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beginning with letter U
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Ulysses
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proper noun
  1. (Roman mythology) Latin name form of Odysseus
undead
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noun
  1. (Usually preceded by "the") Those creatures which are dead yet still moving.
In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some nubile skinny-dipping teenagers.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
  2. (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
underworld
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noun
  1. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
  2. (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
undine
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noun
  1. A female water-sprite or nymph
  2. The elemental being of water.
unicorn
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noun
  1. A mythical beast traditionally represented as having the legs of a buck, the body of a horse, the tail of a lion with a single spiral horn on its head; a symbol of virginity.
  2. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
  3. A mistranslation by the King James Bible (wild ox according to RSV). Young Earth Creationists and Fundamentalists believe the Unicorn to be some type of extinct one horned animal, possibly a dinosaur:
Will the be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? " Job 39:9-10 KJV.
Urania
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proper noun
  1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
urchin
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noun
  1. A mischievous child.
  2. street kid, a child from from a poor neighborhood.
  3. (archaic) A hedgehog.
Ursula
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proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
  1. (given name, female).
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