A personal lexicon of unusual, archaic, scientific, and otherwise interesting words encountered in reading. Browse other letters from the Dictionary catalog.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| uhuru | |
| ukase | an authoritative order or decree; an edict |
| ukulele | small four-stringed guitar |
| ullage | the amount by which a container falls short of being full |
| umbel | a flat-topped or rounded flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point |
| umbrage | n. offense; resentment; something that affords shade. Shadow or shade. A vague or indistinct indication; a hint. |
| unfetter | liberate |
| Untrammelled | not limited or restricted; unrestrained |
| urbane | very polite and polished in manner |
| urn | a vase of varying size and shape, usually having a footed base or pedestal; a closed metal vessel having a spigot and used for warming or serving tea or coffee |
| usurious | practicing, involving, or constituting usury |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use; an excessive rate or amount of interest charged |
| utilitarian | adj. Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility. Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical. N. |
| utilitarianism | n. the belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its utility. The ethical theory proposed by Bentham and Mill that all action should be directed toward achieving the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people |
| uxoricide | killing of a wife by her husband; a man who kills his wife |
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