English Words Starting With U

• umpire

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈʌm.paɪə/An official who supervises a game or match to ensure fair play according to the rules.
• umtali

  nounC2
  /ʊmˈtɑːli/A historical name for a city in eastern Zimbabwe.
• umtata

  nounVery Low
  /ʊmˈtɑːtə/The former name of the city Mthatha, the capital of the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.
• umu

  nounLow (Specialist/ Cultural)
  /ˈuːmuː/A traditional earth oven used in Māori and some other Polynesian cultures for cooking food with heated stones.
• umwelt

  nounC2
  /ˈʊmvelt/The world as it is experienced by a particular organism, encompassing only the aspects of the environment that it can perceive and to which it can respond, based on its specific sensory and cognitive apparatus.
• umˌbiliˈcation

  nounVery Low (Technical)
  /ˌʌm.bɪ.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/The formation of a small, central depression or pit, resembling a navel.
• una

  abbreviationnounRare (as a name); Common (as the Spanish article in relevant contexts).
  /ˈjuːnə/A female given name of Latin origin meaning 'one' or 'united.'
• unabridged

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˌʌn.əˈbrɪdʒd/Complete; not shortened or condensed.
• unalachtigo

  noun
• unalaska

  nounC1
  /ˌʌnəˈlæskə/A city and island within the Aleutian Islands archipelago of Alaska, USA.
• unalaska island

  nounLow (Proper Noun, Geographic Term)
  /ˌʌnəˈlæskə ˈaɪlənd/The principal island of the Aleutian archipelago, located in the Bering Sea, containing the city of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor.
• unalive

  adjectiveverb-transitivelow_to_medium
  /ʌnəˈlaɪv/(Euphemistic, informal) To die, to kill, or to be dead.
• unami

  nounLow
  /uːˈnɑːmi/A Japanese loanword referring to a savory, meaty, or brothy taste sensation, distinct from the basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
• unamuno

  nounVery Low (C2)
  /ˌuːnəˈmuːnəʊ/A proper noun referring to Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), a prominent Spanish existentialist writer, philosopher, and professor.
• unanimity

  nounC1
  /ˌjuːnəˈnɪməti/Complete agreement by all people involved.
• unarm

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /ʌnˈɑːm/To deprive of weapons; to disarm.
• unary operation

  nounC2
  /ˈjuːnəri ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən/An operation that takes only one operand or input value.
• unau

  nounVery low
  /ˈjuːnaʊ/A slow-moving, two-toed sloth native to South America, specifically of the genus Choloepus.
• unbalance

  nounverbverb-transitiveC1
  /ʌnˈbæl.əns/to cause something to lose balance, stability, or proportion; to make something no longer steady, equal, or harmonious.
• unbar

  verbverb-transitiveVery low
  /ʌnˈbɑː/to remove a bar or barrier; to open something fastened with a bar.

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