11-letter words starting with u
- urban dance — a dance or dance style originated by urban American blacks, often performed to rap music.
- urban decay — the decay and deterioration of an urban area due to neglect or age
- urbiculture — the way of life characteristic of cities.
- urediospore — the spore of the rust fungi that appears between the aeciospore and the teliospore, commonly the summer spore.
- uredo stage — the summer stage in certain rust fungi when uredinia are produced.
- urethrotomy — an operation to cut a stricture of the urethra.
- urgent care — medical care and services provided, typically in an urgent care center, to people with urgent but not serious medical problems: access to urgent care.
- uriniferous — conveying urine.
- uriniparous — producing or making urine, as of the tubes in the kidney
- urochordate — having a urochord.
- urodynamics — the study and measurement of the flow of urine in the urinary tract
- uronic acid — any of a group of organic acids, as glucuronic acid, derived from oxidation of aldose sugars and occurring in urine.
- urticaceous — belonging to the Urticaceae, the nettle family of plants.
- us robotics — U.S. Robotics, Inc.
- use-by date — day by which sth must be used or consumed
- uselessness — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- usenet news — Usenet
- ust sysolsk — former name of Syktyvkar.
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
- usurpations — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- utgard-loki — a Jotun appearing in the story of Thor's voyage to Utgard: at first disguised under another name (Skrymir)
- utilitarian — object: functional, useful
- utility man — a worker expected to serve in any capacity when called on.
- utilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- uto-aztecan — an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
- utopianizer — an idealist
- utriculitis — inflammation of the utricle.
- uttarakhand — a state in NW India, created in 2000 from part of Uttar Pradesh. 19,739 sq. mi. (51,123 sq. km). Capital. Dehra Dun.
- uttaranchal — a state of N India, created in 2000 from the N part of Uttar Pradesh: in the Himalayas, rising to over 7500 m (25 000 ft); rice, tea, and timber. Capital: Dehra Dun. Pop: 8 479 562 (2001). Area: 51 125 sq km (19 739 sq miles)
- uunet pipex — (company) An Internet provider, part of the Unipalm Group. PIPEX launched their Internet service in March 1992, and by November 1993 provided Internet service to 150 customer sites in the UK. Each site is either a complete commercial company or a branch of one, or a public-sector organisation. They provide a commercial internetworking service, with 24-hour support, and a resilient backbone with multiple international links. PIPEX provides for individual users through their "PIPEX Dial" service, and has a number of re-sellers connected to its backbone, including CityScape, Direct Connection and the IBM PC User Group, who also offer such services. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address (Head office): Cambridge ? Address: King St. London EC2V(?)