twenties
noun · the time of life between 20 and 30
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twenty-nine
adjective · being nine more than twenty
twenty-three
adjective · being three more than twenty
twice
adverb · two times
Example: I called her twicetwiglike
adjective · thin as a twig
twilight zone
noun · the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
Example: but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signalnoun · a series of chirps
two iron
noun · long iron with a nearly vertical face
two times
adverb · by a factor of two
Example: the price increased twofold last yeartwo-fold
adjective · twice as great or many
Example: ate a double portiontwo-lipped
adjective · having two lips
Example: the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiatetwo-sided
adjective · having two sides or parts
two-timing
adjective · not faithful to a spouse or lover
Example: adulterous husbands and wivestwo-way
adjective · operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions
Example: a two-way valvetwo-wheel
adjective · of or relating to vehicles with two wheels
Example: a two-wheeled carttypecast
verb · identify as belonging to a certain type
Example: Such people can practically be typedtypewrite
verb · write by means of a keyboard with types
Example: type the acceptance letter, pleasetypical
adjective · of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing- Curtis Wilkie
Example: Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavortypically
adverb · in a typical manner
Example: Tom was typically hostiletypify
verb · express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
Example: What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?tyrannic
adjective · characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Example: an authoritarian regimetyrannize
verb · rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
Example: her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize herudmurt
noun · the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak
uganda
noun · a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
ugandan shilling
noun · the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
ulcerate
verb · affect with an ulcer
Example: Her stomach was ulceratedulcerative
adjective · of or relating to or characterized by ulceration
Example: ulcerative colitisulmus parvifolia
noun · small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
ulmus rubra
noun · North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood
ultimately
adverb · as the end result of a succession or process
Example: ultimately he had to give inultramicroscope
noun · light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
ultrasonic
adjective · having frequencies above those of audible sound
ultrasonically
adverb · by ultrasonic means
Example: the kidney stones were removed ultrasonicallyultrasonography
noun · using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
ulugh muztagh
noun · a mountain in the Kunlun range in China (25,340 feet high)
ululate
verb · emit long loud cries
Example: wail in self-pityulvales
noun · an order of protoctist
umbrella fern
noun · large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
umbrella sedge
noun · African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
umbrella tree
noun · small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches
ummah
noun · the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Example: moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslimsumpire
noun · someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
Example: the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literatureumteenth
adjective · last in an indefinitely numerous series
un
noun · an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
unabated
adjective · continuing at full strength or intensity
Example: the winds are unabatedunabridged dictionary
noun · a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary
unacceptably
adverb · to an unacceptable degree
Example: The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably highunaccountably
adverb · in an unaccountable manner
Example: in the book, a tycoon unaccountably becomes the hero's friendunachievably
adverb · in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree
Example: this house is unattainably expensiveunadvisable
adjective · not prudent or wise; not recommended
Example: running on the ice is inadvisableunaerated
adjective · (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen
unalienable
adjective · incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
Example: endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rightsunalike
adjective · not alike or similar
Example: as unalike as two people could beunalterably
adverb · in an unalterable and unchangeable manner
Example: his views were unchangeably fixedunambiguously
adverb · so as to be unique
Example: he could determine uniquely the properties of the compoundunambitiously
adverb · in an unambitious manner
Example: he does his job, but he works unambitiouslyunannounced
adjective · without warning or announcement- M.A.D.Howe
Example: they arrived unannouncedunappealingly
adverb · in an unappealing manner
Example: the kitchen was unappealingly dirtyunarguably
adverb · in an unarguable and undisputed manner
Example: you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any companyunarm
verb · take away the weapons from; render harmless