English Words Starting With U

• usufructuary

  adjectivenounVery Low (C2)
  /ˌjuːzjuːˈfrʌktʃuəri/A person who has the legal right to use and derive benefit from another's property, especially land or buildings, provided it is not damaged or altered in substance.
• usumacinta

  nounVery Low
  /ˌuːsʊməˈsɪntə/A major river in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala.
• usumbura

  nounVery Low
  /ʊˈsʊmbʊərə/An exonym for the city of Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.
• usurer

  nounC2
  /ˈjuːʒərə(r)/A person who lends money at an excessively high rate of interest.
• usurp

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /juːˈzɜːp/To take a position of power, a right, or property from someone illegally or by force.
• usurpation

  nounC2
  /ˌjuːzəˈpeɪʃən/The act of taking someone's power, position, or rights by force or without legal right.
• usurped

  adjectiveverbC1
  /juːˈzɜːpt/To seize and hold (a position, power, or rights) by force or without legal authority.
• usurper

  nounLow to Medium (C1-C2 vocabulary level)
  /juːˈzɜː.pər/A person who takes a position of power, office, or property illegally or by force.
• usury

  nounLow
  /ˈjuːʒ(ə)ri/The illegal practice of lending money at an extremely high or exorbitant interest rate.
• ut

  abbreviationnounVery Rare
  /ʌt/A syllable used in singing to represent the first note of a diatonic scale in medieval music, or more broadly, a musical tone.
• uta

  nounVery Low
  /ˈjuːtə/A common name for several species of lizards of the genus Uta, found in western North America.
• utagawa kuniyoshi

  nounRare/Proper noun
  /ˌuː.təˈɡɑː.wə ˌkuː.niːˈjɒʃ.i/The name of a famous Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active in the 19th century.
• utah

  nounB1
  /ˈjuː.tɑː/A state in the western United States.
• utahan

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈjuː.tə.hæn/A native or inhabitant of the US state of Utah.
• utamaro

  nounLow
  /ˌuː.tə.ˈmɑː.rəʊ/A proper noun referring to Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806), a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist.
• ute

  nounC2
  /juːt/A utility vehicle with an open cargo area at the back; a pickup truck.
• utensil

  nounB2
  /juːˈten.səl/A tool, container, or implement used for a practical purpose, especially in a kitchen or at the table.
• uteralgia

  nounVery Low (Specialist/Medical)
  /ˌjuːtəˈrældʒə/Pain in the uterus.
• uterus

  nounC1
  /ˈjuːt(ə)rəs/The female organ in mammals where offspring are conceived and gestate before birth; the womb.
• utgard

  nounC2
  /ˈʊtˌɡɑːd/In Norse mythology, the outer realm of the cosmos, a land of giants and hostile entities located beyond the ordered world of gods and humans.

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