12-letter words starting with u
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncompounded — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- unconcealing — not concealing or hiding anything; revealing
- unconcerning — not concerning
- unconclusive — inconclusive
- unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- unconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- unconfounded — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconsenting — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- unconsolable — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- uncontinuous — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- unconvincing — persuading or assuring by argument or evidence: They gave a convincing demonstration of the car's safety features.
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- uncounselled — lacking counsel
- uncount noun — An uncount noun is a noun such as 'gold', 'information', or 'furniture' which has only one form and can be used without a determiner.
- uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- uncritically — not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader.
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
- undeductible — capable of being deducted.
- undefendable — to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
- undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- undefinitely — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- undefinitive — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- undelectable — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.