12-letter words starting with u
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- undissembled — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- undissipated — indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- undissolving — not dissolving; remaining in solid form; not melting
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- undisturbing — not disturbing
- undivestedly — in an undivested manner
- undocumented — lacking documentation or authentication.
- undoubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
- undulate ray — a species of ray (Raja undulata), found on the southern coasts of the British Isles
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unearned run — a run scored as the result of defensive errors.
- unecological — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- uneconomical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unembittered — not embittered; not having bitter feelings
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- unencumbered — not impeded, slowed down, or retarded; free to move, advance, or go forward.
- unendangered — not endangered
- unendingness — the state of being unending
- unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
- unentrenched — to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
- unenumerated — to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
- unequivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- uneuphonious — pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice.
- uneventfully — not eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office.
- unexceptable — to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
- unexecutable — to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan or order.
- unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- unexpectable — to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
- unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unexpendable — essential; absolutely required: unexpendable resources vital to our security.
- unexplorable — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
- unexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression of meaning, feeling, etc.: a bland and unexpressive person.
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- unextenuated — not extenuated
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfadingness — the quality or state of being unfading
- unfastidious — not fastidious; not fussy; not appropriately concerned with detail or cleanliness
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.