u
1: (chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use n 1: a nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [sy...
U-boat
1: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn: {submarine}, {pigboat}, {sub}]
u-drive
1: a rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" [syn: {car rental}, {hire car}, {rent-a-car}, {self-drive}, {you-drive}]
U-shaped
1: shaped in the form of the letter U
u-turn
1: complete reversal of direction of travel
U. S. Air Force
1: the airforce of the United States of America; defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space [syn: {United States Air Force}, {US Air Force}, {USAF}]
U. S. Army
1: the army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare [syn: {United States Army}, {US Army}, {USA}]
U. S. Army Special Forces
1: a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting [syn: {Special Forces}, {United States Army Special Forces}]
U. S. Coast Guard
1: an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce [syn: {United States Coast Guard}, {US Coast Guard}]
U. S. Code
1: a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives [syn: {U...
U.S.
1: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States [syn: {United States government}, {United States}, {U.S. government}, {US Government}] 2: North Am...
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
1: a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence [syn: {United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory}, ...
U.S. Congress
1: the legislature of the United States government [syn: {Congress}, {United States Congress}, {US Congress}]
U.S. government
1: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States [syn: {United States government}, {United States}, {US Government}, {U.S.}]
U.S. House
1: the lower legislative house of the United States Congress [syn: {United States House of Representatives}, {U.S. House of Representatives}, {US House of Representatives}, {House of Representatives},...
U.S. House of Representatives
1: the lower legislative house of the United States Congress [syn: {United States House of Representatives}, {US House of Representatives}, {House of Representatives}, {U.S. House}, {US House}]
U.S. Mint
1: the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion [syn: {United States Mint}, {US Mint}]
U.S. waters
1: territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories; "ships operating in United States waters must adhere to United States laws...
U.S.A.
1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in...
U308
1: an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore [syn: {yellowcake}]
uakari
1: medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail
Ubermensch
1: a person with great powers and abilities [syn: {demigod}, {superman}]
ubiety
1: the state of existing and being localized in space
ubiquinone
1: any of several quinones that function as electron-carrying coenzymes [syn: {coenzyme Q}]
ubiquitous
1: being present everywhere at once [syn: {omnipresent}]
ubiquitousness
1: the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) [syn: {ubiquity}, {omnipresence}]
ubiquity
1: the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) [syn: {ubiquitousness}, {omnipresence}]
Ubykh
1: a virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey
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Uca
1: fiddler crabs [syn: {genus Uca}]
UDA
1: the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs [syn: {Ulster Defense Association}]
udder
1: mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) [syn: {bag}]
Udmurt
1: a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia [syn: {Votyak}] 2: the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak people [syn: {Votyak}]
udometer
1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gauge}, {rain gage}, {pluviometer}]
Ufa
1: a city in the European part of Russia
UFO
1: an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins [syn: {unidentified flying object}, {flying saucer}]
Uganda
1: a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 [syn: {Republic of Uganda}]
Ugandan
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people; "Ugandan game parks" n : a native or inhabitant of Uganda
Ugandan shilling
1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn: {shilling}]
Ugaritic
1: an extinct Semitic language of northern Syria
ugli
1: large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin [syn: {tangelo}, {ugli fruit}] [also: {uglies} (pl)]
ugli fruit
1: hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida [syn: {tangelo}, {tangelo tree}, {Citrus tangelo}] 2: large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit havin...
uglify
1: make ugly [ant: {beautify}] [also: {uglified}]
ugliness
1: qualities that do not give pleasure to the senses [ant: {beauty}]
ugly
1: displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly" [ant: {beautiful}] 2: deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums" 3: inclined to anger or bad feelings wi...
ugly duckling
1: an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
Ugo Buoncompagni
1: the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585) [syn: {Gregory}, {Gregory XIII}]
Ugrian
1: one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia [syn: {Ugric}]
Ugric
1: one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia [syn: {Ugrian}]
UHF
1: 300 to 3000 megahertz [syn: {ultrahigh frequency}]
Uhland
1: German romantic poet (1787-1862) [syn: {Johann Ludwig Uhland}]
Uighur
1: a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas [syn: {Uigur}, {Uygur}] 2: the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur people in extreme northwestern ...
Uigur
1: a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas [syn: {Uighur}, {Uygur}] 2: the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur people in extreme northwestern...
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