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14-letter words starting with u

  • unhumanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
  • unidentifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
  • unidimensional — one-dimensional.
  • unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
  • uniflow engine — a double-acting steam engine exhausting from the middle of each cylinder at each stroke so that the motion of the steam from admission to exhaust is continuous in one direction.
  • uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
  • uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
  • unilluminating — not serving to instruct or give insights
  • unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
  • unindividuated — to form into an individual or distinct entity.
  • uningratiating — not of a sort that tries to gain the approval of other people
  • unintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • unintelligence — deficient in intelligence; dull; stupid.
  • unintelligible — not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
  • unintelligibly — not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
  • unintermitting — (of an activity) having no temporary breaks, intervals, or suspension of action
  • uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
  • unintimidating — to make timid; fill with fear.
  • unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
  • union language — a form of a language, used in literature and for official and educational purposes, that combines vocabulary and grammatical features from a number of related dialects, thus representing a compromise between them.
  • union of burma — former official name of Burma.
  • unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972
  • unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
  • unit furniture — furniture consisting of separate units, conceived to be combined in different ways
  • unit separator — (character)   (US) ASCII character 31.
  • unitary matrix — a square matrix that is the inverse of its Hermitian conjugate
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • united nations — (used with a singular verb) an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbreviation: UN. Compare General Assembly, Security Council.
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • universal city — a city in S central Texas.
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • universitarian — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
  • unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • unmaintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
  • unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
  • unmanufactured — (of a product, commodity, etc) not manufactured
  • unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
  • unmaterialised — not materialised
  • unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
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