Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 317 compound words that contain ur. The most common are listed below. Open ur in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- Ur-GermanicHypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English; Proto-Germanic.
- ur-coolExtremely cool.
- ur momAlternative form of your mom: A general-purpose insult, often used to comedic effect due to becoming stale.
- ur-languageAlternative form of urlanguage: A basic or original language; proto-language.
- ur-textAlternative spelling of urtext: A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
- ur-mindThe primitive, subconscious, latent, or unconscious mind; instinct.
- ur mumAlternative form of your mum: A general-purpose insult, often used to comedic effect due to becoming stale.
- ur-raceA primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race
- ur-wordAn original or primal word; a protoword.
- ur-cultureA theoretical original culture.
- ur-heroAn original or mythological hero.
- ur-scienceEarly, original, or foundational science
- ur-sourceAn original source.
- ur-typeA basic, primitive, or original type; prototype.
- ur-homelandAn original homeland, territory, or habitat.
- ur-ancestorAn original ancestor; proto-ancestor.
- ur-oceanA primordial ocean.
- ur-continentAn original or primordial continent or landmass.
- ur-culturesplural of ur-culture: A theoretical original culture.
- ur-formAlternative form of urform: The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other …
- ur-formsplural of ur-form: The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have …
- ur-heroesplural of ur-hero: An original or mythological hero.
- ur-languagesplural of ur-language: A basic or original language; proto-language.
- ur-mindsplural of ur-mind: The primitive, subconscious, latent, or unconscious mind; instinct.
- ur-poemA poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry; usually a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre.
Compound words 317
- urelementA mathematical object which is not a set but which can be an element of a set.
- urformThe (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.
- urlanguageA basic or original language; proto-language.
- urbilaterianThe hypothetical last common ancestor to all bilaterians.
- urdoxaA pre-reflective, original belief; a foundational doxic attitude prior to doubt or affirmation.
- urgrundbasis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle
- urwordAlternative form of ur-word: An original or primal word; a protoword.
- urflyAny of various species of dragonfly of the genus Archaeophya, endemic to Australia.
- urinterpretationAn intentionalist form of interpretation that seeks to capture the author's intention but not necessarily the author's possibly flawed understanding.
- urkaryoteA theoretical ancestor of eukaryotes.