an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
understudy
Verb
be an understudy or alternate for a role
unfastener
Noun
a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
untier
Noun
a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
unemployed person
Noun
someone who is jobless
unicorn
Noun
an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
unicyclist
Noun
a person who rides a unicycle
unilateralist
Noun
an advocate of unilateralism
uniocular dichromat
Noun
a person who has normal vision in one eye and dichromacy in the other
union representative
Noun
a representative for a labor union
universal agent
Noun
someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal
universal donor
Noun
a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types
upshot
Noun
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
ultraviolet radiation
Noun
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range
ultraviolet light
Noun
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range
ultraviolet illumination
Noun
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range
UV
Noun
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range
ultraviolet spectrum
Noun
the spectrum of ultraviolet radiation
updraft
Noun
a strong upward air current
umbrella pine
Noun
medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown
umbrella tree
Noun
small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches
umbrella tree
Noun
erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves
umbrella magnolia
Noun
small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches
umbrella arum
Noun
foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
umbrellawort
Noun
a plant of the genus Mirabilis
upland white aster
Noun
tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers
ursinia
Noun
any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers
umbrella plant
Noun
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
umbrella plant
Noun
late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
umbrella plant
Noun
rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems
umbrella sedge
Noun
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
upland cotton
Noun
native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
unicorn root
Noun
any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
umbelliferous plant
Noun
any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
urn fungus
Noun
an urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior
umbel
Noun
flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
undershrub
Noun
a low shrub
universal veil
Noun
membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth
umbrella fern
Noun
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds
u-drive
Noun
a rented car
unearned income
Noun
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
unearned income
Noun
personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
unearned revenue
Noun
(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)
unearned revenue
Noun
personal income that you did not earn (e.g., dividends or interest or rent income)
undivided interest
Noun
the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property
undivided right
Noun
the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property
unit cost
Noun
calculated cost for a given unit of a product
upset price
Noun
(auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids
unsecured bond
Noun
the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
utility bond
Noun
a bond issued to finance the construction of public utility services