| susurration | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: voicelessness, whisper, whispering |
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| (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurrus |
| susurrus | (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurration |
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| unusualness | (noun) uncommonness by virtue of being unusual | - |
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| usualness | (noun) commonness by virtue of not being unusual | - |
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| usufruct | (noun) a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way | - |
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| usufructuary | (noun) someone who holds property by usufruct | - |
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| usurer | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, shylock |
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| usurpation | (noun) wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) | - |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, violation |
| usurper | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: supplanter |
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| usury | (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | - |
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| (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: vigorish |