English Words: U

23,789 words · Page 469 of 476

Obsolete form of usage.

Most commonly occurring; typical.

usual officenoun

Alternative form of usual offices: an outhouse or lavatory.

usual officesnoun

A place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.

usual suspectsnoun

The people, often scapegoats, routinely arrested in response to a crime.

Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.

The quality or state of being usual.

usualizationnoun

The act or process of usualizing.

To make usual.

One who usualizes.

Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

The quality or state of being usual.

usuba bochonoun

A thin, Japanese-style, straight-edged vegetable knife.

The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue is adverse possession.

Capable of being transferred by usucaption.

The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.

The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.

usufructionnoun

The condition or state of possessing a usufruct.

usufructuaryadj

Of or pertaining to a usufruct.

A department of El Salvador.

usunnoun

Alternative form of ussun (“someone on the same side of the Northern Irish sectarian divide (from the speaker's perspective)”).

Usupashviliname

A transliteration of the Georgian surname უსუფაშვილი (usupašvili).

Usury.

Alternative form of usurary.

Usurious.

To commit usury.

A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.

A female usurer.

plural of usuress

Pertaining to or constituting usury.

Of or pertaining to usury.

In a usurious way.

usuriousnessnoun

The quality of being usurious.

In a usurous way.

To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

Able to be usurped.

Usurping; encroaching.

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

usurpativelyadv

In a usurpative manner.

A usurper.

Tending to usurp.

A female usurper.

Usurpation.

simple past and past participle of usurp

Through usurpation.

One who usurps.

usurpershipnoun

The role or status of usurper.

third-person singular simple present indicative of usurp

present participle and gerund of usurp

So as to usurp.

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 469. 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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