Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z urbanize To make something more urban in character. urbanized having undergone urbanization urbanizer One who develops a place into a city. urbanlike Resembling or characteristic of a urban areas. urbanly In an urban manner. urbanness The state or condition of being urban. urbano An umbrella term for various popular Latin American music genres. urbanocentric urbancentric urbanoid Resembling an urban environment. urbanological Relating to urbanology. urbanologist a sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns urbanology The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns. urbanonym The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities. urbanonymic Of or relating to urbanonymy. urbanonymy The naming of urban features. urbanophilic That prefers to live in a town or city urbanscape An urban landscape. Urbanski A surname from Polish. urbarial Relating to an urbarium. urbarium A medieval register of the land ownership of an area. urbech A thick, sticky paste made from ground raw or dried seeds (such as flax, hemp, sunflower, pumpkin), apricot kernels or nuts, traditionally used in Dagestani cuisine. Urbenville A locality in the Kyogle council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. urbex The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration. urbexer A person who explores man-made structures, often as a hobby; a person who participates in urban exploration. urbexing The exploration of man-made environments, particularly urban, prohibited, or abandoned. Urbian A conjectured Old European substrate language. urbicidal Pertaining to or having the nature of urbicide, that being the deliberate “killing” of a city by the razing of distinctive physical manifestations of its urban identity, stifling of the social activity therein, and its general destruction as an edifice of civilisation. urbicide The destruction of a city or urban area. urbicolous Living in an urban environment; city-dwelling. urbicultural Relating to urbiculture. urbiculture The culture or way of life of people who live in cities. Urbieta A surname. urbilaterian The hypothetical last common ancestor to all bilaterians. Urbina A surname. Urbino A historic walled-town in the Marche, Italy urbiscript A scripting language used to orchestrate C++ (and other) components in robotics software Urbiztondo A municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines. Urbom A surname. urbs A walled city in Ancient Rome. urceiform Shaped like a pitcher. urceolar urceolate urceolarian Any member of the Urceolaria. urceolate Shaped like an urn. urceolately In an urceolate manner. urceole A vessel for water or washing the hands in Roman Catholicism. urceolus Any urn-shaped organ of a plant. urceus A ewer for holding water for washing. Urch A surname. Urchfont A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0457). Urchi A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. urchin A hedgehog. urchiness A female urchin. urchinivorous That eats sea urchins urchinlike Resembling or characteristic of an urchin (mischievous child). urchinly Of the nature of, resembling, or befitting an urchin. urd One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were. urdamycin Any of a group of angucycline antibiotics present in Streptomyces fradiae. Urdaneta A surname. Urdari A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania. Urdish A crossover of Urdu and English language. urdoxa A pre-reflective, original belief; a foundational doxic attitude prior to doubt or affirmation. Urdu Of or relating to the Urdu language. Urdufication The act or process of rendering a language more similar to Urdu. Urduization The process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region. Urduja A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Urduphone Urdu-speaking. Urduwood Bollywood. ure Use, practise, exercise. urea A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine. ureaform A fertilizer made from urea-formaldehyde reaction products. ureagenesis formation of urea ureal Of or pertaining to urea. urealytic That hydrolyses urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide ureameter An apparatus for measuring the amount of urea in urine, based on the amount of nitrogen produced in certain reactions. ureametry The measurement of urea. ureaplasma Any member of the genus Ureaplasma of urease-positive bacteria ureaplasmal Relating to ureaplasmas urease the enzyme, found in soil bacteria and some plants, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide urechid Any of the family Urechidae of spoonworms. urechidan Relating to urechids urechitin A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a plant, Pentalinon luteum, found in the Caribbean urechitoxin A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin. Urectum Uranus (a gas giant, the 7th planet of the Solar System) uredepa An antiosteoporotic drug. uredial Relating to the uredium. uredineous Relating to the uredo. uredinial Relating to the uredinium. urediniospore A spore produced by a uredinium urediniosporic Relating to urediniospores uredinium A pustule that occurs on the leaves and stems of a plant infected with rust fungus. uredinological Relating to uredinology. uredinologist One who studies uredinology. uredinology The mycological study of rust fungi. uredinous Relating to the uredo. urediospore urediniospore uredium Synonym of uredinium. uredo urediniospore uredofos An anthelminthic drug. uredosoral Relating to the uredosorus. uredospore urediniospore uredosporic Relating to uredospores. uredosporous Relating to uredospores. uredostage Synonym of uredo (“summer stage in the life history of certain rust”). urefibrate An antilipidemic drug. ureic Of, relating to, or derived from urea. ureid Any of several classes of (mostly heterocyclic) compounds derived from urea ureide Any compound, of general formula R-CO-NH-CO-NH₂ or R-CO-NH-CO-NH-CO-R', formally derived by the acylation of urea. ureidopenicillin Any of a class of penicillin antibiotics in which an amino group has been replaced by a urea moiety. ureilite An achondrite composed mostly of olivine and clinobronzite with some diamond or graphite. urelement A mathematical object which is not a set but which can be an element of a set. uremia Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine. uremic Of, relating to, or causing uremia. uremigenic Causing, or caused by, uremia. Uren A surname. Urena A surname. Urenda A surname. ureogenesis The biosynthesis of urea ureogenic Relating to ureogenesis ureohydrolase Any of various hydrolase enzymes involved in arginine/agmatine metabolism, the urea cycle, histidine degradation, and other pathways. ureolysis The breakdown of urea (typically by bacteria) into ammonia and carbon dioxide ureolytically In a urealytic manner. ureosecretory Relating to the secretion of urea. ureosmotic That modifies urea production in order to stabilize osmotic pressure ureotelic Relating to, or exhibiting ureotelism ureotelism The excretion of excess nitrogen as urea Ureparapara The third-largest island in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu, after Gaua and Vanua Lava. uresis urination. Ureste A surname. Uresti A surname. Ureta A surname. uretal Of or pertaining to the ureter. ureter Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. ureteral Of a ureter. ureteralgia pain in the ureter ureterectomy Removal of the ureters. ureteric Of or pertaining to the ureter ureteritis Inflammation of the ureter. ureterocele A congenital abnormality of the urinary bladder, in which the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a pouch. ureterocervical Relating to the ureter and the cervix. ureterocolic Relating to the ureter and the colon. ureterocutaneostomy The detachment of a ureter from the bladder to the surface of the abdomen. ureterocutaneous Relating to the ureter and the skin. ureterocystanastomosis A procedure that involves detaching a diseased, injured, or damaged ureter from its original position and reconnecting reimplanting it directly into the bladder. ureterocystoneostomy neostomy to the urinary bladder and the ureter ureterocystoplasty Repair to the urinary bladder and the ureter ureteroenteric Relating to a ureter and the intestine. ureterogenital Relating to the ureter and the genitals. ureterogram A diagnostic image produced by ureterography. ureterograph Synonym of ureterogram. ureterographic Relating to ureterography.