5 Letter Words Starting with U

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1. ualisScrabble 5 · WWF 7

   noun. Plural of uali; a type of edible root or tuber, possibly from a tropical plant.

2. uaupeScrabble 7 · WWF 10

   noun. A type of fish, possibly a catfish, found in South American rivers.

3. uayebScrabble 10 · WWF 11

   noun. In the Maya calendar, a period of five unlucky days at the end of the year.

4. ubykhScrabble 17 · WWF 17

   n.. an extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey

5. udasiScrabble 6 · WWF 7

   noun. A member of a Sikh ascetic sect founded by Sri Chand.

6. udderScrabble 7 · WWF 8

   n.. The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

7. udonsScrabble 6 · WWF 8

   noun. Plural of udon; multiple servings or types of udon noodles.

8. ugaliScrabble 6 · WWF 9

   noun. A stiff porridge made from maize flour, a staple food in East Africa.

9. uglisScrabble 6 · WWF 9

   noun. Plural of ugli; a type of citrus fruit (also called Jamaican tangelo).

10. ugricScrabble 8 · WWF 11

    n.. one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia

11. uhlanScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    n.. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.

12. uhlloScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    interjection. A variant of 'hello' used to express greeting or surprise.

13. uhuruScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    noun. Freedom or independence, especially in an African context (from Swahili).

14. uigurScrabble 6 · WWF 9

    n.. the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language

15. uinalScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    noun. A unit of time in the Maya calendar, equal to 20 days.

16. ukaseScrabble 9 · WWF 10

    n.. In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.

17. ulamaScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    n.. the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community

18. ulansScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of ulan; lancers in certain European cavalry units.

19. ulcerScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    n.. A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

20. ulcusScrabble 7 · WWF 11

    noun. A medical term for an ulcer.

21. ulemaScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    n.. A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

22. ullerScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    Norse deity. In Norse mythology, Ullr is a god associated with snow, bows, hunting, and potentially the sun.

23. ulmicScrabble 9 · WWF 13

    a.. Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

24. ulminScrabble 7 · WWF 11

    n.. A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin.

25. ulmusScrabble 7 · WWF 11

    n.. A genus of trees including the elm.

26. ulnaeScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of ulna; the inner and larger bone of the forearm.

27. ulnarScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    a.. Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.

28. ulnasScrabble 5 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of ulna; the inner and larger bone of the forearm.

29. uloidScrabble 6 · WWF 8

    adjective. Resembling a scar; scar-like.

30. ulpanScrabble 7 · WWF 11

    noun. An intensive educational program for teaching Hebrew to immigrants in Israel.

31. ultraScrabble 5 · WWF 7

    a.. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

32. uluhiScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    noun. A Hawaiian tree (Ochrosia elliptica) with yellow fruit.

33. ululuScrabble 5 · WWF 10

    noun. A type of African antelope; also a name for a wailing sound.

34. ulvanScrabble 8 · WWF 12

    noun. A sulfated polysaccharide found in the cell walls of green algae of the genus Ulva.

35. ulvasScrabble 8 · WWF 11

    noun. Plural of ulva; green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

36. umamiScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    noun. A savory taste, one of the five basic tastes, associated with glutamates.

37. umauaScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    noun. A type of freshwater fish found in South America, also called the umaua.

38. umbelScrabble 9 · WWF 13

    n.. A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

39. umberScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.

40. umbosScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    pl.. of Umbo

41. umbraScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

42. umbreScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. See Umber.

43. umestScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    adjective. Most um; superlative of um (used in informal contexts).

44. umiacScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    noun. Variant of umiak, a large open boat made of skins used by Arctic peoples.

45. umiakScrabble 11 · WWF 13

    noun. A large open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, used by Inuit and other Arctic peoples.

46. umiaqScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Variant of umiak, a large open boat made of skins used by Arctic peoples.

47. umiriScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. A title of a chief or leader in some African cultures.

48. umistScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. A person who studies or is knowledgeable about um (a mystical or spiritual concept).

49. ummahScrabble 12 · WWF 14

    n.. the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan; "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"

50. ummasScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    noun. Plural of umma; alternative spelling of ummah.