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# U

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1. [**uproar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uproar.md) noun (uproar — usually uncountable; an uproar) Uproar is a lot of loud, confused noise and excitement from many people.
2. [**uproariously**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uproariously.md) adverb (uproariously; from the adjective uproarious) 1) Uproariously means very loudly and noisily, with wild laughter.
3. [**uproot**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uproot.md) verb (uproot, uproots, uprooted, uprooting) To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots.
4. [**upset**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upset.md) adjective (upset); verb (upset, upsets, upset, upsetting); noun (an upset) Upset means unhappy, worried or hurt because something bad happened.
5. [**upsetting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upsetting.md) adjective (upsetting, more upsetting, most upsetting); verb form (upset, upsets, upset, upsetting) Upsetting means making you feel sad, worried or unhappy.
6. [**upside**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upside.md) noun (the upside, upsides); in the phrase "upside down" (adverb, adjective) "Upside down" means with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top.
7. [**upstairs**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upstairs.md) adverb (upstairs); adjective (upstairs — an upstairs room); noun (the upstairs) 1) On or to a higher floor of a building. 2) As an adjective, on a higher floor: "the upstairs bathroom". 3) As a noun, the upper floor of…
8. [**upstream**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upstream.md) adverb (upstream); adjective (upstream) Upstream means towards the source of a river or stream, against the way the water flows.
9. [**upthrust**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upthrust.md) noun (upthrust, uncountable; sometimes «an 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.
10. [**upturned**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upturned.md) adjective Upturned means turned upside down: an upturned boat or bucket.
11. [**upward**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upward.md) adverb (upward, upwards); adjective (upward) Upward means going up, towards a higher place.
12. [**upwind**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upwind.md) adverb (upwind); adjective (upwind) Upwind means in the direction the wind is coming from, against the wind.
13. [**uranium**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uranium.md) noun (uranium — uncountable; symbol U) Uranium is a heavy, silvery, radioactive metal found in rocks, a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92.
14. [**urban**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urban.md) adjective (urban) 1) To do with towns and cities, not the countryside.
15. [**urchin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urchin.md) noun (an urchin, urchins) 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.
16. [**urdu**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urdu.md) noun (Urdu, uncountable); adjective (Urdu) A language spoken mainly in Pakistan and India, written with an Arabic-style script from right to left.
17. [**urge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urge.md) verb (urge, urges, urged, urging); noun (an urge, urges) To urge someone to do something is to try hard to persuade them, or to tell them strongly that they should.
18. [**urgency**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urgency.md) noun (urgency — uncountable) 1) Urgency is the need to act quickly because something is important. 2) Urgency is also the feeling that something must be done at once.
19. [**urgent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urgent.md) adjective (urgent, more urgent, most urgent) Urgent means very important and needing to be done or dealt with straight away.
20. [**urgently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urgently.md) adverb (urgently) 1) Urgently means very quickly, because something is important and must be done right now: «We need help urgently.»
21. [**uriah**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uriah.md) proper noun (Uriah) 1) (Bible) 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…
22. [**uric**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uric.md) adjective (uric; only before a noun) 1) Uric means to do with urine (wee). It is used mainly in «uric acid», a waste chemical made in the body and taken out in urine.
23. [**urinal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urinal.md) noun (a urinal, urinals) 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.
24. [**urinate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urinate.md) verb (urinate, urinates, urinated, urinating) To urinate means to pass urine (wee, pee) out of the body.
25. [**urination**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urination.md) noun (urination — uncountable) 1) (formal, science, medicine) Urination is the act of passing urine (wee) out of the body.
26. [**urine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urine.md) noun (urine — uncountable) 1) Urine is the yellow liquid waste that your body makes in the kidneys and passes out when you go to the toilet.
27. [**urn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urn.md) noun (an urn, urns) An urn is a tall vase, often with a lid, used for decoration or to hold the ashes of a person who has died.
28. [**usa**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usa.md) proper noun (the USA) 1) The USA (the United States of America) is a large country in North America made of 50 states, with Washington, D.C. as its capital.
29. [**usable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usable.md) adjective (usable; also spelled useable) 1) Usable means able to be used, or in a good enough state to be used.
30. [**usage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usage.md) noun (usage, usages) Usage is the way words are used in a language, including what is right and normal.
31. [**use**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/use.md) verb, noun (use, uses, used, using) To use something is to do something with it for a job or purpose: use a pencil to write.
32. [**used**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/used.md) verb form, adjective (use, used) Used is the past form of use: she used her pen.
33. [**useful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/useful.md) adjective (useful, more useful, most useful) 1) Something useful helps you do something or is good for a purpose. 2) A useful person helps a lot.
34. [**useless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/useless.md) adjective (useless, more useless, most useless) Not useful; not able to do its job: "A broken umbrella is useless.".
35. [**user**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/user.md) noun (a user, users) A person who uses something, such as a computer, a phone, an app, a road or a library.
36. [**usher**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usher.md) noun (ushers, plural) ; verb (usher, ushers, ushered, ushering) An usher is a person who shows people to their seats or into a room, especially in a hall or a palace.
37. [**usual**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usual.md) adjective (usual, more usual); noun phrase (as usual) 1) Usual means what normally happens or what is done most of the time. 2) As usual means in the same way as always.
38. [**usually**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usually.md) adverb 1) In most cases; most of the time: "I usually walk to school." 2) As normally happens: "The shop is usually open."
39. [**usurp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usurp.md) verb (usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping) 1) To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
40. [**usurper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usurper.md) noun (usurper, usurpers) 1) A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it.
41. [**utahraptor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utahraptor.md) noun (utahraptor, utahraptors; also Utahraptor) 1) 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.
42. [**utc**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utc.md) noun, abbreviation (UTC, uncountable) 1) UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time, the main world time standard that clocks and computers use; time zones are given as UTC plus…
43. [**ute**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ute.md) noun (a ute, utes; Australia and New Zealand, informal) A small truck or car with an open back for carrying things; short for «utility vehicle».
44. [**utensil**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utensil.md) noun (a utensil, utensils) A utensil is a tool or object used in the kitchen or for eating, such as a spoon, fork, whisk or spatula.
45. [**utilisation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utilisation.md) noun (utilisation — uncountable); US spelling utilization 1) (formal) Utilisation is the act of using something, especially making practical or good use of it.
46. [**utilised**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utilised.md) verb, past form of utilise (utilise, utilises, utilised, utilising); adjective (utilised) Used, especially used in a useful or practical way: the space was utilised for storage.
47. [**utility**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utility.md) noun (a utility, utilities; also uncountable); adjective (utility) A utility is a service like water, gas or electricity that people need in their homes.
48. [**utilize**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utilize.md) verb (utilize, utilizes, utilized, utilizing) 1) To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose. (British spelling: utilise)
49. [**utmost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utmost.md) adjective (utmost); noun (the utmost) Utmost means greatest or most extreme, as much as possible: «of the utmost importance».
50. [**utter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utter.md) verb (utter, utters, uttered, uttering); adjective (utter) 1) (verb) To say something or make a sound with your voice. 2) (adjective) Complete; total: utter silence, utter nonsense.
51. [**utterance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utterance.md) noun (an utterance, utterances); verb utter (utter, utters, uttered, uttering) An utterance is something that someone says: a word, a phrase or a sentence spoken aloud.
52. [**uttered**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uttered.md) verb form (past tense and past participle of utter) 1) Said something out loud or made a sound with the voice.
53. [**utterly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utterly.md) adverb (utterly) 1) Utterly means completely and totally, with nothing left out.
54. [**uttermost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uttermost.md) adjective (uttermost; also a noun) 1) (old use) Uttermost means furthest, the very greatest or the farthest possible; it is used in "the uttermost parts", meaning the…
55. [**uv**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uv.md) noun / abbreviation (UV, ultraviolet); adjective (UV, as in UV rays) UV stands for ultraviolet, a kind of light from the Sun that our eyes cannot see.

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