korea.

Ulstername

The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.

ulterioradj

Situated beyond, or on the farther side.

ultimanoun

The final syllable of a word.

ultimateadj

Final; last in a series.

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 2. 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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