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- TURBULENCEThe state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
- TURBULENTViolently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
- TURGENTswelling, turgid, or tumourous.
- TURGIDDistended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- TURGORTurgidity.
- TURIONA bud, produced by some aquatic plants, that becomes detached and dormant until the following spring
- TURMA group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
- TURNIPThe white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
- TURPITUDEInherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
- TURRETA little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- TUTELAGEThe act of guarding, protecting, or guiding.
- TUTELARServing as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
- TUTELARYRelating to guardianship or protection.
- TUTIORISTA rigorist.
- TUTOROne who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- TUTORIALOf or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
- TUTTIAll together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- TWILLA pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
- TYMPANA piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
- TYMPANITICOf, pertaining to, or suffering from, tympany.
- TYRANNICIDEThe killing of a tyrant.
- TYROA beginner; a novice.
- UBEROUSFruitful.
- UBERTIESFertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
- UBERTYFertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
- UBIETYThe state of existing in a specific point in space, thereness.
- UBIQUITYThe state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
- UDOMETERA rain gauge.
- UDOMETRICRelating to udometry.
- UDOMETRYrainfall measurement
- ULCERAn open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
- ULCERATEHaving an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
- ULIGINOUSSlimy.
- ULLAGEIn a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
- ULNAThe bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in th
- ULTERIORSituated beyond, or on the farther side.
- ULTIMAThe final syllable of a word.
- ULTRAExtreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
- ULTRONEOUSspontaneous; voluntary
- ULULATETo howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.
- ULVAAny organism of the genus Ulva.
- UMBELA flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.
- UMBERA brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
- UMBILICATEHaving a navel.
- UMBILICUSA navel.
- UMBOThe boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
- UMBONATEHaving an umbo
- UMBRAThe fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object. The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- UMBRAGEA feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
- UMBRATICOf or relating to the shade or darkness; shadowy.
- UMBRATILEShady, shadowy.
- UMBRATILOUSShadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate.
- UMBRELAn umbrere; the visor of a helmet
- UMBRELLAA cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- UMBROSEShady; umbrageous.
- UMPIREAn official who presides over a sports match.
- UNALISTA churchman who holds only one benefice.
- UNANIMITYThe condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.
- UNARYConsisting of or involving a single element or component.
- UNCIAThe Roman ounce, 1/12 of a Roman pound.
- UNCIALOf or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
- UNCIFORMOf the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
- UNCINUSA cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
- UNCTIONAn ointment or salve.
- UNCUSA hook or claw.
- UNDATEundated; rising and falling in waves
- UNDINEA female water-sprite or nymph.
- UNDULARHaving the form of a moving wave
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- UNGUALPertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
- UNGUIFORMclaw-shaped
- UNGUISThe nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
- UNGULAA hoof, claw, or talon.
- UNGULATEHaving hooves.
- UNGULEDHaving hoofs of a tincture different from the body.
- UNIFORMAlternative letter-case form of Uniform of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- UNIFYCause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
- UNILATERALDone by one side only.
- UNIONThe act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- UNIQUEBeing the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
- UNISERIATEHaving a single line or series
- UNITETo bring together as one.
- UNITIVEOf, causing, or involving unity or union.
- UNIVERSALOf or pertaining to the universe.
- UNIVERSALITYthe property of being universal, common to all members of a class
- UNIVERSEAlternative letter-case form of Universe; Our universe.
- UNIVERSITYAn institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional lev
- UNIVOCALHaving only one possible meaning.
- URBANITYBehaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
- URBSA walled city in Ancient Rome.
- URCEOLATEShaped like an urn.
- URCEOLUSAny urn-shaped organ of a plant.
- URCHINA hedgehog.
- UREDINIUMA pustule that occurs on the leaves and stems of a plant infected with rust fungus.
- UREDINOUSRelating to the uredo.
- UREDOurediniospore
- URGEA strong desire to do something.
- URGENCYThe quality or condition of being urgent.
- URINALA device or fixture used for urination, particularly: A glass vial used for examining or storing urine. A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
- URINATETo pass urine from the body.