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Userkaf

Userkaf, also read Weserkaf, was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, reigning around 2494–2487 BC, who built his pyramid at Saqqara and the earliest known sun temple in Egyptian history at Abu Gurab.

Userkare

Userkare was the second pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning for two to four years around 2334 BC between Teti and Pepi I, possibly a usurper who left no tomb.

Usermontu (mummy)

Usermontu is the name given to an ancient Egyptian mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, famous for a metal pin found in its left knee.

Usermontu (vizier)

Usermontu, also written Usermont, was a vizier of Upper Egypt in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, serving under Tutankhamun and still in office under Horemheb, attested in Theban tombs.

Username:666

Username:666 is a 2008 Japanese short horror video by PiroPito (nana825763), showing a corrupted YouTube session for account "666"; an early screenlife creepypasta that passed 1 million views.

Usersatet

Usersatet (Wesersatet) was viceroy of Kush, the official who governed Nubia for Amenhotep II in the mid-18th Dynasty, attested by Year 23 of the reign.

Uses and gratifications theory

Uses and gratifications theory (U&G), also called UGT, is a communication theory by Katz, Blumler, and Gurevitch holding that active audiences select media to satisfy social and psychological needs, unlike strong-effects models.

Uses of English verb forms

English verb forms: five inflectional shapes per main verb (base, -s, past, past participle, -ing) combined with auxiliaries have, be, will to express tense, aspect, mood, voice; two inflectional tenses, twelve-tense teaching convention, irregular verb survival.

Uses of haircap mosses

Haircap mosses (Polytrichaceae) are large mosses with internal water-conducting tissue, used historically for stuffing, cloaks, brooms, and folk medicine, and now grown as ornamental terrarium plants.

USF1

USF1 (upstream transcription factor 1) is a human gene on chromosome 1q23.3 encoding a bHLH transcription factor, and the first positionally cloned gene for familial combined hyperlipidemia.

USG Corporation

USG Corporation is an American manufacturer of building products headquartered in Chicago, best known for Sheetrock gypsum wallboard; the German Knauf Group acquired it in 2019.

USGS fossil gastropod reports

The USGS fossil gastropod reports are monographs and catalogs on fossil gastropods published by the United States Geological Survey, mainly as Professional Papers and Bulletins, to document and correlate North American molluscan faunas.

Ush (Uchturpan) revolt of 1765

The Ush (Uchturpan) revolt of 1765 (乌什起义) was an armed uprising of the Muslim inhabitants of the Ush oasis in southern Xinjiang against the beg administration and Qing ministers.

Ush's seizure of the Gu'edena

Ush's seizure of the Gu'edena was Ush of Umma's removal of a boundary stele and entry into Lagash's border plain, opening the Lagash–Umma conflict around 2450 BC.

USH2A

USH2A gene encodes usherin, a large extracellular matrix protein of the inner ear and retina on chromosome 1q41; biallelic variants cause Usher syndrome type II (57-79% of cases) and nonsyndromic retinitis pigmentosa, with exon 13 antisense therapy in trials.

Usha (actress)

Usha (ഉഷ ഹസീന), born Haseena Haneef, is an Indian Malayalam film actress, debut 1984 child role in Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu, known for sister roles in Kireedam and Chengkol.

Usha International

Usha International Limited is a privately held Indian consumer durables company headquartered in Gurugram, best known for fans and sewing machines sold under the Usha brand since 1936.

Usha Kiran (उषा किरण)

Usha Kiran (उषा किरण, 22 April 1929 – 9 March 2000), born Usha Marathe, was a Hindi and Marathi film actress in over 50 films including Baadbaan, Bawarchi, and Mili; Filmfare 1955 and Sheriff of Mumbai 1996-97.

Usha Mangeshkar (उषा मंगेशकर)

Usha Mangeshkar (उषा मंगेशकर), born 15 December 1935, is an Indian playback singer, fourth child of Deenanath Mangeshkar and sister of Lata and Asha, known for Jai Santoshi Maa's bhajans, Mungda, and Marathi and Gujarati singing.

Usha Parinayam (ఉషా పరిణయం) (2024 film)

Usha Parinayam (ఉష పరిణయం), also called Love Is Beautiful, is a 2024 Telugu romantic drama written, produced and directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar, starring his son Sree Kamal and debutant Tanvi Akaanksha; released 2 August 2024, 144 minutes, U/A, grossing ₹0.14 crore.

Usha Priyamvada

Usha Priyamvada, pen name of Usha Nilsson, is an Indian-born American Hindi novelist of the Nayi Kahani movement, best known for her first novel, Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein (1961).

Usha Raje

Usha Raje: daughter of Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior who married Rana Pashupati Shamshersingh of Nepal; also the name of Hindi writer Usha Raje Saxena and Holkar princess Usha Raje.

Usha Uthup (उषा अय्यर)

Usha Uthup (उषा उथुप), born 1947 in Bombay, is an Indian pop and playback singer who began at the Nine Gems nightclub in 1969, known for Hari Om Hari, Rambha Ho, and Darling; Padma Bhushan 2024.

Usha Vance

Usha Vance (born 1986) is the Second Lady of the United States, wife of Vice President JD Vance. Former San Francisco litigator, Roberts and Kavanaugh clerk, first Indian American and first Hindu second lady; runs the Summer Reading Challenge and Storytime podcast.

Ushak carpet

The Ushak carpet (Uşak halısı) is an Ottoman carpet woven in Uşak, western Anatolia, from the 15th century onward in two classic types, medallion and star, and exported widely across Europe.

Ushanka (ушанка)

Ushanka (ушанка), or shapka-ushanka, is the Russian winter fur or cloth hat with tieable earflaps, descended from the treukh and malakhai; adopted by the Red Army in 1940 (order No. 187) and a global symbol of Russia.

Ushas (उषस्)

Ushas (उषस्, Uṣas) is the Vedic goddess of the dawn, praised in about twenty hymns of the Rigveda, the oldest Sanskrit text, as divó duhitā, daughter of the sky.

Ushas Mons

Ushas Mons is a large volcano on the planet Venus, centered at 24.30°S, 324.60°E and measuring 413 km across, named in 1982 for Ushas, the Indian goddess of dawn.

Ushavadata

Ushavadata (उषवदात), also called Rishabhadatta, was a great donor of the Western Kshatrapas in western India and son-in-law of Kshatrapa Nahapana, known from cave inscriptions at Nasik and Karle.

Ushaw College

Ushaw College (St Cuthbert's College), a former Roman Catholic seminary near Durham, England, opened 1808 as successor to the English College at Douai; closed 2011, now a heritage venue with Grade I Pugin chapels.