12-Letter Words Starting with U

CAREFUL {cautious=adj}

COMPACT to pack closely together

DISTANT far off or apart

Ultraheat

ULTRALEFT

LEFTIST an advocate of {leftism=n}

LIBERAL one who is open to ideas of progress or reform

Ultramarine

Supportive of papal power

Extreme believer is odd to natural men

On the other side of the mountains

PRECISE sharply and clearly defined or stated

RADICAL a group of atoms that act as a unit in chemical compounds

REALISM concern with fact or reality

REALIST one who is concerned with fact or reality

REFINED refine

SERIOUS thoughtful or subdued in appearance

Ultravacuum

VIOLENT to {force=v}

Ultraviolet

Umbrageous

Not officially recognised

Not given official recognition

Not certified

Taking place without being made public

The French bear the expense of clever type it's too expensive for most people

""AGGRESSIVE Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.""

Irrefutable

ANSWERABLY In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.

Not appealing

Of unknown provenance

A foreign element reaching bad end came from God knows where

""AUTHORIZED Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. as, an authorized agent.""

""Inflected form of BARRICADED Inflected form of BARRICADE A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.""

Adjective (-able)

BREATHABLE Such as can be breathed.

BRIDGEABLE capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge.

""Inflected form of CALIBRATED Inflected form of CALIBRATE To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.""

Adjective (-able)

Little-known

""CENSORIOUS Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.""

Sans supervision (hidden celeb 3)

* Sans supervision

Each tribunal prepared to be cruel

Unethical bar cocktail is mean

Lacking generosity

CHARITABLY In a charitable manner.

Lacking gallantry

""Not christened; as, an unchristened child. as, an unchristened child.""

Not recorded children travelling, with count incomplete

UNCINARIAS uncinaria

UNCINARIAS uncinaria

""Inflected form of CIRCULATED Inflected form of CIRCULATE To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. as, the blood circulates in the body.""

Unclutter

Uncoercive

""COMMERCIAL Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.""

Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.

Don, seducer in trouble, may be ignored

Mac's remarkable northern team - looking hot but ignored

Freedom from constraint; ease.

CONTRACTED contract

Out of hand

Without restraint or regulation

Wild organisation ruled the roost

CORRELATED mutually related.

""COURAGEOUS Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.""

Without analyzing

DECIPHERED decipher

Power failure without show of hands

Organisation is not despotic or totalitarian

Curt comedian abandoned without popular support

Do less well than expected

Underbelly

Underbidder

Underbid

Underbrush

Underbud

CHARGED charge

Undercharge

Underclass

Boxer's briefs (wordplay)

Briefs a number of boxers

Garments worn next to the skin

Undercoat

Undercool

Undercount

Flounder currently holding tidal flow

Hidden significance of words or actions

Flow hidden beneath surface

Offering goods at lower prices than (competitors)

DRAWERS drawer

Given too little light

Underexpose

Underfeed

Underfund

Pants perhaps turned German off

What exactly is a brief?

What exactly is a brief (wordplay)

Undergird

Units of resistance, often charged up?

Units of resistance, often charged up (wordplay)

Undergrowth

INSURED one who is insured

Underlap

See underlay 1 .

Underlet

Underlying

Manner deputy arranged partial settlement

Underpin

Underplay

Lacking sufficient oomph

PRICING an act of pricing

Underreact

Underreport

Coming in too short

Emphasising what a consistently poor batsman is doing (wordplay)

Putting emphasis on not getting enough runs (wordplay)

Undersell

Undershirt

Lacking sufficient employees

STATING state

Understeer

Understory

Wasn't a diligent pupil prepared to take part if necessary (wordplay)

Waiters in the wings

They don't start

They take part in emergencies

SURFACE to apply an outer layer to

Teasing drunk about responsibilities

Short of cash receipts for tasks

Enterprises giving less profits (wordplay)

Undertenant

Underthrust

""UTILIZE to make use of, also UTILISE""

VALUING value

Underweight

Less than impressed

Far from pleased or stirred

Not impressed

Underwriter

""The business of an underwriter,""

Criminal went with ID, return guaranteed

Subscribed and accepted financial responsibility

Accepted financial responsibility for being subscribed (wordplay)

Objectionable people

Up in the air

Not relieved of bankruptcy

Yet to be found

DISTRACTED distract

""Inflected form of DRAMATIZED Inflected form of DRAMATIZE To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.""

EMBITTERED embitter

Free of liability

Free, one Parisian figured, to be injected with drug

Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.

Not censored (of books)

Without deletions

Unabridged

Unfairness

Unfamiliar

FERTILIZED united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.

FLATTERING flatter

Big foul raven could be allowed no excuses

FORMULATED reduced to a systematic form; reduced to a formula.

Unfortunate

""Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. as, an unfrequented place or forest.""

Unfruitful

GENEROSITY Noble birth.

In an ungenerous manner.

GENTRIFIED gentrify

""Inflected form of GERMINATED Inflected form of GERMINATE To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.""

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Impossible to control

Ungraceful

Ungracious

Without thanking one from Roquefort, prepare all the cheese

Unharness

""HISTORICAL Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.as, an historical poem; the historic page.""

Inflected form of HYDROLYZED Inflected form of HYDROLYZE

HYSTERICAL Of or pertaining to hysteria.

Unicameral

Uniformity

In a one sided way

University making delayed recovery on its own

50 per cent of unions delayed protest, not acting with others

""IMPRESSIVE Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene. as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.""

INSTRUCTED instruct

INTEGRATED Formed or united into a whole.

Bored teen isn't rude, surprisingly

Having no care in knowing

Apathetic rude teen isn't misbehaving

""Inflected form of IRONICALLY Inflected form of IRONICAL pertaining to irony, also IRONIC""

Inflected form of IRRADIATED Inflected form of IRRADIATE To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

Religious doctrine

Narnia? Um, is it about Christian doctrine (wordplay)

A single heretical principle? (Defended by Priestley)

""The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.""

One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.

Applicability to all cases

Film studio finds it with unknown quantity existing everywhere

To make universal; to generalize.

Harvard and MIT, for example

Gorky claimed these seats of learning

Clemson and others

Unmannered

Not sellable

Immeasurable.

Without letup

Inflected form of MODERNIZED Inflected form of MODERNIZE To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

Unmorality

""NEWSWORTHY Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper; as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item.as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item.""

NOURISHING nourish

OBSERVABLE Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.

OBSTRUCTED obstruct

Simple switch turned on to receive call

Unorthodox

Tops by a considerable margin

Unique, unlike bar used by gymnast

Not equalled

That cannot be forgiven

Impossible to forgive

PERCEPTIVE Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

Not convincing

Lack of mass appeal

A low approval rating indicates it

Great lack of appeal

Free from bias

Not biased

Unbiased

PRETENDING pretend

Having no morals

Lacking moral scruples

Lacking integrity

""PRIVILEGED Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.""

Sterile

Not beneficial

A French master's story about sex is useless

Inflected form of PROFITABLY Inflected form of PROFIT to gain an advantage or benefit

PROGRAMMED program

PRONOUNCED Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.

Boding ill

PROSPEROUS Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

REALIZABLE Capable of being realized.

That's irrational, dear

Beyond acceptable limits

Beano's unreal, mad, far-fetched

REASONABLY In a reasonable manner.

RECOGNIZED

Not brought together

Inflected form of RECYCLABLE Inflected form of RECYCLE to process waste materials

""REDEEMABLE Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable. as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.""

Not like the Mirror? I don't think so

Not reforming or repenting

Not showing repentance

Showing no repentance

Off the record, international body had an impact

Buckled under, skirting main point, before being off the record