used |
previously owned; secondhand. [2 definitions] |
used to |
functioning as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive marker "to," used to describe an action or state that existed in the past but does not happen or exist now. [2 definitions] |
useful |
able to be used, esp. in a helpful, practical, or effective way. |
useless |
serving no beneficial or practical purpose. [2 definitions] |
user |
one that uses. [3 definitions] |
user-friendly |
easy to use, as a computer or computer application. |
user-generated |
of or relating to content on a website that is freely contributed by people who use the site. |
user ID |
in computing, a name, usually an alphanumeric string of characters, that allows a user to gain access to a computer system or network with multiple users. A user ID, also called a "username," is used in conjunction with a password. |
username |
in computing, a name, usually an alphanumeric string of characters, that allows a user to gain access to a computer system or network with multiple users. A username, also called a "user ID," is used in conjunction with a password. |
use up |
to completely consume or exhaust; finish. |
usher |
one who escorts people to their seats in a church, theater, stadium, or the like. [6 definitions] |
usherette |
a female usher, as in a theater. |
USIA |
abbreviation of "United States Information Agency." |
USIS |
abbreviation of "United States Information Service." |
USMC |
abbreviation of "United States Marine Corps." |
USN |
abbreviation of "United States Navy." |
USO |
abbreviation of "United Service Organizations." |
U.S. Open |
a major annual tennis tournament held in the U.S. in late summer, open to all contestants, amateur and professional. |
USS |
abbreviation of "United States Ship." |
U.S.S.R. |
abbreviation of "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," formerly, a country, comprising fifteen constituent republics, in eastern Europe and northern Asia; Soviet Union. |
ustulate |
blackened, as if scorched or burnt on the surface. |