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# English words: U

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · **U** · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

584 words under U; 501–584 on this page.

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- [unyoke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/unyoke/) — To unyoke is to take the yoke off animals, freeing them from the harness that joins them to a cart or plough.
- [unzip](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/unzip/) — To unzip something is to open its zip (US: zipper).
- [up](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/up/) — Up means toward a higher place: climb up the tree. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upbringing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upbringing/) — Your upbringing is the way your parents or carers raised you as a child: how they cared for you, taught you and what they believed was…
- [update](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/update/) — To update something is to make it newer or more correct by adding the latest information.
- [upfront](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upfront/) — Upfront means paid or done in advance, before the work or goods are received (money).
- [upgrade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upgrade/) — To upgrade something means to make it better, newer or more powerful, like upgrading a computer or a phone.
- [upheaval](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upheaval/) — An upheaval is a big, sudden change that causes confusion, disorder or worry, like moving house or a war.
- [upheave](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upheave/) — To lift up or heave violently from below. — Jewish tradition
- [uphill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uphill/) — Uphill means going up a slope, towards the top of a hill.
- [uphold](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uphold/) — To uphold a rule, law or tradition is to support it and make sure it is kept. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upholster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upholster/) — To cover a chair, sofa or car seat with padding, springs and cloth or leather so it is soft to sit on.
- [upholstery](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upholstery/) — Upholstery is the soft padding, springs and cloth or leather that cover sofas, armchairs and car seats.
- [upland](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upland/) — Upland is high land, hills or high ground away from the sea.
- [uplifted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uplifted/) — Uplifted means feeling happier, more hopeful or encouraged: «I felt uplifted by the music.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uplifting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uplifting/) — A rising up, or a lifting. — Jewish tradition
- [upload](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upload/) — To send a file, photo or video from your device to the internet or to another computer.
- [upper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upper/) — Upper means higher up, or above something else of the same kind. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uppermost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uppermost/) — Highest, or at the very top: the uppermost shelf is the one nearest the ceiling. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uppish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uppish/) — Too proud and full of yourself; acting as if you are better than others; uppity.
- [upright](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upright/) — Upright means standing or sitting straight up, not lying down or leaning. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uprightly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uprightly/) — In an honest and right way, with fairness and truth. — Jewish tradition
- [uprightness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uprightness/) — Honesty and goodness; the quality of doing what is right. — Jewish tradition
- [uprising](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uprising/) — An uprising is when a large group of people fight or protest together against the people in power, such as a government or ruler. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upriver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upriver/) — Upriver means towards the source of a river, against the flow of the water.
- [uproar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uproar/) — Uproar is a lot of loud, confused noise and excitement from many people. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uproariously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uproariously/) — Uproariously means very loudly and noisily, with wild laughter.
- [uproot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uproot/) — To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upset](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upset/) — Upset means unhappy, worried or hurt because something bad happened.
- [upsetting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upsetting/) — Upsetting means making you feel sad, worried or unhappy.
- [upside](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upside/) — "Upside down" means with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upstairs](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upstairs/) — On or to a higher floor of a building.
- [upstream](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upstream/) — Upstream means towards the source of a river or stream, against the way the water flows.
- [upthrust](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upthrust/) — The upward push that a liquid or gas gives to an object placed in it; it is why things float or feel lighter in water.
- [upturned](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upturned/) — Upturned means turned upside down: an upturned boat or bucket.
- [upward](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upward/) — Upward means going up, towards a higher place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [upwind](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/upwind/) — Upwind means in the direction the wind is coming from, against the wind.
- [uranium](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uranium/) — Uranium is a heavy, silvery, radioactive metal found in rocks, a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92.
- [urban](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urban/) — To do with towns and cities, not the countryside.
- [urchin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urchin/) — An urchin (sea urchin) is a small, round sea animal with a hard shell covered in sharp spines, which lives on the sea floor and rock pools. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [urdu](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urdu/) — A language spoken mainly in Pakistan and India, written with an Arabic-style script from right to left.
- [urge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urge/) — To urge someone to do something is to try hard to persuade them, or to tell them strongly that they should. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [urgency](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urgency/) — Urgency is the need to act quickly because something is important.
- [urgent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urgent/) — Urgent means very important and needing to be done or dealt with straight away. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [urgently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urgently/) — Urgently means very quickly, because something is important and must be done right now: «We need help urgently.».
- [uriah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uriah/) — Uriah the Hittite was a loyal soldier in King David's army; David took Uriah's wife Bathsheba and had Uriah sent to the front of the… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uric](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uric/) — Uric means to do with urine (wee).
- [urinal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urinal/) — A urinal is a kind of toilet on a wall, used by men and boys for weeing (urinating) while standing up, found in public and school toilets.
- [urinate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urinate/) — To urinate means to pass urine (wee, pee) out of the body.
- [urination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urination/) — Urination is the act of passing urine (wee) out of the body.
- [urine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urine/) — Urine is the yellow liquid waste that your body makes in the kidneys and passes out when you go to the toilet.
- [urn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urn/) — An urn is a tall vase, often with a lid, used for decoration or to hold the ashes of a person who has died.
- [usa](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usa/) — The USA (the United States of America) is a large country in North America made of 50 states, with Washington, D.C.
- [usable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usable/) — Usable means able to be used, or in a good enough state to be used.
- [usage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usage/) — Usage is the way words are used in a language, including what is right and normal.
- [use](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/use/) — To use something is to do something with it for a job or purpose: use a pencil to write. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [used](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/used/) — Used is the past form of use: she used her pen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [useful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/useful/) — Something useful helps you do something or is good for a purpose. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [useless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/useless/) — Not useful; not able to do its job: "A broken umbrella is useless.". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [user](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/user/) — A person who uses something, such as a computer, a phone, an app, a road or a library. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [useth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/useth/) — «useth» means «uses», a form of «use»: To use something is to do something with it for a job or purpose: use a pencil to write.
- [usher](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usher/) — An usher is a person who shows people to their seats or into a room, especially in a hall or a palace.
- [usual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usual/) — Usual means what normally happens or what is done most of the time. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [usually](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usually/) — In most cases; most of the time: "I usually walk to school.". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [usurp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usurp/) — To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
- [usurper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/usurper/) — A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
- [ut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ut/) — the first note of the old musical scale, now usually called "do"; it also appears as a Latin word meaning "so that" or "as". — Jewish tradition
- [utahraptor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utahraptor/) — A large meat-eating dinosaur with a big curved claw on each foot, which lived about 125 million years ago in what is now Utah, USA.
- [utc](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utc/) — UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time, the main world time standard that clocks and computers use; time zones are given as UTC plus or…
- [ute](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ute/) — A small truck or car with an open back for carrying things; short for «utility vehicle».
- [utensil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utensil/) — A utensil is a tool or object used in the kitchen or for eating, such as a spoon, fork, whisk or spatula.
- [utilisation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utilisation/) — Utilisation is the act of using something, especially making practical or good use of it.
- [utilised](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utilised/) — Used, especially used in a useful or practical way: the space was utilised for storage.
- [utility](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utility/) — A utility is a service like water, gas or electricity that people need in their homes.
- [utilize](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utilize/) — To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose.
- [utilized](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utilized/) — used something for a purpose; made use of it. — Jewish tradition
- [utmost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utmost/) — Utmost means greatest or most extreme, as much as possible: «of the utmost importance». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [utter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utter/) — To say something or make a sound with your voice. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [utterance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utterance/) — An utterance is something that someone says: a word, a phrase or a sentence spoken aloud. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uttered](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uttered/) — Said something out loud or made a sound with the voice. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [utterly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/utterly/) — Utterly means completely and totally, with nothing left out. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uttermost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uttermost/) — Uttermost means furthest, the very greatest or the farthest possible; it is used in "the uttermost parts", meaning the farthest or deepest… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [uv](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uv/) — UV stands for ultraviolet, a kind of light from the Sun that our eyes cannot see.
- [uvular](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/uvular/) — made with the back of the tongue near the little hanging piece of flesh at the back of the mouth, the uvula. — Jewish tradition