6-letter words starting with u
- ungird — to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
- ungirt — having a girdle loosened or removed.
- unglad — not glad
- unglue — to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent: to unglue a sticker from a wall.
- ungown — to remove a gown (from)
- ungual — of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.
- ungues — a nail, claw, or hoof.
- unguis — a nail, claw, or hoof.
- ungula — Botany. an unguis.
- ungyve — to release from shackles
- unhair — to remove the hair from, as a hide in preparation for tanning.
- unhand — to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go: Unhand me, you wretched coward!
- unhang — to release from a hanging, or unstable, position
- unhasp — to loosen the hasp of.
- unhead — to cut off someone's head
- unheal — poor health
- unheld — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
- unhelm — to remove the helmet of (oneself or another)
- unhewn — felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs.
- unhive — to force out of a hive
- unholy — not holy; not sacred or hallowed.
- unhood — to divest of a hood or covering.
- unhook — to detach by or as if by releasing a hook: to unhook a tractor from a trailer.
- unhoop — to remove hoop(s) from
- unhung — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- unhurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- unhusk — to free from or as if from a husk.
- uniate — a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- unicef — United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- unific — unifying; uniting: the unific influence of a common language.
- unihan — Han character
- uniped — a person or thing with one foot or leg
- unipod — something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- unique — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
- unisap — An early system on UNIVAC I or II.
- unisex — of, designed, or suitable for both sexes; not distinguishing between male and female; undifferentiated as to sex: unisex clothes.
- unison — coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- unital — containing, or belonging or relating to, a unit
- unitas — John Constantine ("Johnny"; "Johnny U") 1933–2002, U.S. football player.
- united — made into or caused to act as a single entity: a united front.
- uniter — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- univac — (processor, company) A brand of computer. There is a historical placard in the United States Census Bureau that has the following, "The Bureau of the Census dedicated the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer, UNIVAC I, on June 14, 1951. Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation". The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and built Univac. Over the years, rights to the Univac name changed hands several times. Circa 1987, Sperry Univac merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- unjust — not just; lacking in justice or fairness: unjust criticism; an unjust ruler.
- unkept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
- unkind — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
- unking — to strip (a king or queen) of sovereignty
- unkink — to remove a kink or kinks from (something)
- unkiss — to cancel (a previous kiss or a particular action) with a kiss
- unknit — to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, etc.); unravel (something knitted); undo.
- unknot — to untie by or as if by undoing a knot: to unknot a tie.