6-letter words starting with u
- umbral — shade; shadow.
- umbria — an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- umfazi — an African married woman
- umlaut — a mark (¨) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic, especially as so used in German. Compare dieresis.
- umpire — a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- umtali — former name of Mutare.
- umtata — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- umteen — innumerable; many.
- umwelt — the environmental factors, collectively, that are capable of affecting the behaviour of an animal or individual
- unable — lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
- unaged — having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man; an aged tree.
- unakin — not related or comparable
- unawed — not awed or daunted
- unaxed — (esp of trees) not axed or chopped
- unbale — to remove from a bale or tightly bound package
- unbare — exposed or laid bare
- unbark — to strip of bark
- unbear — to release (a horse) from the bearing rein; to loosen the bearing rein on (a horse)
- unbelt — to remove the belt from.
- unbend — to straighten from a bent form or position.
- unbent — simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- unbias — to free from prejudice or bias
- unbind — to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- unbitt — to unfasten or remove (a cable) from the bitts of a ship
- unbold — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- unbolt — to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- unbone — to remove the bones from (fish, meat, etc); debone
- unboot — to remove the boots (from)
- unbore — unborn
- unborn — not yet born; yet to come; future: unborn generations.
- unbred — not taught or trained.
- unbury — to dig up (that which was buried); unearth
- unbusy — not busy; idle; unoccupied
- uncage — to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- uncake — to remove compacted matter from (something)
- uncalm — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- uncape — to remove the cape from
- uncart — to remove from a cart
- uncase — to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- uncast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- unchic — not chic; inelegant; passé.
- unciae — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- uncial — designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century a.d.
- unclad — a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.
- unclew — to unfurl (a sail) from the yardarm
- unclip — to become unclipped
- unclog — to free of an obstruction or impediment: to unclog a drain; to unclog rush-hour traffic.
- uncock — (of wrists) to bend into a cocked position during a golf swing
- uncoil — unfurl, unfold
- uncolt — to divest or deprive of a horse