English dictionary: words starting with u - page 210

Meanings of Urbanizing:

verb

Make or become urban in character.

Usage examples:

Once an agrarian society, the island has recently been urbanized

Meanings of Urbanology:

noun

The branch of knowledge that deals with urban areas and urban life.

Meanings of Urbarial:

adjective

Of or relating to, based or founded on, a register of landed property.

Meanings of Urbiculture:

noun

The development of towns and cities and urban life; the pursuit or cultivation of urban interests.

Meanings of Urbs:

noun

The city, especially as a symbol of harsh or busy modern life.

Usage examples:

To be of the urbs, to be urbane, is to be political and to be civilized

Meanings of Urchin:

noun

A young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.

Usage examples:

He was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags

Meanings of Urchins:

noun

A young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.

Usage examples:

He was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags

Meanings of Urdu:

noun

An indic language closely related to hindi but written in the persian script and having many loanwords from persian and arabic. it is the official language of pakistan, and is also widely used in india and elsewhere.

Usage examples:

She posted statements in hindi, english, and urdu announcing her decision

adjective

Relating to urdu.

Usage examples:

It is not just a bookshop but an institution where one got to meet noted writers and lovers of urdu…

Meanings of Ure:

suffix

Forming nouns denoting an action, process, or result.

Usage examples:

Censure

Meanings of Urea:

noun

A colourless crystalline compound which is the main nitrogenous breakdown product of protein metabolism in mammals and is excreted in urine.

Usage examples:

The waste products of protein metabolism are urea and to a lesser extent uric acid and creatinine.

Meanings of Ureid:

noun

Any of a group of compounds which are acyl derivatives of urea.

Usage examples:

Nodules were extracted and assayed for starch, sucrose, glucose, fructose, total amino acids, and u…

Meanings of Ureide:

noun

Any of a group of compounds which are acyl derivatives of urea.

Usage examples:

Nodules were extracted and assayed for starch, sucrose, glucose, fructose, total amino acids, and u…

Meanings of Ureides:

noun

Any of a group of compounds which are acyl derivatives of urea.

Usage examples:

Nodules were extracted and assayed for starch, sucrose, glucose, fructose, total amino acids, and u…

Meanings of Uremia:

noun

A 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 Ureter:

noun

The duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Usage examples:

Your urinary system is composed of your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

Meanings of Ureters:

noun

The duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Usage examples:

Your urinary system is composed of your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

Meanings of Urethane:

noun

A synthetic crystalline compound used in making pesticides and fungicides, and formerly as an anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

A new survey by the government's food standards agency shows that many old single malts contain muc…

Meanings of Urethanes:

noun

A synthetic crystalline compound used in making pesticides and fungicides, and formerly as an anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

A new survey by the government's food standards agency shows that many old single malts contain muc…

Meanings of Urethra:

noun

The duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen.

Usage examples:

This chapter focuses on infections of the male urethra, epididymis, testis, and prostate.

Meanings of Urethrae:

noun

The duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen.

Usage examples:

This chapter focuses on infections of the male urethra, epididymis, testis, and prostate.

Plural of urethra specialized

Meanings of Urethral:

adjective

Relating to the urethra (= the tube that carries urine from the bladder)

Usage examples:

A urethral stricture, a urethral catheter

Meanings of Urethras:

noun

The duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen.

Usage examples:

This chapter focuses on infections of the male urethra, epididymis, testis, and prostate.

Meanings of Urethritis:

noun

Inflammation of the urethra.

Usage examples:

Other conditions that should be ruled out include bacterial cystitis, urethritis, neoplasia, vagini…

Meanings of Urge:

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

Meanings of Urge-on:

phrasal verb

To encourage someone

Usage examples:

His parents urge him on to greater and greater accomplishments.