ut | (noun) the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization | Synonyms: do, doh |
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utahraptor | (noun) large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous | Synonyms: superslasher |
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utensil | (noun) an implement for practical use (especially in a household) | - |
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uterine | (adjective) of or involving the uterus | - |
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uterus | (noun) a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus | Synonyms: womb |
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utile | (adjective) being of use or service | Synonyms: useful |
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utilisation | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilization |
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utilise | (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, employ, use, utilize |
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utilised | (adjective) made useful | Synonyms: employed, utilized |
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utiliser | (noun) someone who puts to good use | Synonyms: utilizer |
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utilitarian | (adjective) having a useful function | Synonyms: useful |
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(adjective) having utility often to the exclusion of values | - |
(noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility | - |
utilitarianism | (noun) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number | - |
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utility | (adjective) used of beef; usable but inferior | Synonyms: utility-grade |
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(adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | Synonyms: substitute |
(noun) the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility | - |
(noun) a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal | - |
(noun) the quality of being of practical use | Synonyms: usefulness |
(noun) (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | Synonyms: service program, utility program |
(noun) a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | Synonyms: public-service corporation, public utility, public utility company |
(noun) (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice | - |
utilizable | (adjective) capable of being put to a profitable or practical use | - |
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utilization | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation |
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(noun) the state of having been made use of | - |
utilize | (verb) convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) | - |
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(verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, employ, use, utilise |
utilized | (adjective) made useful | Synonyms: employed, utilised |
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utilizer | (noun) someone who puts to good use | Synonyms: utiliser |
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utmost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, uttermost |
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(adjective) of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity | Synonyms: extreme, uttermost |
(noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, maximum, uttermost |
utopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing a utopia | - |
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(noun) ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects | - |
utopian | (adjective) characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia | Synonyms: Utopian |
utricle | (noun) a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | Synonyms: utriculus |
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utriculus | (noun) a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | Synonyms: utricle |
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utter | (adjective) complete and absolute | Synonyms: blank |
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(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated |
(verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize |
(verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: express, give tongue to, verbalise, verbalize |
(verb) express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) | Synonyms: emit, let loose, let out |
(verb) put into circulation | - |
utterable | (adjective) capable of being uttered in words or sentences | Synonyms: speakable |
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utterance | (noun) the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | Synonyms: vocalization |
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uttered | (adjective) communicated in words | Synonyms: expressed, verbalised, verbalized, voiced |
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utterer | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer |
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(noun) someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins | - |
(noun) an organism that can utter vocal sounds | Synonyms: vocaliser, vocalizer |
utterly | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolutely, dead, perfectly |
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uttermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost |
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(adjective) of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity | Synonyms: extreme, utmost |
(noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, maximum, utmost |
utterness | (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: absoluteness, starkness |
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