June 30, 2007
Unusual Words Starting With “U”
Phrontistery has a list of unusual words beginning with each letter, but the one letter that caught my eye was the letter U. Here are a few of the words!
- Uxoricide – Killing of one’s own wife
- Urinometer – Instrument for measuring specific gravity of urine
- Undulationism – Theory that light consists of waves
- Ubiquitarianism – Belief that Christ is everywhere
- Ucalegon – Neighbour whose house is on fire
- Upaithric – Roofless; open to the sky
Here is a list of the other U words.
