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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS
unit
unsatisfactory
unsymmetrical
up (quark)
upper
upper class
uracil (component of RNA)
uranium
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COMMON USAGE
21st
you
up
union
university
kind of boat
kind of pipe
kind of turn
kosher
Uniform (NATO alphabet)
kind of bend
bend
hairpin
horseshoe
oxbow
turn
turnabout
180°
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NOUNS: PEOPLE
Blues’ center
Canucks’ center
guy stripped
head of union
leader of Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
half of UN
half of us
leader in uniform
leader of underworld
lead in Unforgiven
one of us
Spurs’ center
uncle
you among texters
you at the back
you finally
you in the back
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NOUNS: PLACES
capital of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan
center of court
central Aruba, Burundi, Lithuania
close to you
educational institution
postsecondary institution
terminal in Corfu, Honolulu, Juneau, Kathmandu, Timbuktu
university
west of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan
21st row of the theater
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NOUNS: THINGS
abrupt turn
automobile turn
disquieted pup
end of menu
hairpin turn
horseshoe
kind of turn
letter of understanding
missing element in TV series?
opening/premiere of Unbreakable, Unforgiven
plumbing bend
sharp turn
sort of bolt
third place in tournament
tug at heart
type of German boat
unlawful entry
uranium
VW’s predecessor
180° turn
21st in a series
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NOUNS: BODY PARTS
front of underarms, uterus
tail of emu, gnu
unicorn’s head
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NOUNS: CLOTHING
front of undershirt
Uniform for a radio operator
Ursula’s cap
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NOUNS: FOOD
last item from menu
last piece of tofu
shelled nut
unlimited rum
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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES
4th of January
5th of February
2nd of June
2nd of July
2nd, 4th of August
mid-January
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VERBS
beginning to uncurl, understand, undertake, undo, unnerve, unravel, upgrade, upholster, upset, urge, use, usurp, utter
bend
edges away from Bud, bug, cub, gun, Gus, Guy, Hun, nun, pug, Sue
heading to Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan
kind of turns
missing element in TV series
school
shelled nut
shelled out
sort of bolt
sort of turn
tug at heart
up
you texted
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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
back from Peru
beginning in/west of Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan
close to you
closer to you
initially unafraid to —
inside of bug, bun, bus, cub, cup, fur, gum, gun, gut, hut, jug, mug, mum, nun, nut, pub, pug, pup, rug, rut, sub, sun, tub
inside of our —
middle of our —
of the top people
out in the middle
socially acceptable
third of four
Uganda’s first
young at heart
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U BEFORE WORD
after Bruno’s heart
after Laura’s heart
after university
behind Lou’s back
bend to
following Ursula’s lead
kind of turn over —
kind of turns over —
leader in unison with —
turn on
turn to
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WORD AROUND U
about turn
around center of court
around mid-January
around the bend
catches up halfway
catches up [with]
gaining entrance to underworld, university
gets you in the end
getting accepted
getting back to you
going around hairpin turn
going round the bend
having buried uranium
keeping close to you
keeping kosher
making a case for uranium
nursing school
penning letter of understanding
pinching hairpin
pinching uncle
pulls in front of unicycle
shown around university
takes abrupt turn
with university admission?
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U INSIDE WORD
hairpin enclosed in —
kinds of turns inside —
kind of turns into —
school boards —
sort of turn in
uncle inspired by —
uncle wears —
union committed to —
university boards —
university occupies
uranium buried in
uranium stashed in
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U AFTER WORD
at university
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DELETE U
abandoned by university
after unloading front of U-Haul
bend leaves —
leaving university
less unsatisfactory
non-aristocratic
non-U
non-union
non-university
not accepted
not with university
out of turn
out of university
overlooking university
university dropout
university is out of
uranium-free
with no end of caribou
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