English Words: U

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urflynoun

Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Archaeophya, endemic to Australia.

urformnoun

The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.

Urganame

Former name of Ulaanbaatar.

urgenoun

A strong desire to do something.

urge to mergenoun

A strong desire to form intense emotional connections, stereotypically associated with lesbians.

urgedverb

simple past and past participle of urge

urgencenoun

Archaic form of urgency.

Urgenchname

A city in Uzbekistan.

urgencynoun

The quality or condition of being urgent.

urgentadj

Requiring immediate attention.

urgentlessadj

Not urgent; lacking any urgency.

urgentlyadv

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

urgentnessnoun

urgency

urgernoun

One who urges.

urgestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of urge

urgethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of urge

urgicenternoun

A medical facility, not part of a hospital, where emergency treatment can be given.

Urgilesname

A surname.

urgingverb

present participle and gerund of urge

urginglyadv

So as to urge.

urgingsnoun

plural of urging

Urglishnoun

A crossover of Urdu and English language.

Urgonianadj

Of or relating to a shallow-water carbonate facies deposited along the northern margins of the Tethys Ocean during the Barremian and Aptian.

urgrundnoun

basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle

urheimatnoun

The original homeland of an ethnic group, particularly the speakers of a proto-language; the cradleland.

Urheimatennoun

plural of Urheimat

Uriname

A canton of Switzerland.

Uriahname

Any of a number of Old Testament men.

Uriah Heepnoun

Someone like the fictional character Uriah Heep.

Uriah Heepishadj

Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness.

Uriah Heepishlyadv

In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner.

Uriah Heepishnessnoun

Fawning, cloying servility and obsequiousness.

urialnoun

A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.

uriamnoun

Any tree of species Bischofia javanica, of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands.

Uriartename

A surname.

Uriasname

Uriah

Uribename

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

uricadj

Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.

uricacidemianoun

The presence of uric acid in the bloodstream.

uricacidurianoun

The presence of uric acid in the urine.

uricasenoun

urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.

uricemianoun

The presence of uric acid in the blood

uricitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

uricogenesisnoun

The biosynthesis of uric acid

uricolysisnoun

The metabolism or breakdown of uric acid

Uriconianadj

Of or relating to a series of volcanic rocks of which the Wrekin is composed.

uricosurianoun

The presence of uric acid in the urine.

uricosuricadj

Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.

uricotelicadj

Relating to, or exhibiting uricotelism

uricotelismnoun

The excretion of uric acid or its salts as a result of deamination

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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 456. 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.

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