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“U” Words

Previously owned or employed by someone else; not new.

Able to be used effectively; helpful for a practical purpose.

How helpful or practical something is.

Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.

A person who uses something, especially a product, service, or piece of technology.

A name someone chooses to identify themselves when logging into a computer system, app, or website.

Third-person singular present tense of use — to employ something for a purpose.

A person who shows people to their seats, for example at a wedding, cinema, or theatre.

Present participle of use — employing something for a purpose.

An unidentified object seen underwater, whether submerged or partly submerged.

Happening or done most of the time; typical or expected.

Under normal conditions; most of the time.

To seize power, a position, or a right that belongs to someone else, without any legal right to it.

Someone who seizes power or a position illegitimately.

The practice of lending money at an unfairly high, often illegal, rate of interest.

An old name for the first note of the musical scale, later replaced by "do" in solfège.

A short traditional Japanese poem, especially a waka.

A state in the western United States, whose capital is Salt Lake City.

A small vehicle, common in Australia and New Zealand, with an enclosed cab and an open cargo tray at the back, similar to a pickup truck.

A tool or implement used for a practical purpose, especially in cooking or eating.

Relating to the uterus (womb).

The organ in the female reproductive system where a fetus develops before birth.

A masculine given name from Arthurian legend, borne by Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur.

An ancient Phoenician city on the coast of North Africa, near Carthage.

The quality of being useful or practical.

To make practical use of something.

Put to use; employed for a purpose.

The greatest or most extreme possible.

An imagined place or state of affairs in which everything is perfect.

Relating to or resembling a utopia; ideal but unrealistic.

Complete and total; absolute.

Something spoken; an act of speaking.

Completely; totally; to the fullest extent.

A landlocked country in Central Asia, whose capital is Tashkent.

A type of compact, 9mm submachine gun with its magazine housed in the pistol grip.