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Unwellnessnounimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismverified
Up QuarknounMWEa stable quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electronverified
Update a CertificatenounMWEThe act or process by which data items bound in an existing public key certificate, especially authorizations granted to the subject, are changed by issuing a new certificate.Credential
updatingnounThe act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something).Process
UpheavalnounA state of violent disturbance and disorder, generally in politics or social conditions.verified
Upholsterynouncovering on a piece of furniture, including padding, springs, webbing and fabricverified
Upholstery NeedlenounMWEany of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterersverified
Upland CottonnounMWEnative tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cottonverified
Upland White AsternounMWEtufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowersverified
Upper BalconynounMWErearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seatsverified
Upper BoundnounMWE(mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given setverified
Upper-Case LetternounMWEone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasisverified
Upset PricenounMWE(auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bidsverified
Upset StomachnounMWEa disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nauseaverified
Upside-Down CakenounMWEbatter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on topverified
Upthrownoun(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)verified
Upthrustnoun(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)verified
Upticknouna transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transactionverified
Uptimenouna period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for useverified
Uracilnouna base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidineverified
Uraemianounaccumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urineverified
Uraninitenouna mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and heliumverified
Uranologynounthe branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a wholeverified