Things That Start With U
Here are 4 things that start with U, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.
Only four things start with U, so this is a short but useful page. Umbrella is the best-known, and uniform is something many kids wear to school.
Ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, and unicycle is a cycle with just one wheel. The prefix uni means one, which helps explain both uniform and unicycle. With so few entries, it is worth learning all four before an alphabet game.
- Things starting with U
- 4
- Best known
- uniform, umbrella
- Longest name
- umbrella
All things that start with U
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ukulele | a small guitar-like instrument with four strings |
| 2 | umbrella | a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy |
| 3 | unicycle | a cycle with only one wheel |
| 4 | uniform | clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification |
More that start with U
- NamesUrsula, Ulysses
- Girl namesUrsula, Una
- Boy namesUlysses, Uriel
- Last namesUnderwood, Urban
- Wordsunder, until
- 5-letter wordsunder, until
- Adjectivesunder, unique
- Positive wordsuseful, unity
- Nounsuniversity, union
- Verbsusing, understand
- Animalsumbrella bird, uakari
- Plants and treesumbrella pine, umbrella plant
- CountriesUganda, Ukraine
- CitiesUrumqi, Ufa
- Foodsudon, upside-down cake
- Fruitsume
- Vegetablesulluco, upland cress
- Colorsultramarine, umber
- Jobsusher, umpire
- Dog namesUni, Uno
Questions people ask
How many things start with U?
This list has 4 things starting with U, from well-known ones like uniform, umbrella, ukulele to rarer kinds.
What things start with U?
Well-known examples are uniform, umbrella, ukulele, unicycle.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.
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