English dictionary: words starting with u - page 207
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Meanings of Upwind:
adverbIn the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing; against the wind.
Usage examples:
You learn how to sail upwind
adjectiveSituated or moving in the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing.
Usage examples:
Team nz was comfortably ahead at half way on the upwind leg
Ur
əːMeanings of Ur:
combining formPrimitive, original, or earliest.
Usage examples:
Urtext
abbreviationYou are or your.
Usage examples:
Thank you for ur lovely review!
proper nounAn ancient sumerian city formerly on the river euphrates, in southern iraq. it was one of the oldest cities of mesopotamia, dating from the 4th millennium bc, and reached its zenith in the late 3rd millennium bc.
Meanings of Uracil:
nounA compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of rna. in dna it is replaced by thymine.
Usage examples:
Thymine, present in dna, and uracil, present in rna, also contribute to this band.
Meanings of Uracils:
nounA compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of rna. in dna it is replaced by thymine.
Usage examples:
Thymine, present in dna, and uracil, present in rna, also contribute to this band.
Meanings of Uraei:
nounA representation of a sacred serpent as an emblem of supreme power, worn on the headdresses of ancient egyptian deities and sovereigns.
Usage examples:
On the forehead of the mask are a royal uraeus and a vulture's head, symbols of the two tutelary de…
Meanings of Uraemia:
nounA raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys.
Usage examples:
Did he have diabetes, ascites, uraemia, anasarca, or heart failure?
Meanings of Uraeus:
nounA representation of a sacred serpent as an emblem of supreme power, worn on the headdresses of ancient egyptian deities and sovereigns.
Usage examples:
On the forehead of the mask are a royal uraeus and a vulture's head, symbols of the two tutelary de…
Meanings of Uralic:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting a family of languages spoken from northern scandinavia to western siberia, comprising the finno-ugric and samoyedic groups.
Usage examples:
In contrast, the saami, finns, and estonians speak languages belonging to the uralic family, otherw…
nounThe uralic languages collectively.
Usage examples:
The evidence for indo-european, uralic, austronesian and so on is overwhelming, and there is no rea…
Meanings of Uramil:
nounA crystalline compound obtained by hydrolysing alloxantin, murexide, and some related compounds.
Meanings of Uranian:
adjectiveRelating to the planet uranus.
Usage examples:
Uranian moons are traditionally given shakespearean names
noun(in science fiction) an imagined inhabitant of uranus.
Meanings of Uranicentric:
adjectiveHaving the planet uranus as the centre; determined with reference to the centre of uranus.
Meanings of Uraniferous:
adjectiveContaining or yielding uranium.
Meanings of Uraniid:
adjectiveOf or relating to the family uraniidae of tropical moths, many of which are large, brightly coloured, and diurnal.
nounA moth of the family uraniidae.
Meanings of Uraninite:
nounA black, grey, or brown mineral which consists mainly of uranium dioxide and is the chief ore of uranium.
Usage examples:
Arsenopyrite, cassiterite, molybdenite, wolframite, uraninite, and several of the common sulfides h…
Meanings of Uranist:
nounA person who advocated the literary merits of the sonnet à uranie by v. de voiture (1597–1648) over those of a sonnet on job by i. de benserade (1613–91), in a dispute which divided the french literary world in the mid 17th century.
Meanings of Uranite:
nounAny of various minerals or ores containing uranium; (in later use) specifically any of a group of minerals which are phosphates and arsenates of uranium (in the form of the cation uranyl) and another metal.
Meanings of Uranites:
nounAny of various minerals or ores containing uranium; (in later use) specifically any of a group of minerals which are phosphates and arsenates of uranium (in the form of the cation uranyl) and another metal.
Meanings of Uranium:
nounThe chemical element of atomic number 92, a dense grey radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.
Usage examples:
It is not possible, however, to construct weapons directly out of uranium or slightly enriched uran…
Meanings of Uranocircite:
nounA bright yellow-green mineral typically occurring as thin, tabular crystals.
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