5-letter words starting with u
- unmet — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
- unmew — to set free (something mewed up); release, as from confinement.
- unmix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- unpay — to not pay
- unpeg — to remove the pegs from.
- unpen — to release from confinement.
- unpin — to remove pins from.
- unrid — unridden
- unrig — to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- unrip — to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- unrra — United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: the first United Nations organization, formed in 1943 by Franklin Roosevelt and in existence until 1949, it provided rehabilitation relief to refugees after World War 2
- unrwa — United Nations Relief and Works Agency
- unsay — to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- unser — Albert ("Al") born 1939, and his brother Robert, (Bobby), born 1934, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- unset — not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- unsew — to remove or rip the stitches of (something sewed).
- unsex — to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
- untax — to stop taxing; to relieve of or exempt from taxation
- untie — to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until — onward to or till (a specified time or occurrence): She worked until 6 p.m.
- untin — to remove tin from
- unwed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- unwet — not wet; dry as opposed to being wet
- unwit — Obsolete. to render devoid of wit; derange.
- unwon — not won
- unzip — to open the zipper of.
- up on — up to date
- up to — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- up-do — a hairstyle in which the hair is held away from the face and neck with pins or clips
- upaya — any device, as a koan, used for purposes of instruction.
- upbye — over there; a bit farther
- updry — to dry up, to completely dry
- upend — to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- upenn — University of Pennsylvania
- upham — Charles (Hazlitt). 1908–94, New Zealand soldier; hero of World War II and one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice
- upjet — to stream upwards
- uplay — to stash or hoard
- upolu — an island in Western Samoa, in the S Pacific: the home of Robert Louis Stevenson for the last five years of his life. 430 sq. mi. (1113 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- upped — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- upper — higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer's voice.
- uprun — to run up or ascend
- upsee — a drunken festivity
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- upter — of poor quality; in disrepair
- uptie — to tie up
- upton — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- urali — a resinous poison derived from many tropical American plant species
- urals — a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- urase — urease.
- urate — a salt of uric acid.