URINE
What does "URINE" mean?
The pale yellow liquid waste filtered from the blood by the kidneys and excreted from the body.
Meanings
- The watery fluid containing dissolved waste that the kidneys filter from the blood. A urine sample was taken to test for infection.
Did you know?
- Urine is about 95 percent plain water; the dissolved waste — chiefly urea and salts — makes up only the remaining sliver.
- Urine's familiar yellow comes from a pigment called urobilin, a leftover of the body recycling worn-out red blood cells.
Word origin
From Latin 'urina' ('urine'), traced to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'water' or 'to moisten', entering English via Old French in the 14th century.
Remember it
URINE hides 'U R IN E' — you are in, then everything filtered flows out.
A little poem
Two quiet kidneys
sift the river of the blood-
the body, made clean.
haiku
Wordplay
- The kidney got an award. The doctor said, congratulations, urine the spotlight now.
What it teaches
The body's least glamorous work — filtering, discarding, repeating — is exactly what keeps the rest alive.
Quick facts
What does URINE mean?
The pale yellow liquid waste filtered from the blood by the kidneys and excreted from the body.
Is URINE a valid word?
Yes — URINE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is URINE?
URINE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does URINE come from?
From Latin 'urina' ('urine'), traced to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'water' or 'to moisten', entering English via Old French in the 14th century.
What can URINE teach us?
The body's least glamorous work — filtering, discarding, repeating — is exactly what keeps the rest alive.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.