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undertaker [undertakers] (funeral director) noun [UK: ˈʌn.də.teɪkə(r)] [US: ˈʌn.dər.ˌtekər] | (Bokmål) begravelsesagentnoun |
undertaking [undertakings] (That which is undertaken) noun [UK: ˌʌn.də.ˈteɪkɪŋ] [US: ˈʌn.dər.ˌtekɪŋ] | (Bokmål) foretaknoun |
underwater (beneath the water surface) adjective [UK: ˈʌn.də.wɔː.tə(r)] [US: ˈʌn.dəˌr.wɒ.tər] | (Nynorsk) undervass-adjective |
underwear (clothes worn next to the skin) noun [UK: ˈʌn.də.weə(r)] [US: ˈʌn.dəˌr.wer] | (Bokmål) undertøynoun (Nynorsk) undertøynoun |
underworld (world of the dead) noun [UK: ˈʌn.də.wɜːld] [US: ˈʌn.dəˌr.wərld] | (Bokmål) underverdennoun |
blunderbuss [blunderbusses] (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) noun [UK: ˈblʌn.də.bʌs] [US: ˈblʌn.də.bʌs] | muskedundernoun |
echo sounder (sonar device) noun | (Bokmål) ekkoloddnoun (Nynorsk) ekkoloddnoun |
flounder [flounders] (Platichthys flesus) noun [UK: ˈflaʊn.də(r)] [US: ˈflaʊn.dər] | skrubbenoun |
founder [founders] (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author) noun [UK: ˈfaʊn.də(r)] [US: ˈfaʊn.dər] | (Bokmål) grunnleggernoun (Nynorsk) grunnleggarnoun |
hide one's light under a bushel (to conceal one’s positive qualities or talents) verb [UK: haɪd wʌnz laɪt ˈʌnd.ə(r) ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] [US: ˈhaɪd wʌnz ˈlaɪt ˈʌnd.r̩ ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] | |
I don't understand phrase [UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt ˌʌn.də.ˈstænd] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˌʌn.dər.ˈstænd] | |
launder [laundered, laundering, launders] (to disguise the source of) verb [UK: ˈlɔːn.də(r)] [US: ˈlɒn.dər] | |
live under a rock (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) verb | |
London Underground (the London underground) proper noun | (Bokmål) Londons undergrunnsbaneproper noun |
misunderstand [misunderstood, misunderstanding, misunderstands] (to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly) verb [UK: ˌmɪs.ˌʌn.də.ˈstænd] [US: ˌmɪ.sən.dər.ˈstænd] | misforståverb |
money laundering (act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally) noun [UK: ˈmʌ.ni ˈlɔːn.dər.ɪŋ] [US: ˈmʌ.ni ˈlɒn.dər.ɪŋ] | (Bokmål) hvitvaskingnoun |
plunder (instance of plundering) noun [UK: ˈplʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈplʌn.dər] | (Bokmål) plyndringnoun (Nynorsk) plyndringnoun |
plunder (loot attained by plundering) noun [UK: ˈplʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈplʌn.dər] | (Bokmål) byttenoun (Nynorsk) byttenoun |
plunder [plundered, plundering, plunders] (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)) verb [UK: ˈplʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈplʌn.dər] | |
plunder [plundered, plundering, plunders] (to take by force or wrongfully) verb [UK: ˈplʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈplʌn.dər] | (Bokmål) plyndreverb |
round [rounder, roundest] (circular or cylindrical) adjective [UK: ˈraʊnd] [US: ˈraʊnd] | rundadjective |
sound [sounder, soundest] (healthy) adjective [UK: ˈsaʊnd] [US: ˈsaʊnd] | (Bokmål) frisk, karsk, sunnadjective |
there is nothing new under the sun (there is nothing new) phrase | |
throw under the bus (betray) verb | |
thunder [thunders] (sound caused by lightning) noun [UK: ˈθʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈθʌn.dər] | (Bokmål) tordennoun (Nynorsk) torenoun |
thunder [thundered, thundering, thunders] (to make a noise like thunder) verb [UK: ˈθʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈθʌn.dər] | tordneverb |
thundercloud [thunderclouds] (cloud) noun [UK: ˈθʌn.də.klaʊd] [US: ˈθʌn.də.klaʊd] | (Bokmål) tordenskynoun |
thunderstorm [thunderstorms] (storm with thunder and lightning) noun [UK: ˈθʌn.də.stɔːm] [US: ˈθʌn.dər.ˌstɔːrm] | (Bokmål) tordenværnoun (Nynorsk) torevêrnoun |
thunderstruck (astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak) adjective [UK: ˈθʌn.də.strʌk] [US: ˈθʌn.dər.ˌstrək] | lamslåttadjective |
water under the bridge (something in the past that cannot be controlled but must be accepted) noun |