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urinate to discharge urine.
urine a waste substance secreted by the kidneys and excreted as a yellowish fluid by mammals or as a semisolid by reptiles and birds.
urinogenital see "genitourinary."
URL abbreviation of "uniform resource locator," an address identifying the location of a file on the Internet, consisting of an identifier for the computer on which the file is located and the file's location on that computer.
urn a large vase, usu. with a pedestal or base. [3 definitions]
uro- urine.
urogenital of or concerning the urinary or genital organs; genitourinary.
urology the area of medicine that deals with the physiology and disorders of the urinary or genitourinary tracts.
uroscopy in medicine, diagnostic examination of the urine.
Ursa Major a circumpolar constellation in the northern sky, located between Ursa Minor and Leo and containing a double star, Mizar; Big Dipper.
Ursa Minor a circumpolar constellation in the northern sky, located between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia and containing the North Star, Polaris; Little Dipper.
ursine of, relating to, or resembling a bear or bears.
Ursprache (German) the parent form of a language that has been constructed from hypotheses based on analysis of later forms for which there is evidence.
Ursuline a member of an order of Roman Catholic nuns devoted to teaching.
urticaria a temporary skin disorder, often caused by an allergic reaction or stress, and characterized by pale, irregular, itching welts; hives.
Urubamba River a Peruvian river that flows northward from the Andes in southern Peru.
Uruguay a southeastern South American country on the Atlantic, between Brazil and Argentina.
urus an extinct wild ox, formerly found in Europe and believed to be the ancestor of domestic cattle.
U.S. abbreviation of "United States," a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii; United States of America (prec. by, "the").
us the speaker and another or others; the objective case of "we," used as a direct or indirect object of a verb or as an object of a preposition.
U.S.A. abbreviation of "United States of America," a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii, also known as "United States" (prec. by, "the").