9-letter words starting with u
- undemised — death or decease.
- under age — Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.
- under par — unwell
- under way — If an activity is under way, it has already started. If an activity gets under way, it starts.
- under-god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- underages — shortage; deficiency in amount.
- underbake — to bake insufficiently
- underbear — to tolerate or endure
- underbite — occlusion in which the lower incisor teeth overlap the upper.
- underbody — the bottom or underneath part, as of a mechanism or animal: the underbody of a tank.
- underboss — a lesser or minor boss, often the second in command, as in an underworld hierarchy.
- underbred — having inferior breeding or manners; vulgar.
- underbrim — the part of a hat found under the brim
- undercard — an event or group of events preceding and supporting a featured event: the undercard of tonight's boxing match.
- undercast — Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it. Compare overcast (def 9).
- underclad — not wearing enough clothes
- underclay — a grey or whitish clay rock containing fossilized plant roots and occurring beneath coal seams. When used as a refractory, it is known as fireclay
- underclub — to use a club that will not send the ball as far as required
- undercoat — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undercook — to cook for less than the recommended time
- undercool — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- underdeck — the lower deck of a vessel
- underdoer — a person who underperforms or fails to do what is necessary
- underdone — (of food) not thoroughly cooked; not cooked enough.
- underdose — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- underdraw — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- underfeed — to feed insufficiently.
- underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
- underfire — to bake insufficiently
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- underfong — to receive, comprehend, or trap
- underfoot — under the foot or feet; on the ground; underneath or below: The climb was difficult because there were so many rocks underfoot.
- underfund — to fail to provide sufficient funding for
- undergird — to strengthen; secure, as by passing a rope or chain under and around: to undergird a top-heavy load.
- undergoes — to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
- undergone — to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
- undergown — a gown worn under another article of clothing
- undergrad — an undergraduate.
- underhair — a growth of short hair lying beneath a longer growth; undercoat.
- underhand — not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
- underheat — to heat insufficiently
- underhung — Anatomy. (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw. having the lower jaw so projecting.
- underived — not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.
- underkeep — to suppress
- underkill — insufficient capacity to defeat or destroy an enemy, especially using nuclear force.
- underking — a ruler subordinate to a king
- underlaid — placed or laid underneath, as a foundation or substratum.
- underlain — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underleaf — (in liverworts) any of the leaves forming a row on the underside of the stem: usually smaller than the two rows of lateral leaves and sometimes absent