English Words: U
1,433 words · Page 9 of 29
Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).
A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
A passage, especially for pedestrians, that crosses underneath a road, railroad or obstacle.
To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.
Deprived of the opportunities and advantages of others, usually through no fault of one's own.
An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
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 9. 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.