English Words: U
23,789 words · Page 464 of 476
A historical kingdom of Korea, on Ulleungdo in the Sea of Japan; subjugated by Goryeo in 930 A.D..
A device designed to send high-voltage power surges into the USB data lines of the device it is connected to, which will damage hardware components.
To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.
A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions.
Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
To use the tools and framework of an oppressive (e.g. racist or patriarchal) system to end that oppression.
A promotion that offers some additional bonus to customers who refer further customers.
Infinitive or present tense form of used to: formerly (and habitually or repeatedly) be accustomed to.
The ability of an object (not necessarily a commodity) to satisfy a human need; a utility.
The distinction between the use of a word for its meaning (as in cheese is derived from milk) and the mention of a word as a lexical unit (as in cheese is derived from a word in Old English); an instance of this distinction.
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 464. 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.