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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Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..
Discontent :: Discontent (v. t.) To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
Title :: Title (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
Actuator :: Actuator (n.) One who actuates, or puts into action..
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney..
Against :: Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness..
Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Long :: Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc..
Elul :: Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September..
Suspend :: Suspending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspen.
Cursorary :: Cursorary (a.) Cursory; hasty.
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Coop :: Coop (n.) A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.
Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner..
Journalism :: Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.
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