| univalent | (adjective) used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis | - |
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| (adjective) having a valence of 1 | Synonyms: monovalent |
| univalve | (adjective) used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. | - |
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| (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: gastropod |
| universal | (adjective) adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations | - |
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| (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, world-wide, worldwide |
| (adjective) applicable to or common to all members of a group or set | - |
| (noun) coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions | Synonyms: universal joint |
| (noun) a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings | - |
| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class | Synonyms: universal proposition |
| (noun) (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | Synonyms: linguistic universal |
| universalise | (verb) make universal | Synonyms: universalize |
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| universalism | (noun) the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved | - |
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| universalist | (adjective) of or relating to or tending toward universalism | Synonyms: universalistic |
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| universalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or tending toward universalism | Synonyms: universalist |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the whole | - |
| universality | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: catholicity |
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| universalize | (verb) make universal | Synonyms: universalise |
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| universally | (adverb) in every case | - |
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| universe | (noun) everything stated or assumed in a given discussion | Synonyms: universe of discourse |
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| (noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | Synonyms: population |
| (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, world |
| university | (noun) establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching | - |
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| (noun) the body of faculty and students at a university | - |
| (noun) a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees | - |
| univocal | (adjective) admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion | Synonyms: unambiguous, unequivocal |
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