English dictionary: words starting with u - page 217

Meanings of Uterine:

adjective

Relating to the uterus or womb.

Usage examples:

Uterine contractions

Meanings of Uterus:

noun

The organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.

Usage examples:

With their informed consent, their uteruses were carefully examined after operation, and the author…

Meanings of Uteruses:

noun

The organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.

Usage examples:

With their informed consent, their uteruses were carefully examined after operation, and the author…

Plural of uterus

Meanings of Utfangthef:

noun

The right of a lord of a private jurisdiction, more extensive than that of infangthief, to claim for trial a thief, especially one who is the lord's tenant, captured outside the jurisdiction, and to keep any forfeited chattels on conviction; occasionally used to denote the thief so apprehended. also, more widely: the right of a lord to try any thief apprehended within that lord's jurisdiction, regardless of the accused person's place of origin.

Meanings of Uti:

noun

Abbreviation for urinary tract infection: an infection that affects parts of the body that produce and carry urine

Meanings of Utile:

adjective

Advantageous.

Usage examples:

I deplored the killing of them for merely utile purposes

noun

A large tropical african hardwood tree with timber that is widely used as a substitute for mahogany.

Usage examples:

The utile has a wide natural distribution in tropical africa.

Meanings of Utilise:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilised:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilises:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilising:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilitarian:

adjective

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.

Usage examples:

A utilitarian building

noun

An adherent of utilitarianism.

Usage examples:

Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, utilitaria…

Meanings of Utilitarianism:

noun

The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.

Usage examples:

After all, moral theories such as kantianism, utilitarianism, and common-sense morality require tha…

Meanings of Utilitarians:

noun

An adherent of utilitarianism.

Usage examples:

Assigning particular rights to people may be a way to promote wellbeing, and when it is, utilitaria…

adjective

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.

Usage examples:

A utilitarian building

Meanings of Utilities:

noun

An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.

Meanings of Utility:

noun

The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.

Usage examples:

He had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning

adjective

Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions.

Usage examples:

A utility truck

Meanings of Utilizable:

adjective

Able to be used in an effective way

Usage examples:

We calculated the amount of utilizable area for each territory., these self-build projects have use…

Meanings of Utilization:

noun

The action of making practical and effective use of something.

Usage examples:

Steps to increase the utilization of resources

Meanings of Utilizations:

noun

The action of making practical and effective use of something.

Usage examples:

Steps to increase the utilization of resources

Meanings of Utilize:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Put into service

Meanings of Utilized:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilizes:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utilizing:

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Meanings of Utmost:

adjective

Most extreme; greatest.

Usage examples:

A matter of the utmost importance

noun

The greatest or most extreme extent or amount.

Usage examples:

A plot that stretches credulity to the utmost

Meanings of Utopia:

noun

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

Usage examples:

Misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin

Meanings of Utopian:

adjective

Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.

Usage examples:

A utopian ideology

noun

An idealistic reformer.

Usage examples:

He describes himself as an educational utopian