10 Letter Words for Underlying
enduringly, underlying
9 Letter Words for Underlying
underling
8 Letter Words for Underlying
dinnerly, duringly, enduring, indulger, nurdling, undrying, ungirdle, unridely, unringed, yeldring
7 Letter Words for Underlying
denying, derning, dinnery, dringle, dueling, dungier, dunnier, durning, eluding, enduing, ginnery, grindle, grinned, grundel, guilder, guildry, guilery, gunline, gunnery, guyline, indulge, innerly, inurned, lending, nurling, redying, relying, rending, renying, underli, underly, undigne, undying, unendly, unlined, unlying, yeldrin, yerding
6 Letter Words for Underlying
dering, dernly, digeny, dinger, dingey, dingle, dingly, dinner, dinnle, direly, diurne, drying, dunger, dunlin, dunner, durgen, during, dyeing, dynein, edgily, elding, ending, endrin, engild, engird, englyn, engrid, enring, enruin, enurny, erning, gerund, gilden, gilder, ginned, ginnel, ginner, ginney, ginnle, girdle, girned, girnel, glider, gluier, greund, grinny, gruine, grundy, guider, guiled, guiler, guinde, gulden, gundie, gunned, gunnel, gunner, gurdle, gurled, gurned, gurney, guyled, guyler, gylden, idyler, indure, ingenu, ingeny, ingnue, inguen, inured, lering, lidger, ligure, linden, linder, lineny, linger, linned, linney, lunged, lungen, lunger, lungie, lungyi, lunier, lunyie, lurden, luring, neurin, nignye, ningle, nirled, nudely, nudger, nurdle, nurled, reding, regild, reguli, ridgel, ridley, rindle, ringed, ringle, rudely, rueing, rugine, ruined, ruling, rundel, rundle, runnel, uglied, uglier, undern, undine, ungild, ungird, ungrid, unidle, unidly, unline, unredy, unrein, unride, unrind, unring, urined, urling, urning, yeding
5 Letter Words for Underlying
deign, derig, digne, digue, diner, dinge, dingy, dirge, dirgy, diurn, dreng, drinn, drung, duing, duler, dungy, dunne, dunny, durgy, duryl, dying, dynel, egrid, eldin, engin, ennui, ering, gelid, genin, ginny, girly, girny, gledy, gleir, glenn, glide, glued, gluer, gluey, gnide, grein, gride, grind, grued, gruel, gryde, guide, guild, guile, guily, gundi, gundy, gunne, gunny, gurdy, gurle, gurly, guyed, guyer, guyle, gyeld, gynie, gyred, idler, idryl, indyl, inger, ingle, inglu, inned, inner, inrun, inure, inurn, ledgy, legin, lenin, liger, ligne, lindy, lined, linen, liner, liney, linge, lingy, linny, luged, luger, lunge, lungi, lungy, lured, lurgi, lurgy, lurid, lying, lyrid, nerdy, nguni, nidge, niger, niner, nirly, nuder, nudge, nudie, nunry, nurly, nying, redig, redly, redug, regin, reign, relig, rendu, renig, renin, riden, ridge, ridgy, rigel, riled, riley, rindy, ringe, ringy, rudge, rudie, ruely, ruing, ruled, runed, runny, ulyie, unden, under, undig, undry, undye, unled, unlid, unlie, unred, unrid, unrig, ureid, urged, uriel, urine, urled, urned, yield
4 Letter Words for Underlying
degu, deil, deli, dely, deni, deny, dern, deul, diel, dier, dine, ding, dire, dirl, dreg, drey, drie, drug, duel, duer, dule, duly, dune, dung, duny, durn, dyer, dyne, edgy, eild, eiry, engl, engr, erin, gein, geir, geld, genl, genu, gery, gied, gien, gild, gile, ginn, gird, gire, girl, girn, gled, glei, glen, gley, glid, glue, glyn, gneu, gren, grid, grin, grue, grun, gude, guid, guld, gule, guly, gunl, gurl, gurn, gyle, gyne, gyre, gyri, idle, idly, idun, iglu, inde, indn, indy, inly, inne, ired, iure, leir, lend, leng, leud, lied, lien, lier, lieu, lige, lind, line, ling, linn, liny, lire, lndg, lude, luge, lund, lune, lung, lunn, luny, lure, lurg, lyne, lynn, lyre, nein, nerd, nide, nied, nile, nine, nirl, nude, nung, nurd, nurl, nyed, regd, rein, rely, rend, renn, reny, rgen, ride, riel, rile, rind, rine, ring, rude, rued, ruen, ruin, rule, ruly, rund, rune, rung, ryen, rynd, ugli, ugly, uily, unde, undy, unie, urde, urdy, urge, yeld, yeni, yerd, yern, yird, yirn, yule
3 Letter Words for Underlying
deg, dei, del, den, der, dey, die, dig, dil, din, dir, dle, dlr, dry, due, dug, dui, dun, dur, dye, dyn, eir, eld, eli, end, eng, enl, erd, erg, ern, eyl, eyn, eyr, ged, gel, gen, ger, gey, gid, gie, gin, gld, gnu, gry, gud, gue, gui, gul, gun, gur, guy, gye, gyn, ide, ign, ile, ind, ing, inn, ire, iud, ldg, led, leg, lei, ler, leu, ley, lid, lie, lig, lin, lir, lnr, lud, lue, lug, lur, lye, lyn, ned, neg, nei, nid, nie, nig, nil, nne, nul, nun, nur, nye, red, reg, rei, rel, rid, rie, rig, rin, rld, rle, rly, rnd, rud, rue, rug, run, rye, uey, ule, ung, uni, unl, unn, urd, ure, urn, yed, yen, yer, yid, yin, yue, yug
Definitions for Underlying
[1] lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
[2] fundamental; basic: the underlying cause of their discontent.
[3] implicit; discoverable only by close scrutiny or analysis: an underlying seriousness in his witticisms.
[4] (of a claim, mortgage, etc.) taking precedence; anterior; prior.
[5] Linguistics . belonging to an earlier stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence or other structure; belonging to the deep structure.
[6] to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
[7] to be at the basis of; form the foundation of.
[8] Grammar . to function as the root morpheme or original or basic form of (a derived form): The form “boy” underlies “boyish.”
[9] Finance . to be primary to another right or security.
[10] concealed but detectable underlying guilt
[11] fundamental; basic
[12] lying under
[13] finance (of a claim, liability, etc) taking precedence; prior
[14] to lie or be placed under or beneath
[15] to be the foundation, cause, or basis of careful planning underlies all our decisions
[16] finance to take priority over (another claim, liability, mortgage, etc) a first mortgage underlies a second
[17] to be the root or stem from which (a word) is derived "happy" underlies "happiest"
Words related to Underlying
hidden, elemental, basic, prime, veiled, bottom, concealed, lurking, root, basal, cardinal, critical, crucial, elementary, essential, indispensable, intrinsic, necessary, nitty-gritty, nub
Words nearby Underlying
underlie, underline, underlinen, underling, underlit, underlying, undermanned, undermentioned, undermine, undermining ulcer, undermodulate
Origin of Underlying
iebefore 900; Middle English underlyen (v.), Old English underlicgan. See under-, lie2
Synonyms for Underlying
basic, elemental, hidden, bottom, concealed, lurking, prime, root, veiled, basal, bottom-line, cardinal, critical, crucial, elementary, essential, indispensable, intrinsic, necessary, needful, nitty-gritty, nub, primary, primitive, radical, substratal, vital
