2-Letter Words Starting with U

Not in an authorised manner

Simple switch turned on to receive call

""Inflected form of OXYGENATED Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

Tops by a considerable margin

Unique, unlike bar used by gymnast

Not equalled

That cannot be forgiven

Impossible to forgive

PATENTABLE Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

Not convincing

Unpleasant

Lack of mass appeal

A low approval rating indicates it

Great lack of appeal

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

""Inflected form of PUNCTUATED Inflected form of PUNCTUATE To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.""

Inextinguishable; unsatisfiable

REALIZABLE Capable of being realized.

That's irrational, dear

Beyond acceptable limits

Beano's unreal, mad, far-fetched

REASONABLY In a reasonable manner.

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 reforming or repenting

Not showing repentance

Showing no repentance

Not particularly surprising

Real number around about a thousand, back as standard

Inflected form of REMARKABLY Inflected form of REMARK to say briefly or casually

Too shocking to be said again

No encore for such a performance? That's gross!

""RESOLVABLE Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties. as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.""

Rampant disorder was rampant, say

Dreariest nun can be wild!

Not tied up

Unrestraint

Not to be taken back

REVIEWABLE Capable of being reviewed.

""RHETORICAL Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.""

Not approved

Star loses the head, is supported and isn't punished

Unscrambler

Man rings club members - that's the procedure with clues like this

""SCRIPTURAL Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine. as, a scriptural doctrine.""

Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

UNSEARCHABLE Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

Odd for the time of year

*Like Indian summer weather

Unusual for the time of year

Inflected form of SEASONABLY Inflected form of SEASON to improve flavour

Not set apart

""STABLENESS The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.""

Shakiness; lack of regularity

Shaky state

Shakiness

""Not stratified; applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.""

Not methodical

Lacking method

Not ordered

TENABILITY The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

Part of an important global problem

Korn's current album

TOWARDNESS Quality or state of being toward.

TRANSLATED

""Inflected form of VACCINATED Inflected form of VACCINATE To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.""

""Inflected form of VENTILATED Inflected form of VENTILATE To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine. as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.""

Inflected form of VERBALIZED Inflected form of VERBALIZE To convert into a verb; to verbify.

VERIFIABLE Capable of being verified; confirmable.

Unwariness

UNWASHED an ignorant or underprivileged group

Unwavering

Uproarious

Upwardness

Process of becoming more built-up

""URBANIZE to cause to take on urban characteristics, also URBANISE""

Urbanology

A sociologist who specializes in the problems of cities and urban life.

""Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal. as, the urinogenital canal.""

Urochordate

Plural or third person singular

A diseased condition resulting from the formation of calculi in the urinary tract.

Usableness

A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.

Utilitarian

Utilization

Uglification

CAUTIOUS exercising prudence

CRITICAL {crucial=adj}

DISTANCE to move far from a particular point

FAMILIAR a close friend or associate

FEMININE the female sex or nature

FILTRATE to {filter=v}

Ultraleftism

Ultraleftist

Ultraliberal

A helluva Netflix binge (wordplay)

MILITANT a person who takes active part in a struggle

Ultramontane

ORTHODOX one who holds traditional beliefs

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

POWERFUL full of power

Ultraradical

ULTRARARE

RATIONAL a number that can be expressed as a quotient of integers

Ultrarealism

Ultrarealist

RELIABLE one that can be relied on

RIGHTIST an advocate of {rightism=n}

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

ROYALIST a supporter of a monarch or monarchy

VIOLENCE a violent action

ULTRAVIRILE

Umbilication

Without escort

University professor's first to enter non-academic building alone

Alone

Unable to be explained

That cannot be explained

One can't have the knowhow

ACCOUNTABLY In an accountable manner.

""Inflected form of ADJUDICATED Inflected form of ADJUDICATE To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.""

Pure, natural duet moving journalist

A French mature brie finally deemed authentic

Pure

More the stay-at-home type

1-0 Man U, ugly sub after change leaving no doubt

Not expected

Not foreseen

United captain changed? That's surprising

Inflected form of APOLOGIZING Inflected form of APOLOGIZE To make an apology or defense.

Unappealing

Unprotected fund grew in value without recognition

""ARTICULATED United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. as, an articulated skeleton.""

Unassertive

""ASSIMILABLE That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.""

Not absorbed (into society)

Adjective (-able)

Unawareness

Unbeautiful

CALCULATING Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

Uncanniness

""Inflected form of CAPITALIZED Inflected form of CAPITALIZE To convert into capital, or to use as capital.""

Uncertain

Uncertainty

""CHALLENGING requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task.as, challenging task.""

CHARISMATIC Of or pertaining to a charism.

""Inflected form of CHLORINATED Inflected form of CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

My dad's brother's slob state (wordplay)

Lack of hygiene

Dirty state

Uncleanness

Awkward - not conducive to relaxing

Not at ease

Ill at ease

Inflected form of COMFORTABLY Inflected form of COMFORT to {console=v}

Not reimbursed

Stoical

Clear a Parisian complex

Straightforward

Simple

Inconceivable.

Without any ifs or buts

Under all circumstances

With no strings attached

Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.

Inflected form of CONFORMABLY Inflected form of CONFORM to {comply=v}

Invincible

UNCONQUERABLE Not conquerable; indomitable.

Not hallowed

Not limited

At liberty

A French prisoner's disciplined, but not locked up

Unconstraint

Inflected form of CONSUMMATED Inflected form of CONSUMMATE Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

CONTAINABLE Capable of being contained or comprised.

Unwilling to get involved

Not willing to help

Not willing to help others

Badly organised

CORRECTABLE Capable of being corrected.

Uncustomary

Like returned post

Like returned mail

Powerless to accept reviled revolutionary with incorrect address (wordplay)

ACHIEVED achieve

One doing less well than expected

Person not reaching their potential

Hear I've tangled with dunce? Right, he could do better

Underachieve

ACTIVITY the state of being active

Landing gear below coach

Changed gear, ruined car, or part of one

(Aircraft) landing gear

CHARGING charge

They're not yet seniors

CLASSMEN classman

COATINGS coating

Short on schooling

EMPHASES emphasis

EMPHASIS stress imparted to something to indicate significance

Set too low

Evaluation that is too low

Rate as too low

FINANCED finance

Bras and briefs

Clothes that should not be worn out

Eg, bra, pants, vest, etc

One studying for a first degree

Student's strangely guarded nature

Student's oddly guarded nature

In a dishonest manner

INFLATED inflate

Underlayment

PAINTING a painted picture

Underpayment

Not ready enough for action

Insufficiently readied

Not ready

Underreact

STAFFING staff

Getting sympathetic (wordplay)

Digging beneath footing (wordplay)

Gathering the soles there (wordplay)

Understated

A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.

Undersurface

DESCRIBABLE That can be described; capable of description.

Undeviating

Inflected form of DIAGNOSABLE Inflected form of DIAGNOSE to identify a disease by symptoms

DIALECTICAL Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

""Inflected form of DISCOURAGED Inflected form of DISCOURAGE To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.""

DISSOCIATED not connected or associated.

""DOCTRINAIRE One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. as, doctrinaire notions.""

Unnatural or mysterious quality

Mysterious quality

Not ashamed

Unemotional

Unemployable

ENCOURAGING Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.

(Of law) impossible to police

Adverb

With no ambiguity

Not permanently set up

Commonplace.

Usual

EXPLAINABLE Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.

""FALSIFIABLE Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.""

Unfaltering

Quality of strangeness

Not hot, not cool

Not popular

Not chic

FASHIONABLY In a fashionable manner.

Incapable of being foreseen.

Memorable number (wordplay)

Always remaining in the mind

Striking and elegant, but for pants ...

UNFORGETTABLE Not forgettable; enduring in memory.

Your aunt felt badly about cousin's final letter, alas

Alas

1. not completed or achieved unfulfilled ambitions