5 Letter Words That Start With U

usher

Noun : A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

Noun : A male escort at a wedding.

Noun : A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

unity

Noun : (uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

Noun : Agreement; harmony.

Noun : A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.

umber

Noun : A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

Noun : A grayling.

Noun : A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

utter

Adjective : To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.

Adjective : (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.

Adjective : (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.

umbra

Noun : The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.

Noun : (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.

Noun : (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.

union

Noun : (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.

Noun : (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

Noun : (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.

upset

Adjective : (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.

Adjective : (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

Noun : (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.

usurp

Verb : To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

Verb : To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.

Verb : To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.

unite

Verb : (transitive) To bring together as one.

Verb : (reciprocal) To come together as one.

Noun : (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.

undue

Adjective : Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.

Adjective : That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.

Adjective : (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.

upend

Verb : (transitive) To end up; to set on end.

Verb : To tip or turn over.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

utile

Adjective : (now rare) Useful.

Noun : (economics) A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.

uvula

Noun : (anatomy) the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate

Noun : (music) an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Noun : (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula.: the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing [(anatomy) The uvula in the mouth (as distinguished from uvulae elsewhere in the body).]

usual

Adjective : Most commonly occurring; typical.

Noun : (uncountable) The typical state of something, or something that is typical.

Noun : (countable, colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.

urged

Noun : A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Verb : (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Verb : (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

usage

Noun : Habit, practice.

Noun : A custom or established practice.

Noun : (uncountable) Custom, tradition.

unify

Verb : (transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

Verb : (intransitive) Become one.

unlax

Verb : (intransitive, colloquial) To relax.

uncle

Noun : The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

Noun : The male cousin of one’s parent.

Noun : (endearing) Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.

under

Verb : In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.

Verb : So as to pass beneath something.

Verb : (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.

unfit

Adjective : Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

Adjective : Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.

Adjective : (often with for) Unsuitable for a particular purpose.

ulcer

Noun : (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Noun : (pathology) Peptic ulcer.

Noun : (figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

ultra

Adjective : Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.

Noun : An ultraroyalist in France.

Noun : An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.

uncus

Noun : (zoology) A hook or claw.

Noun : (anatomy, by extension) Any body part which is long, thin, and curved.

Noun : (neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.

unary

Adjective : Consisting of or involving a single element or component.

Adjective : (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.

Noun : (mathematics) The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.

uniat

Adjective : Alternative spelling of Uniate [Of or pertaining to a Uniate Church]

Noun : Alternative spelling of Uniate [A member of a Uniate Church]

uræus

Noun : Obsolete form of uraeus. [A representation of the sacred asp, symbolising supreme power in ancient Egypt.]

until

Adjective : Not tiled.

uncut

Adjective : Not cut.

Adjective : (of a gemstone) Not cut or ground to the desired shape.

Adjective : (of a book) Not having the page edges trimmed.

uhlan

Noun : (historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

unked

Adjective : (UK, dialect, archaic) odd; strange

Adjective : (UK, dialect, archaic) ugly

Adjective : (UK, dialect, archaic) uncouth

ullet

Noun : (archaic, UK) The tawny owl, Strix aluco.

ugger

Noun : (Oxford University slang, archaic) The Oxford Union.

Noun : (slang) An ugly person.

upper

Adjective : At a higher level, rank or position.

Adjective : Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.

Adjective : (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Younger, more recent.

udder

Noun : An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

Noun : (slang, impolite) A woman's breast.

unman

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To divest of humanity.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

unarm

Verb : (transitive) To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.

Verb : (intransitive) To remove one's armour.

ulama

Noun : A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.

Noun : The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)

Noun : (Islam) Alternative form of ulema

umami

Noun : One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

upupa

Noun : (archaic) A hoopoe.

unlit

Adjective : Not lit

unapt

Adjective : (obsolete except in negative phrases) Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.

Adjective : (obsolete) Unaccustomed.

utero

umbre

Adjective : Obsolete form of umber. [Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.]

Noun : Obsolete form of umber. [A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.]

urges

Noun : A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Verb : (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Verb : (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

umpty

Adjective : (informal) indefinite in number; unspecified

upsun

usury

Noun : (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

Noun : (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.

Noun : (uncountable, religion, archaic or historical) The practice of lending money at interest.

urine

Noun : (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

Verb : (archaic) To urinate.

urban

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.

Adjective : Living in a city or town.

Adjective : Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.

unsex

Verb : (transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.

Verb : (transitive) To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

uriah

Noun : Any of a number of Old Testament men.

Noun : (biblical) The husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.

Noun : (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.

unset

Adjective : Not set; not fixed or appointed.

Adjective : Not mounted or placed in a setting.

Adjective : Not set (broken bone)

unwed

Adjective : Not married.

Noun : One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.

Verb : (transitive) To annul the marriage of.

uriel

Noun : An archangel in Judaism and Christianity.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

ungod

Verb : (transitive) To divest of a god; to atheize.

Verb : (transitive) To divest of godly powers; to strip of divinity.

Noun : A false god; an idol

unwit

Noun : (obsolete) Lack of wit or understanding; ignorance.

Verb : To deprive of wit.

uther

Noun : (Arthurian legend) The father of King Arthur.

unkle

Noun : Obsolete form of uncle. [The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.]

up on

Adjective : (idiomatic, colloquial) Well-informed concerning.

upher

Noun : (obsolete) a wooden pole used as scaffolding

urnal

Adjective : (rare or obsolete) Pertaining to urns.

uvala

Noun : (geology) A closed karst depression, a landform usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.

undef

Adjective : (programming) Abbreviation of undefined. [Lacking a definition or value.]

upter

Adjective : (Australia, colloquial) Useless, no good.

undie

Noun : (informal, often attributive) Underwear.

Noun : (informal) A spy, undercover agent.

Verb : (intransitive) To come back to life after having died.

unfun

Adjective : Not fun.

Noun : Lack or absence of fun; funlessness.

unkie

Noun : Alternative form of unky [(colloquial, used by young children) uncle.]

unorn

Adjective : (obsolete) Old; worn out; feeble.

umbel

Noun : (botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.

Noun : The pileus of certain fungi.

untie

Verb : (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

Verb : (transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Verb : To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

ukase

Noun : An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.

Noun : (figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of ukase [An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.]

urate

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any salt of uric acid.

usnea

Noun : Any lichen of the genus Usnea.

using

Noun : use; utilization

unbar

Verb : (transitive) To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar.

Verb : (transitive) To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something).

Verb : (transitive) To remove a prohibition.

up to

Noun : if and are related by , that is,

ulema

Noun : the body of mullahs (muslim scholars trained in islam and islamic law) who are the interpreters of islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the islamic communit

ugric

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a group of languages that includes Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.

Noun : A group of languages that includes Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.

umiak

Noun : (nautical) A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.

uncap

Verb : (transitive) To remove a physical cap or cover from.

Verb : (transitive) To remove a cap or limit from.

Verb : (intransitive) To take off one's cap.

uredo

Noun : (botany, countable) A summer stage in the life history of certain species of rust fungus (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus, and preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage.

Noun : (medicine, uncountable) urticaria; nettle-rash

uigur

Noun : Alternative form of Uyghur [A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.]

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urial

Noun : A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.

uveal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the uvea

unmet

Adjective : Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved

users

Noun : One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.

Noun : A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.

Noun : (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

unrwa

Noun : (UN) Initialism of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

unido

Noun : (UN) Initialism of United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

uxmal

Noun : An ancient Maya city of the classical period, located in present-day Mexico.

uloid

Adjective : scar-like

upped

Verb : Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

Verb : Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

Verb : To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.

uteri

Noun : (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Noun : (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

urano

Noun : Urano means Uranus in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, and Esperanto.

unbid

Adjective : unbidden, uninvited.

Adjective : (bridge) Which have not been bid for.

Verb : To undo the process of bidding; to cancel a bid.

unlaw

Noun : (obsolete) A crime, an illegal action.

Noun : Absence of law; lawlessness.

Noun : (obsolete) A fine exacted from a transgressor of the law.

ulnae

Noun : (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

ulent

ungka

Noun : (archaic) A kind of gibbon, the siamang.

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