English Words: U

1,433 words · Page 24 of 29

unwillingnessnoun

The property of being unwilling.

Unwinname

A surname from Old English.

unwindverb

To separate (something that is wound up)

unwindingadj

Not winding or meandering; straight, direct.

unwinnableadj

Unable to be won.

unwiseadj

Not wise; lacking wisdom

unwiselyadv

In an unwise manner; foolishly.

unwittingadj

Unaware or uninformed; oblivious.

unwittinglyadv

In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.

unworkableadj

Not workable.

unwornadj

Not having been worn, as clothing.

unworthyadj

Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

unwoundverb

simple past and past participle of unwind

unwrapverb

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

unwrappedadj

Not wrapped.

unwrittenadj

Not written.

unyieldingadj

Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.

unzipverb

To open something using a zipper.

unzippedverb

simple past and past participle of unzip

unzippingnoun

The act by which something is unzipped.

UOname

Initialism of University of Oregon

upadv

Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

Upanishadnoun

Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas.

upbeatadj

Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.

upbringingnoun

The traits acquired during one's childhood training

upcomingadj

Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.

upcountryadj

Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

upcycledadj

Of waste materials, etc.: converted into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.

upcyclingnoun

The act of converting (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.

updatenoun

An additional piece of information, an addition to existing information.

updatedverb

simple past and past participle of update

updaternoun

One who, or that which, updates.

updatingnoun

The act by which something is updated.

Updikename

A surname from Dutch.

updonoun

A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck

updraftnoun

an upward current of air, especially a strong one

upendverb

To end up; to set on end.

upfieldadj

Towards the upper part of a field.

upfrontadj

Honest, frank and straightforward.

upgradableadj

Having the capacity to undergo an upgrade.

upgradenoun

An upward grade or slope.

upgradeableadj

Alternative form of upgradable.

upgradingverb

present participle and gerund of upgrade

Uphamname

A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

upheavalnoun

Disruptive change, from one state to another.

upheldverb

simple past and past participle of uphold

uphilladv

Up a slope, towards higher ground.

upholdverb

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

upholdingnoun

The act by which something is upheld.

upholsteredadj

Covered in or characterized by upholstery.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter U contains 1,433 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 29 pages, and you are currently viewing page 24. 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.