Definition of u

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U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t

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Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
Chaste :: Chaste (a.) Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes..
Magistrature :: Magistrature (n.) Magistracy.
Multitubular :: Multitubular (a.) Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler..
Bejumble :: Bejumble (v. t.) To jumble together.
Subministrate :: Subministrant (a.) Subordinate; subservient.
Tousle :: Tousle (v. t.) To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
Justifiable :: "Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just..
Recurred :: Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of Recu.
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth..
Generality :: Generality (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
Cogitable :: Cogitable (a.) Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
Rudimental :: Rudimental (a.) Rudimentary.
Rushing :: Rushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rus.
Esture :: Esture (n.) Commotion.
Stillstand :: Stillroom (n.) An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept..
Unsufficience :: Unsufficience (n.) Alt. of Unsufficienc.
Can :: Can (v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed can.
Ill-starred :: Ill-starred (a.) Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or day..
Impasto :: Impasto (n.) The thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas with especial reference to the juxtaposition of different colors and tints in forming a harmonious whole.
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