5 Letter Words Starting with U

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1. ubykh Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
   n.. an extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey
2. udder Scrabble 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.
3. ugric Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
   n.. one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
4. uhlan Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
   n.. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.
5. uigur Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
   n.. the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
6. ukase Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
   n.. In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
7. ulama Scrabble 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 guar...
8. ulcer Scrabble 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...
9. ulema Scrabble 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 a...
10. ulmic Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
    a.. Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.
11. ulmin Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    n.. A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin.
12. ulmus Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    n.. A genus of trees including the elm.
13. ulnar Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    a.. Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
14. ultra Scrabble 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 expres...
15. umbel Scrabble 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,...
16. umber Scrabble 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 i...
17. umbos Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    pl.. of Umbo
18. umbra Scrabble 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; --...
19. umbre Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    n.. See Umber.
20. ummah Scrabble 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"
21. unapt Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    a.. Inapt; slow; dull.
22. unarm Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To disarm.
23. unary Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    a.. consisting of or involving a single element or component; "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result"
24. unbag Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.
25. unbar Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.
26. unbay Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.
27. unbed Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To raise or rouse from bed.
28. unbid Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
    a.. Alt. of Unbidden
29. unbit Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.
30. unbow Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To unbend.
31. unbox Scrabble 14 · WWF 17
    v. t.. To remove from a box or boxes.
32. unboy Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To divest of the traits of a boy.
33. uncap Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To remove a cap or cover from.
34. uncia Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    n.. A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
35. uncle Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    n.. The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.
36. uncus Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    n.. A hook or claw.
37. uncut Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    a.. Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by...
38. undam Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction.
39. under Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
    prep.. Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is und...
40. undid Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    imp. of Undo.
41. undue Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    a.. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.
42. unfed Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    a.. not given support; "a grudge that remained unfed"
43. unfit Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickn...
44. unfix Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
    v. t.. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
45. unget Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    v. t.. To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.
46. ungka Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
    n.. The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
47. ungod Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To deprive of divinity; to undeify.
48. ungot Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    a.. Alt. of Ungotten
49. unhap Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    n.. Ill luck; misfortune.
50. unhat Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    v. t. & i.. To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.
51. uniat Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    n.. Alt. of Uniate
52. unify Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.
53. union Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    n.. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
54. unite Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    v. t.. To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite b...
55. unity Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    n.. The state of being one; oneness.
56. unked Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    a.. Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.
57. unlap Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To unfold.
58. unlaw Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To deprive of the authority or character of law.
59. unlax Scrabble 12 · WWF 15
    v.. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
60. unlay Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
61. unlit Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    a.. without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"
62. unman Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
63. unmew Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
    v. t.. To release from confinement or restraint.
64. unoil Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    v. t.. To remove the oil from.
65. unpay Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.
66. unpeg Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
67. unpen Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To release from a pen or from confinement.
68. unpin Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
69. unrig Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    v. t.. To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship.
70. unrip Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To rip; to cut open.
71. unsad Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
    a.. Unsteady; fickle.
72. unsay Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    v. t.. To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.
73. unset Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    a.. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
74. unsew Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
75. unsex Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    v. t.. To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.
76. unsin Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    v. t.. To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.
77. untie Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    v. t.. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
78. until Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
    prep.. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
79. unwed Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    a.. of someone who has not been married; "unwed mother"
80. unwit Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    v. t.. To deprive of wit.
81. unzip Scrabble 16 · WWF 19
    v.. open the zipper of; "unzip the bag"
82. upbar Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To fasten with a bar.
83. upend Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
84. upher Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and...
85. uplay Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    v. t.. To hoard.
86. upper Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    comp.. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; t...
87. uprun Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    v. i.. To run up; to ascend.
88. upset Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    v. t.. To set up; to put upright.
89. upsun Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
    n.. The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
90. uptie Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    v. t.. To tie up.
91. upupa Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
    n.. A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
92. urali Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    n.. See Curare.
93. urals Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    n.. a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
94. urare Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. Alt. of Urari
95. urari Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. See Curare.
96. urate Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.
97. urban Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    a.. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
98. ureal Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    a.. Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, ureal deposits.
99. uredo Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
    n.. One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospor...
100. urged Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
     imp. & p. p.. of Urge
101. urger Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
     n.. One who urges.
102. uriah Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
103. urial Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
104. urine Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
105. urite Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
     n.. One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.
106. urmia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
     n.. a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran
107. urnal Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
     a.. Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns.
108. ursal Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
109. urson Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
110. ursuk Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. The bearded seal.
111. ursus Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
112. urubu Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
     n.. The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
113. usage Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
     n.. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
114. usant Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     a.. Using; accustomed.
115. usbeg Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
     n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
116. usbek Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
     n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
117. ushas Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night
118. usher Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or...
119. using Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
     p. pr. & vb. n.. of Use
120. uskub Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
     n.. capital of modern Macedonia
121. usnea Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     n.. A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which gro...
122. usnic Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
     a.. Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
123. usual Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
     n.. Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
124. usuli Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
     n.. a religious movement by Persian Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iran that is opposed to the Akhbari; "Usuli Shiism produced the politically active caste of pr...
125. usure Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     v. i.. To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
126. usurp Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
     v. t.. To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the rig...
127. usury Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     v. t.. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
128. utica Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
     a.. Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
129. utile Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
     v. t.. Profitable; useful.
130. utter Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
     a.. Outer.
131. uvate Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
     n.. A conserve made of grapes.
132. uveal Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
     a.. of or relating to the uvea of the eye
133. uvrou Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
     n.. See Euphroe.
134. uvula Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
     n.. The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
135. uygur Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
136. uzbak Scrabble 20 · WWF 22
     n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
137. uzbeg Scrabble 17 · WWF 20
     n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
138. uzbek Scrabble 20 · WWF 22
     n.. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek