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U.S. standard clothing size
U.S. standard clothing size: voluntary body-measurement tables for American ready-to-wear, once set by NBS Commercial Standard CS215-58 (1958, withdrawn 1983), now maintained by ASTM International (D5585, D6240), with widespread vanity sizing.
Ube halaya
Ube halaya is a Filipino dessert in which grated purple yam is slow-cooked with coconut milk, condensed milk, butter, and sugar into a thick, deeply purple jam, likely arising as a Spanish colonial-era fiesta food.
Udon
Udon (うどん) is a thick, chewy Japanese wheat noodle made from flour, salt, and water, served hot in dashi, cold with dipping sauce, or stir-fried; famous styles include Sanuki udon of Kagawa and firm Yoshida udon.
UGG (brand)
UGG is an American footwear brand owned by Deckers Outdoor Corporation, founded in Southern California in 1978 by Australian surfer Brian Smith and known for sheepskin boots and slippers.
Ukhan
Ukhan (उखाण, plural ukhane) is a short rhyming Marathi folk couplet, traditionally recited by married women at weddings and festivals, that weaves the husband's name into verse.
Ukrainian cuisine
Ukrainian cuisine (українська кухня): the national culinary tradition of Ukraine, known for borscht (UNESCO-listed, 70+ variants), varenyky, salo, and holubtsi, with strong regional traditions shaped by Polish, Hungarian, Turkish, and Crimean Tatar influences.
Ukrainian national clothing
Ukrainian national clothing (український народний костюм) is the traditional ensemble dress of Ukrainians, centered on the embroidered vyshyvanka shirt, with regional complexes (Polissia, Podillia, Carpathians, Middle Dnipro, Slobozhanshchyna, South), roots traced to Kyivan Rus, and modern status as an identity symbol owned by 67% of Ukrainians.
Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty (Ulta Beauty, Inc.) is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States, founded in Illinois in 1990. It combines mass, prestige, and salon products, about 29,000 products from 600 brands, salon services, a 45-million-member loyalty program, and international operations via Space NK, a Mexico joint venture, and a Middle East franchise.
Ultra-high-temperature processing
Ultra-high-temperature (UHT) processing, or aseptic processing, heats pumpable foods like milk to about 135–150 °C for seconds, then aseptically packages them, giving commercially sterile products that keep 6–12 months unrefrigerated.
Ultra-Processed People
Ultra-Processed People (2023) is Chris van Tulleken's nonfiction book arguing that ultra-processed food (UPF), defined by the NOVA system, drives overeating and chronic disease, supported by a month-long self-experiment.
Ululation
Ululation is a high-pitched, tongue-trilled women's cry expressing joy or mourning across Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and African cultures; names include Arabic zaghrada, Zulu ukukikiza, Tamil kulavai, Malayalam kurava.
Umami
Umami (うま味) is the fifth basic taste, the savory taste of glutamate, inosinate, and guanylate, identified by Kikunae Ikeda in kombu dashi in 1908 and now recognized in foods from cheese to soy sauce.
Umar Kamani
Umar Kamani, British entrepreneur, co-founded fast-fashion e-tailer PrettyLittleThing with brother Adam in 2012, sold it to Boohoo by 2020 for up to £323.8m, led it as CEO until 2023, returned 2024, and is building a Dubai-based fashion-wellness brand.
Umbro
Umbro is a British sportswear brand founded in 1924 by Harold and Wallace Humphreys (from Humphreys Brothers), known for the double diamond logo, England's 1966 World Cup kit, the Speciali boot, and replica kits; owned by Authentic Brands Group since the 2022 Iconix acquisition.
Umeboshi (梅干し)
Umeboshi (梅干し), Japanese salted and sun-dried pickled ume (Prunus mume) fruit, a Heian-era medicine and preserved food; traditional types carry about 20% salt, Wakayama's Nanko-ume is the signature variety, and pickling yields sour umezu brine.
Underberg
Underberg: German herbal digestif bitter from Rheinberg, made since 1846 by Hubert Underberg; 20 ml paper-wrapped bottle, 44% ABV, secret 43-country herb recipe, FDA-classified food product popular in US bars.
Undercut (hairstyle)
The undercut is a hairstyle with the sides and back clipped short while the top stays long, leaving a hard, unblended line between the two lengths.
Underwear
Underwear: clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes, also called undergarments or lingerie. Covers history from 17th-century linen underpants to corsets, thongs, period underwear, and modern moisture-managing fabrics.
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, created under the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, are three inventories of living traditions, with over 700 inscribed elements from 152 countries.
Uniform
Uniform: standardized clothing identifying members of an organization, spanning military, work, school, and sports dress. Covers functions, fashion crossover, and competitive swimwear as a regulated case study.
Unilever
Unilever, British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company formed 1 January 1930 from the Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie merger; sells Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's and other brands in 190 countries; €50.5 billion 2025 turnover; demerged Ice Cream as The Magnum Ice Cream Company in December 2025.
Union Jack dress
The Union Jack dress is the flag mini dress Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) wore at the 1997 BRIT Awards, made by sewing a tea towel onto a Gucci dress; later auctioned for £41,000 and revived by Cavalli in 2007.
Uniqlo (ユニクロ)
Uniqlo (ユニクロ) is a Japanese casual clothing retail chain operated by Fast Retailing, which opened its first store in Hiroshima in 1984 and sells good-quality casual clothing at low prices through in-house planning and production.
Unit operation
Unit operation: the basic step of an industrial or food process (mixing, heating, drying, filtration), based on momentum, heat, or mass transfer, subject to mass and energy conservation laws, distinct from whole process design.
UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE: North American labor union of about 300,000 hotel, gaming, food service, laundry, textile, and airport workers, formed by the 2004 merger of UNITE and HERE, AFL-CIO affiliated, led by president Gwen Mills since 2024.
United Breweries Group
United Breweries Group (UB Group), Bengaluru-headquartered Indian brewing conglomerate founded 1915 by Thomas Leishman; built by the Mallya family, now with Heineken holding ~61.5% of United Breweries Limited, maker of Kingfisher beer, and Diageo controlling former flagship United Spirits.
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), North American labor union of 1.2 million grocery, meatpacking, retail, and food processing workers, formed by the 1979 merger of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and the Retail Clerks.
United Fruit Company
United Fruit Company (1899–1970), American banana giant formed by the Keith–Boston Fruit merger, nicknamed El Pulpo; vertically integrated plantations, railroads, and the Great White Fleet; became United Brands in 1970 and Chiquita Brands International.
United Spirits
United Spirits Limited (USL, Diageo India), NSE: UNITDSPR, is India's largest spirits company, 55.88%-owned by Diageo plc. Formed from McDowell and Shaw Wallace mergers, acquired by Diageo in 2013-14, with FY26 revenue of ₹12,467 crore.
United States Bicentennial
United States Bicentennial, the 1976 U.S. commemoration of independence's 200th anniversary, run by the ARBA under Heritage '76, Festival USA, and Horizons '76, culminating July 4, 1976 with Operation Sail and 66,484 registered events.