10-letter words containing u
- acarpelous — without carpels
- acausality — having no cause.
- accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
- accoucheur — a male obstetrician or midwife
- accountant — An accountant is a person whose job is to keep financial accounts.
- accounting — Accounting is the activity of keeping detailed records of the amounts of money a business or person receives and spends.
- accoutered — to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- accoutring — Present participle of accoutre.
- accruement — the action of accruing
- accubation — the action or state of leaning backwards, esp at a table for meals
- accultural — characterized by or showing traits of a different and influential culture
- accumbency — (rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
- accumbents — Plural form of accumbent.
- accuminate — Tapering to a point.
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- accuracies — Plural form of accuracy.
- accurately — free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
- accursedly — In an accursed manner.
- accusation — If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.
- accusative — In the grammar of some languages, the accusative, or the accusative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the direct object of a verb, or the object of some prepositions. In English, only the pronouns 'me', 'him', 'her', 'us', and 'them' are in the accusative. Compare nominative.
- accusatory — An accusatory look, remark, or tone of voice suggests blame or criticism.
- accusement — a charge or accusation of wrongdoing or crime
- accusingly — to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): He accused him of murder.
- accustomed — If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
- acebutolol — a beta blocker, C 18 H 28 N 2 O 4 , used in the management of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- acephalous — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct, as certain insect larvae
- acetabular — Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
- acetabulum — the deep cuplike cavity on the side of the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone
- acetonuria — ketonuria.
- acey-deucy — a form of backgammon
- acicularly — In an acicular way.
- aciculated — Alternative form of aciculate.
- acid house — Acid house is a type of electronic dance music with a strong, repeated rhythm.
- acid value — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the free fatty acid in one gram of a fat, oil, resin, etc
- acidulated — Simple past tense and past participle of acidulate.
- acidulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate.
- acinaceous — containing or consisting of kernels, particularly the seeds or stones of grapes
- acinarious — covered with globose vesicles resembling grape seeds, as certain algae.
- acolouthos — the chief of the Varangian guard in the Byzantine empire during the Palaeologan period
- acorn tube — a small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn
- acoustical — acoustic; specif., having to do with the control of sound
- acousticks — Obsolete form of acoustics.
- acquainted — If you are acquainted with something, you know about it because you have learned it or experienced it.
- acquiesced — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesces — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acquisitor — a person who has a tendency to acquire (information or ideas), or a desire to possess
- acquitment — a verdict of not guilty; an acquittal
- acquittals — Plural form of acquittal.
- acquitting — Present participle of acquit.