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unettomuudesta kärsivä
Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia.
unettomuus
(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
unho
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
unhola
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
uni
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
unihaalari
A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
unihiekka
(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
uniikki
Made according to the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
unijukka
(folklore) A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes. [from early 19th c.]
unikeko
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
unikko
Of or relating to the poppy family Papaveraceae.
unikukka
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
unilääke
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
unimaailma
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
uninen
Suggesting tiredness.
unioni
(mathematics) The symbol \cup denoting union and similar operations.
unisex
Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex or gender. [from 1960s]
unissakävelijä
A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker.
unissakävely
The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
universaali
(rare) General; universal; catholic; worldwide. [from 17th c.]
universaalisti
In a universal manner.
universumi
Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
univormu
Unvarying; all the same.
unkari
Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.
unkarilainen
Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.
Uno
A card game similar to crazy eights, played with specially printed cards that have colours instead of suits.
unohdettu
Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
unohdus
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
unohtaa
(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
unohtaminen
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
unohtavainen
(usually, with to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
unohtelu
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
unohtua
(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
unohtumaton
(figurative) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
unohtunut
That cannot be remembered or has been forgotten.
unssi
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
unten maa
An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.
untuva
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
untuvainen
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.
untuvapeite
(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
untuvapeitto
(British, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
untuvikko
A young bird.
uoma
(storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
upea
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
upeaherkkusieni
The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
upeasti
In a graceful manner.
upeus
The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
upokas
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
upoksissa
underwater
upoksissa oleva
caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
uponnut
underwater
upota
(transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
upota kuin kivi
(rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
upote
The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
upotettava
Able to be submerged.
upotettu
(web design, Cascading Style Sheets) Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet.
upottaa
(sports) To score (a goal).
upottaminen
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
upotus
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
upotuskaste
(Islam) A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of purity.
upotuspiikki
A punch for setting nails in wood.
uppari
(boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.
uppeluksissa
underwater
uppiniskainen
Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
uppoama
The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.
uppokantanaula
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
uppopaistin
(slang) A deep frier.
uppoperho
(fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
uppotukki
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
uppouma
The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.
uppoutua
(intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
uppoutuminen
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
uppoutunut
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
uppoutuva
Giving the impression of immersion.
Uppsala
A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.
ups
(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.
Upsala
A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.
upseeri
(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
upsista
(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.
upslaaki
The end of a pants leg when folded up.
ura
One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.
uraani
The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
uraauurtava
A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building.
urahöylä
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
urakka
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
urakoida
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
urakoitsija
A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
Uranos
(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
Uranus
(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
uranuurtaja
(proscribed) An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
urat
(obsolete) A way; a track or path.
urbaani
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
urdu
Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.
urhea
Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
urheasti
In a brave manner.
urheilija
(US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
urheilijamainen
(comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
urheilijamaisuus
The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.
urheilijatar
(UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.
urheilu
(sports, especially, _, US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
urheilu-uutiset
The part of a news program reporting on sports and athletics.
urheiluhenki
The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.
urheilukalastus
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
urheilulaji
A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
urheilullinen
Resembling or characteristic of sport.
urheiluseura
(sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
urheiluvalmentaja
A person who trains another; a coach.
urheus
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
urhoollinen
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
urhoollisuus
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
uri
(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Uria
(biblical character) The husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.
urilainen
Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat.
urina
A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
urinaali
A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
urista
To make a groan.
urittaa
(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).
uritus
(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
urkinta
An act of prying; a close and curious look.
urkkia
To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
urkkija
A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
urkkiminen
An act of prying; a close and curious look.
urkuharmoni
(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
urkupilli
(music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. [from 14th c.]
urkupillikaktus
Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
urkuri
A musician who plays the organ.
URL
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
URL-osoite
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
urli
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
urologi
(medicine) A doctor of urology.
uros
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.
uroshanhi
A male goose.
uroshirvi
(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
urosjoutsen
A male swan.
uroskissa
The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.
uroskoira
A mammal of the family Canidae:
urosliitin
A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
urospontti
Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
urosvasa
(zoology) An adolescent male deer.
uroteko
(obsolete) A masterly operation; a feat.
urotyö
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
urpiainen
A bird of the species Acanthis flammea
Urpo
(uncommon) A en given name.
Uruguay
A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
urut
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
us
A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.
usea
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
useamman kirkkoherranviran pitäminen
(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
useimmat
the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
useimmiten
(idiomatic) In most aspects; mostly; generally.

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