+
unnesessary
a.
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor.
+
unsluice
v.t.
To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.
+
unwill
v.t.
To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
+
unhinge
v.t.
To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
+
ungainly
a.
Unsuitable; unprofitable.
+
unguestlike
adv.
In a manner not becoming to a guest.
+
unbecoming
a.
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
+
unsociability
n.
The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.
+
underact
v.t.
To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.
+
unbreathed
a.
Not exercised; unpracticed.
+
unipersonal
a.
Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal.
+
undoubted
a.
Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero.
+
underworker
n.
An inferior or subordinate workman.
+
urinose
a.
Alt. of Urinous
+
underskirt
n.
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
+
unmuzzle
v.t.
To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.
+
ullet
n.
A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.
+
understandingly
adv.
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.
+
unreaved
a.
Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces.
+
unroll
v.t.
To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
+
urge
v.t.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
+
uncurbable
a.
Not capable of being curbed.
+
unequaled
a.
Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
+
upflow
v.i.
To flow or stream up.
+
upbear
v.t.
To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.
+
unoften
adv.
Not often.
+
uramil
n.
Murexan.
+
unbespeak
v.t.
To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel.
+
unawares
adv.
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.
+
utterness
n.
The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
+
understanded

of Understand
+
umpire
v.i.
To act as umpire or arbitrator.
+
underproportioned
a.
Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
+
unreformation
n.
Want of reformation; state of being unreformed.
+
underrun
v.t.
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
+
unwedgeable
a.
Not to be split with wedges.
+
unimproved
a.
Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.
+
unition
v.t.
The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction.
+
upsun
n.
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
+
uphold
v.t.
To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
+
unwarily
adv.
In an unwary manner.
+
undigestible
a.
Indigestible.
+
underpay
v.t.
To pay inadequately.
+
unfrankable
a.
Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.
+
unthrifty
a.
Not thrifty; profuse.
+
unmeaning
a.
Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.
+
unpenitent
a.
Impenitent.
+
umhofo
n.
An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, / Rhinoceros, simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.
+
ungulate
a.
Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
+
use
v.t.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
+
unexhaustible
a.
Inexhaustible.
+
underlet
v.t.
To let below the value.
+
unci
pl.
of Uncus
+
unaccessible
a.
Inaccessible.
+
upright
n.
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
+
underfong
v.t.
To insnare; to circumvent.
+
unruffled
a.
Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
+
unload
v.t.
Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
+
unharbor
v.t.
To drive from harbor or shelter.
+
useless
a.
Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.
+
unlucky
a.
Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
+
unformed
a.
Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.
+
unfetter
v.t.
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
+
underfaculty
n.
An inferior or subordinate faculty.
+
underwrite
v.t.
To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance.
+
unheard
a.
Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present.
+
urticaria
n.
The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
+
urosacral
a.
Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds.
+
undisputable
a.
Indisputable.
+
unsorted
a.
Not well selected; ill-chosen.
+
uncurl
v.i.
To become uncurled, or straight.
+
underestimate
v.t.
To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
+
unflower
v.t.
To strip of flowers.
+
unwoman
v.t.
To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex.
+
unatonable
a.
Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.
+
umbrate
v.t.
To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
+
unctuosity
n.
Quality or state of being unctuous.
+
usefulness
n.
The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
+
unavoidable
a.
Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
+
up
prep.
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
+
usurped
imp.|p.p.
of Usurp
+
undermirth
n.
Suppressed or concealed mirth.
+
unshelve
v.t.
To remove from, or as from, a shelf.
+
underclothes
n.pl.
Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.
+
utilitarian
a.
Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
+
undermatch
n.
One who is not a match for another.
+
ulcer
v.t.
To ulcerate.
+
unsecret
v.t.
To disclose; to divulge.
+
unhosed
a.
Without hose.
+
untune
v.t.
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
+
unmoneyed
a.
Destitute of money; not rich.
+
underbind
v.t.
To bind beneath.
+
unreadiness
n.
The quality or state of being unready.
+
unhallowed
a.
Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.
+
unto
prep.
Until; till.
+
unnecessity
n.
The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary.
+
uncontrovertible
a.
Incontrovertible.
+
unright
a.
Not right; wrong.
+
unswear
v.i.
To recall an oath.
+
unpeace
n.
Absence or lack of peace.
+
unqualify
v.t.
To disqualify; to unfit.
+
undervalue
n.
A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.
+
uhlan
n.
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland.  They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.
+
unhinge
v.t.
To displace; to unfix by violence.
+
ustulation
n.
Lascivious passion; concupiscence.
+
understanding
n.
The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.
+
unification
n.
The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.
+
unsparing
a.
Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.
+
unthriftfully
adv.
Not thriftily.
+
undertake
v.t.
To take or have the charge of.
+
ungeld
n.
A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him.
+
unanswered
a.
Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.
+
unobtrusive
a.
Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.
+
upsodown
adv.
Upside down.
+
unclean
a.
Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
+
ungod
v.t.
To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical.
+
uprightly
adv.
In an upright manner.
+
unwayed
a.
Having no ways or roads; pathless.
+
upbraid
v.i.
To utter upbraidings.
+
ultramarine
a.
Situated or being beyond the sea.
+
unbending
a.
Devoted to relaxation or amusement.
+
undated
a.
Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter.
+
unheired
a.
Destitute of an heir.
+
unquestionable
a.
Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.
+
unhelmed
a.
Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.
+
underpull
v.i.
To exert one's influence secretly.
+
upclimb
v.t.|i.
To climb up; to ascend.
+
unwary
a.
Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.
+
unbinding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbind
+
unslacked
a.
Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.
+
unprovide
v.t.
To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.
+
uncurl
v.t.
To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly.
+
unpower
n.
Want of power; weakness.
+
unbehovely
a.
Not behooving or becoming; unseemly.
+
unveracity
n.
Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.
+
utter
a.
Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
+
unpredict
v.i.
To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
+
unbosomed
imp.|p.p.
of Unbosom
+
use
v.t.
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
+
unessential
n.
Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.
+
unstring
v.t.
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
+
usbegs
n.pl.
Alt. of Usbeks
+
umbel
n.
A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.
+
ultimata
pl.
of Ultimatum
+
unprince
v.t.
To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
+
up
adv.
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
+
urochs
n.
See Aurochs.
+
understand
v.t.
To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
+
unbending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbend
+
uncertainties
pl.
of Uncertainty
+
underbuilder
n.
A subordinate or assistant builder.
+
undifferentiated
a.
Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.
+
unquick
a.
Not quick.
+
unibranchiate
a.
Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.
+
undernom
imp.
of Undernime
+
unascried
a.
Not descried.
+
unhallow
v.t.
To profane; to desecrate.
+
unattached
a.
Not taken or arrested.
+
ursus
n.
A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
+
unite
v.i.
To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
+
univalved
a.
Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.
+
uranyl
n.
The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.
+
underlayer
n.
A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
+
undertake
v.i.
To venture; to hazard.
+
uliginose
a.
Alt. of Uliginous
+
unorderly
a.
Disorderly.
+
undercreep
v.i.
To creep secretly or privily.
+
unbalanced
a.
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
+
unmingle
v.t.
To separate, as things mixed.
+
underniceness
n.
A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
+
unquiet
a.
Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed.
+
undiscreet
a.
Indiscreet.
+
urachus
n.
A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.
+
unusuality
n.
Unusualness.
+
uncivilized
a.
Not civil; coarse; clownish.
+
unwearied
a.
Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable.
+
unreproved
a.
Not having incurred reproof, blameless.
+
undestroyable
a.
Indestructible.
+
uncovenanted
a.
Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract.
+
upmost
a.
Highest; topmost; uppermost.
+
untitled
a.
Being without title or right; not entitled.
+
udder
n.
One of the breasts of a woman.
+
unilateral
a.
Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.
+
unholy
a.
Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.
+
umquhile
a.
Former.
+
uptrain

A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
+
unlikeness
n.
The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.
+
unknowledged
a.
Not acknowledged or recognized.
+
unworth
n.
Unworthiness.
+
unfold
v.t.
To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
+
underset
v.t.
To prop or support.
+
ugly
superl.
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
+
undershot
a.
Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
+
underchaps
n.pl.
The lower chaps or jaw.
+
unduly
adv.
In an undue manner.
+
unbeguiled
imp.|p.p.
of Unbeguile
+
unkind
a.
Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
+
unideal
a.
Unideaed.
+
underletter
n.
A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
+
unrude
a.
Not rude; polished.
+
undecked
a.
Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel.
+
unguiform
a.
Having the form of a claw or claws.
+
ulcerative
a.
Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.
+
unpucker
v.t.
To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
+
unseparable
a.
Inseparable.
+
ularburong
n.
A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous.
+
urostege
n.
One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.
+
urticaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
+
undergo
v.t.
To go or move below or under.
+
urosteon
n.
A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
+
uptake
n.
The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
+
urodelian
n.
One of the Urodela.
+
uralite
n.
Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
+
undevil
v.t.
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.
+
untemperately
adv.
Intemperately.
+
ugrian
n.pl.
A Mongolian race, ancestors of the Finns.
+
unsettledness
n.
The quality or state of being unsettled.
+
unconscious
a.
Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke.
+
unbrace
v.t.
To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.
+
unhorse
v.t.
To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.
+
usage
n.
Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
+
uniradiated
a.
Having but one ray.
+
unfestlich
a.
Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn.
+
underbrace
v.t.
To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.
+
undersong
n.
The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
+
unaquit
a.
Unrequited.
+
unce
n.
An ounce; a small portion.
+
utricle
n.
A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
+
unvoluntary
a.
Involuntary.
+
unbred
a.
Not well-bred; ill-bred.
+
undivided
a.
Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.
+
ureal
a.
Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, ureal deposits.
+
uncharneled
imp.|p.p.
of Uncharnel
+
univalvular
a.
Same as Univalve, a.
+
urn
n.
A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn.
+
uralaltaic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
+
uncape
v.t.
To remove a cap or cape from.
+
unevitable
a.
Inevitable.
+
undecent
a.
Indecent.
+
unwreathe
v.t.
To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.
+
ulmin
n.
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.  Cf. Humin.
+
ungear
v.t.
To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
+
unpriest
v.t.
To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.
+
umbellic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.
+
undraw
v.t.
To draw aside or open; to draw back.
+
unguicular
a.
Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
+
unbend
v.t.
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
+
unshiftable
a.
Shiftless; helpless.
+
ungentle
a.
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
+
unarm
v.t.
To disarm.
+
underfollow
v.t.
To follow closely or immediately after.
+
ut
n.
The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.
+
uglesome
a.
Ugly.
+
unseasonable
a.
Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food.
+
usurp
v.i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
+
unmade
a.
Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave.
+
undispensed
a.
Not dispensed.
+
unprop
v.t.
To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.
+
undecked
a.
Not decked; unadorned.
+
usage
n.
Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
+
undull
v.t.
To remove the dullness of; to clear.
+
unglorify
v.t.
To deprive of glory.
+
unacquaintance
n.
The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.
+
untrue
a.
Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.
+
unmeasurable
a.
Immeasurable.
+
unity
n.
In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
+
unfold
v.t.
To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
+
utter
a.
Outer.
+
unactiveness
n.
Inactivity.
+
uphill
adv.
Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
+
underfarmer
n.
An assistant farmer.
+
upsoar
v.i.
To soar or mount up.
+
underline
v.t.
To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
+
unworth
a.
Unworthy.
+
untreatable
a.
Incapable of being treated; not practicable.
+
universities
pl.
of University
+
unequity
n.
Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.
+
unstrength
n.
Want of strength; weakness; feebleness.
+
underfong
v.t.
To sustain; to support; to guard.
+
unaware
a.
Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
+
uniparous
a.
Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.
+
utilized
imp.|p.p.
of Utilize
+
uttermost
n.
The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.
+
unrestraint
n.
Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
+
unstudied
a.
Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.
+
udder
n.
The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.
+
umbrine
n.
See Umbra, 2.
+
unicorn
n.
A howitzer.
+
upbreathe
v.r.
To breathe up or out; to exhale.
+
uncustomable
a.
Not customable, or subject to custom duties.
+
untie
v.t.
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
+
unbroken
a.
Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.
+
unneighborly
adv.
Not in a neighborly manner.
+
uncurable
a.
Incurable.
+
uncorrigible
a.
Incorrigible; not capable of correction.
+
urochorda
n.pl.
Same as Tunicata.
+
utmost
n.
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
+
unbuckle
v.t.
To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.
+
unsolemnize
v.t.
To divest of solemnity.
+
utility
n.
Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
+
unsadden
v.t.
To relieve from sadness; to cheer.
+
uncomfortable
a.
Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation.
+
unnotify
v.t.
To retract or withdraw a notice of.
+
unwell
a.
Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
+
uni

A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular.
+
umbelliferous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.
+
universal
a.
Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
+
unpleasantries
pl.
of Unpleasantry
+
unpaved
a.
Castrated.
+
upbraid
v.t.
To treat with contempt.
+
unstratified
a.
Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.
+
undine
n.
One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.
+
untraded
a.
Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common.
+
use
v.t.
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
+
unpursed
a.
Robbed of a purse, or of money.
+
unreverent
a.
Irreverent.
+
unneighbored
a.
Being without neigbors.
+
untimely
adv.
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.
+
unpowerful
a.
Not powerful; weak.
+
ungulate
a.
Shaped like a hoof.
+
ustulation
n.
The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.
+
unweighing
a.
Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate.
+
unheedy
a.
Incautious; precipitate; heedless.
+
uplander
n.
One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic.
+
utterest
superl.
Uttermost.
+
ultimate
v.t.|i.
To come or bring into use or practice.
+
urticated
imp.|p.p.
of Urticate
+
unconclusive
a.
Inconclusive.
+
ulcer
n.
Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
+
ungainly
adv.
In an ungainly manner.
+
uniformity
n.
Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
+
undertake
v.t.
To engage with; to attack.
+
uniformal
a.
Uniform.
+
unshot
v.t.
To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.
+
unculpable
a.
Inculpable; not blameworthy.
+
uglily
adv.
In an ugly manner; with deformity.
+
untrained
a.
Not trained.
+
unco
adv.
In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very.
+
upland
a.
Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
+
unforesee
v.t.
To fail to foresee.
+
unheardof
a.
New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
+
untoward
a.
Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
+
underpossessor
n.
One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another.
+
untolerable
a.
Intolerable.
+
uprising
n.
Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.
+
undertake
v.t.
Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.
+
unactive
v.t.
To render inactive or listless.
+
underproduction
n.
The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply.
+
unapproved
a.
Not proved.
+
unroofed
a.
Not yet roofed.
+
unprayed
a.
Not prayed for.
+
unproficiency
n.
Want of proficiency or improvement.
+
ulotrichan
n.
One of the Ulotrichi.
+
ulema
n.
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
+
unoperative
a.
Producing no effect; inoperative.
+
unhele
n.
Same as Unheal, n.
+
unadvised
a.
Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised.
+
urodelian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urodela.
+
uroxanic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
+
unau
n.
The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of South America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.
+
unaffected
a.
Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced.
+
unadulterated
a.
Not adulterated; pure.
+
unextinguishable
a.
Inextinguishable.
+
underyoke
v.t.
To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
+
unbenumb
v.t.
To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to.
+
unfallible
a.
Infallible.
+
unpeered
a.
Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled.
+
upheld

imp. & p. p. of Uphold.
+
uneven
a.
Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.
+
unmoralized
a.
Not restrained or tutored by morality.
+
understudy
n.
One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.
+
unfavorable
a.
Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
+
uvitic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.
+
unimproved
a.
Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.
+
uncharge
v.t.
To free from a charge or load; to unload.
+
upbar
v.t.
To fasten with a bar.
+
unportuous
a.
Having no ports.
+
ungodly
a.
Polluted by sin or wickedness.
+
unclinch
v.t.
To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist.
+
upbraided
imp.|p.p.
of Upbraid
+
uranology
n.
A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.
+
unbacked
a.
Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.
+
underconduct
n.
A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit.
+
unpaint
v.t.
To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting.
+
unappealable
a.
Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled.
+
unsister
v.t.
To separate, as sisters; to disjoin.
+
uncivil
a.
Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
+
ulotrichan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi.
+
utterance
n.
The last extremity; the end; death; outrance.
+
union
n.
That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
+
ulna
n.
An ell; also, a yard.
+
unfumed
a.
Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated.
+
utopia
n.
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
+
unbelief
n.
The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
+
upsway
v.t.
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club.
+
unitary
a.
Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.
+
usufructuary
a.
Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.
+
unitarianized
imp.|p.p.
of Unitarianize
+
unguiculata
n.pl.
An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata).
+
underglaze
a.
Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
+
urtication
n.
The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
+
uprush
n.
Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava.
+
unicorn
n.
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
+
unstep
v.t.
To remove, as a mast, from its step.
+
usure
n.
Usury.
+
unicity
n.
The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.
+
unstockinged
a.
Deprived of stockings.
+
unhook
v.t.
To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.
+
upright
a.
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
+
unsurety
n.
Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.
+
underwork
v.t.
To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.
+
unmitre
v.t.
To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.
+
unbegun
a.
Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.
+
underaid
v.t.
To aid clandestinely.
+
unowned
a.
Not owned; having no owner.
+
urechitoxin
n.
A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
+
untidy
a.
Unseasonable; untimely.
+
upsarokas
n.pl.
See Crows.
+
unread
a.
Not read or perused; as, an unread book.
+
untrue
a.
Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.
+
undulated
a.
Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory.
+
unbending
a.
Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
+
universalized
imp.|p.p.
of Universalize
+
unballasted
a.
Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.
+
usury
v.t.
Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
+
umbra
n.
The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
+
unskill
n.
Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness.
+
unguiculated
n.
Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.
+
unthank
n.
No thanks; ill will; misfortune.
+
unitarianism
n.
The doctrines of Unitarians.
+
usurious
a.
Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract.
+
uncertainty
n.
The quality or state of being uncertain.
+
unbooked
a.
Not written in a book; unrecorded.
+
unpleasant
a.
Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
+
underset
n.
Undercurrent.
+
unpeg
v.t.
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
+
unsteel
v.t.
To disarm; to soften.
+
utter
a.
To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
+
uneasy
a.
Not easy; difficult.
+
unshackle
v.t.
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
+
undergo
v.t.
To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion.
+
unfair
a.
Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
+
unjust
a.
Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.
+
unchancy
a.
Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.
+
under
prep.
Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short.
+
unread
a.
Not versed in literature; illiterate.
+
uncivility
n.
Incivility.
+
uncanonize
v.t.
To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.
+
upyat

imp. of Upgive.
+
uncurse
v.t.
To free from a curse or an execration.
+
unbegotten
a.
Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal.
+
uncouth
a.
Unknown.
+
underwriting
n.
The business of an underwriter,
+
unseldom
adv.
Not seldom; frequently.
+
uncarnate
v.t.
To divest of flesh.
+
underkind
n.
An inferior kind.
+
undercliff
n.
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
+
ure
v.t.
To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
+
undoing
n.
The reversal of what has been done.
+
udometer
n.
A rain gauge.
+
unthriftily
adv.
Improperly; unbecomingly.
+
ultima
n.
The last syllable of a word.
+
unravel
v.t.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
+
unnethe
adv.
Alt. of Unnethes
+
unexceptive
a.
Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.
+
umber
n.
See Grayling, 1.
+
unguiculate
a.
Alt. of Unguiculated
+
utilitarianism
n.
The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.
+
upcast
v.t.
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
+
universalistic
a.
Of or pertaining to the whole; universal.
+
ultra
n.
One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.
+
ulcerate
v.t.
To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers.
+
unmask
v.t.
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
+
unravelment
n.
The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
+
universalties
pl.
of Universality
+
umbre
n.
See Umber.
+
upwaft
v.t.
To waft upward.
+
unscience
n.
Want of science or knowledge; ignorance.
+
unaware
adv.
Unawares.
+
urethritis
n.
Inflammation of the urethra.
+
unilocular
a.
Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.
+
underpuller
n.
One who underpulls.
+
underwrit

of Underwrite
+
unitedly
adv.
In an united manner.
+
unguligrade
a.
Having, or walking on, hoofs.
+
unfirmness
n.
Infirmness.
+
underlet
v.t.
To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
+
unhasp
v.t.
To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.
+
upher
n.
A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split.
+
unprudent
a.
Imprudent.
+
unbrewed
a.
Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine.
+
unchristianness
n.
The quality or state of being unchristian.
+
uprist
n.
Uprising.
+
uneath
adv.
Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
+
ungird
v.t.
To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
+
undertook
imp.
of Undertake
+
unfix
v.t.
To make fluid; to dissolve.
+
undirect
a.
Indirect.
+
unacquainted
a.
Not acquainted.
+
univalence
n.
The quality or state of being univalent.
+
underbrush
n.
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
+
upgaze
v.i.
To gaze upward.
+
undispensable
a.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
+
unbury
v.t.
To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
+
unanswered
a.
Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.
+
underhanded
a.
Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
+
unfeeling
a.
Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.
+
underwing
n.
Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called red underwing.
+
uplean
v.i.
To lean or incline upon anything.
+
unpriced
a.
Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also, priceless.
+
uncypher
v.t.
See Uncipher.
+
ulmate
n.
A salt of ulmic acid.
+
urchin
n.
A hedgehog.
+
unexpedient
a.
Inexpedient.
+
uprising
n.
An insurrection; a popular revolt.
+
upstream
adv.
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
+
unwritten
a.
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
+
uncompromising
a.
Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.
+
unlikely
a.
Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
+
uprush
v.i.
To rush upward.
+
unstitch
v.t.
To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam.
+
unboweling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbowel
+
unburthen
v.t.
To unburden; to unload.
+
underkeeper
n.
A subordinate keeper or guardian.
+
ungot
a.
Alt. of Ungotten
+
unaccustomed
a.
Not usual; uncommon; strange; new.
+
upholder
n.
An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
+
undersecretary
n.
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
+
unto
conj.
Until; till.
+
unhinge
v.t.
To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.
+
uranochre
n.
A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.
+
underneath
adv.
Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
+
underlaid
a.
Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.
+
ursuk
n.
The bearded seal.
+
untighten
v.t.
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
+
unpinion
v.t.
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.
+
unqualitied
a.
Deprived of the usual faculties.
+
unapt
a.
Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.
+
unyolden
a.
Not yielded.
+
undergone
p.p.
of Undergo
+
underage
a.
Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish.
+
under
a.
Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.
+
unclutch
v.t.
To disengage, as a clutch.
+
unhive
v.t.v.t.
To drive or remove from a hive.
+
unnoble
a.
Ignoble.
+
unbeseem
v.t.
To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.
+
untrammeled
a.
Not hampered or impeded; free.
+
unessential
a.
Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
+
unmasculate
v.t.
To emasculate.
+
untitled
a.
Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction.
+
umbonated
a.
Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
+
unpathed
a.
Not having a path.
+
undergird
v.t.
To blind below; to gird round the bottom.
+
unclosed
a.
Not separated by inclosures; open.
+
uniformity
n.
Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.
+
unlearned
a.
Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.
+
unstarch
v.t.
To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
+
urohyal
n.
A urohyal bone or cartilage.
+
unforeskinned
a.
Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised.
+
unappropriated
a.
Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.
+
uranic
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
+
un
adv.
Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.
+
underprop
v.t.
To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.
+
uptill
prep.
To; against.
+
unspell
v.t.
To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
+
uncunningly
adv.
Ignorantly.
+
unwist
a.
Not known; unknown.
+
unbeknown
a.
Not known; unknown.
+
unhuman
a.
Not human; inhuman.
+
unbelieved
a.
Not believed; disbelieved.
+
unlearned
a.
Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.
+
uniparous
a.
Producing but one egg or young at a time.
+
unefectual
a.
Ineffectual.
+
unbidden
a.
Being without a prayer.
+
urinary
a.
Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.
+
unnethes
adv.
With difficulty. See Uneath.
+
unguentary
a.
Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.
+
unfool
v.t.
To restore from folly, or from being a fool.
+
utricle
n.
A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.
+
uproll
v.t.
To roll up.
+
unbarricade
v.t.
To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
+
unhappy
a.
Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
+
unimportance
n.
Want of importance; triviality.
+
unbaned
a.
Wanting a band or string; unfastened.
+
unservice
n.
Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence.
+
uncharity
n.
Uncharitableness.
+
unionism
n.
The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.
+
unbethink
v.t.
To change the mind of (one's self).
+
unrepentance
n.
Impenitence.
+
ultramontane
n.
One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
+
unabled
a.
Disabled.
+
untaste
v.t.
To deprive of a taste for a thing.
+
uropoetic
a.
Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
+
unfalcated
a.
Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished.
+
unpleasantry
n.
Want of pleasantry.
+
unrighteous
a.
Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.
+
underwent

imp. of Undergo.
+
undirected
a.
Misdirected; misled; led astray.
+
uvitonic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.
+
unwayed
a.
Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed.
+
upcast
n.
A cast; a throw.
+
unheart
v.t.
To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
+
unblessed
a.
Alt. of Unblest
+
underscore
v.t.
To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
+
unseen
a.
Unskilled; inexperienced.
+
untimeously
adv.
Untimely; unseasonably.
+
uncle
n.
A pawnbroker.
+
urith
n.
The bindings of a hedge.
+
unicorn
n.
A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
+
uncertain
a.
Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
+
uncleansable
a.
Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.
+
unsisterly
a.
Not sisterly.
+
unnun
v.t.
To remove from condition of being a nun.
+
unpartial
a.
Impartial.
+
umbratious
a.
Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage.
+
uncanny
a.
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.
+
unit
n.
The least whole number; one.
+
undershot
a.
Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.
+
usnea
n.
A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
+
unipolar
a.
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
+
unscrew
v.t.
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
+
underhandedly
adv.
In an underhand manner.
+
unspirit
v.t.
To dispirit.
+
undergown
n.
A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.
+
umbrage
n.
Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
+
unclothe
v.t.
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
+
unmovably
adv.
Immovably.
+
uratic

Of or containing urates; as, uratic calculi.
+
uproot
v.t.
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
+
unoriginated
a.
Not yet caused to be, or to be made; as, possible inventions still unoriginated.
+
unteam
v.t.
To unyoke a team from.
+
unlap
v.t.
To unfold.
+
unfreeze
v.t.
To thaw.
+
unspar
v.t.
To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.
+
unhold
v.t.
To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.
+
unsilly
a.
See Unsely.
+
underleaf
n.
A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.
+
unfix
v.t.
To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
+
unshaped
a.
Alt. of Unshapen
+
uncivilization
n.
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
+
unsubstantial
a.
Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
+
unseconded
a.
Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.
+
umbe
prep.
About.
+
undershrieve
n.
A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.
+
umbratical
a.
Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
+
unitude
n.
Unity.
+
unfrequented
a.
Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest.
+
undertake
v.t.
To assume, as a character.
+
underlip
n.
The lower lip.
+
unison
n.
A single, unvaried.
+
urethrotome
n.
An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.
+
unworship
n.
Lack of worship or respect; dishonor.
+
uncomprehend
v.t.
To fail to comprehend.
+
underkeep
v.t.
To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress.
+
unharbored
a.
Affording no harbor or shelter.
+
unclew
v.t.
To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin.
+
unobedience
n.
Disobedience.
+
uniformitarianism
n.
The uniformitarian doctrine.
+
unctious
a.
Unctuous.
+
uniformly
adv.
In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.
+
unballasted
a.
Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
+
unreserved
a.
Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
+
urson
n.
The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
+
unfrequent
v.t.
To cease to frequent.
+
unrude
a.
Excessively rude.
+
unwont
a.
Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed.
+
ungraceful
a.
Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech.
+
urcelate
a.
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.
+
ultimated
imp.|p.p.
of Ultimate
+
usant
a.
Using; accustomed.
+
unconstancy
n.
Inconstancy.
+
unman
v.t.
To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.
+
upgush
n.
A gushing upward.
+
undid

imp. of Undo.
+
ural
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.
+
unpaved
a.
Not paved; not furnished with a pavement.
+
unsympathy
n.
Absence or lack of sympathy.
+
unbishop
v.t.
To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights.
+
uttering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Utter
+
utterly
adv.
In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
+
utilitarian
a.
Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
+
uplifting
imp.|p.p.
of Uplift
+
umbelliferous
a.
Producing umbels.
+
unformed
a.
Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
+
unperegal
a.
Unequal.
+
unusage
n.
Want or lack of usage.
+
ulna
n.
The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
+
uncircumcision
n.
People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
+
undershapen
a.
Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish.
+
underdose
v.t.|i.
To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.
+
unmew
v.t.
To release from confinement or restraint.
+
usurious
a.
Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
+
unionist
n.
A member or supporter of a trades union.
+
urchin
n.
A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
+
unnature
v.t.
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.
+
undersign
v.t.
To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument.
+
unpeople
v.t.
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
+
unchild
v.t.
To bereave of children; to make childless.
+
urchin
n.
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
+
unclench
v.t.
Same as Unclinch.
+
unthinker
n.
A person who does not think, or does not think wisely.
+
unseven
v.t.
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven.
+
ungulous
a.
Same as Ungulate.
+
unalloyed
a.
Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.
+
unforeseeable
a.
Incapable of being foreseen.
+
unitary
a.
Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.
+
unprayable
a.
Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate.
+
unperplex
v.t.
To free from perplexity.
+
unrumple
v.t.
To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,
+
unweave
v.t.
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
+
unappropriated
a.
Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.
+
ullmannite
n.
A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.
+
urohaematin
n.
Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.
+
undone
a.
Not done or performed; neglected.
+
unrip
v.t.
To rip; to cut open.
+
unaccountability
n.
The quality or state of being unaccountable.
+
under
prep.
Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
+
unbosomer
n.
One who unbosoms, or discloses.
+
ungka
n.
The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
+
urge
v.t.
To press hard upon; to follow closely
+
undercraft
n.
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.
+
unsaturation
n.
The quality or state of being unsaturated.
+
unbag
v.t.
To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.
+
unright
n.
A wrong.
+
undergo
v.t.
To be subject or amenable to; to underlie.
+
utriculoid
a.
Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.
+
upright
a.
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
+
ultramontanism
n.
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims.  Cf. Gallicanism.
+
undeniable
a.
Unobjectionable; unquestionably excellent; as, a person of undeniable connections.
+
uncertain
a.
Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
+
unexpectation
n.
Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
+
upland
n.
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
+
utmost
a.
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
+
underlie
v.t.
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
+
upcast
a.
Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.
+
uncipher
v.t.
To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter.
+
unlust
n.
Listlessness; disinclination.
+
urethroscope
n.
An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.
+
unconscionable
a.
Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience.
+
unfasten
v.t.
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
+
urged
imp.|p.p.
of Urge
+
udalman
n.
In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right.
+
undecagon
n.
A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.
+
unstop
v.t.
To free from any obstruction; to open.
+
uncomely
a.
Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner.
+
uniocular
a.
Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.
+
urostyle
n.
A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
+
unwrie
v.t.
To uncover.
+
untwine
v.t.
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.
+
undirected
a.
Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.
+
underworking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Underwork
+
unanimate
a.
Unanimous.
+
unnumerable
a.
Innumerable.
+
unparagoned
a.
Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless.
+
unsecularize
v.t.
To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
+
unshutter
v.t.
To open or remove the shutters of.
+
urethral
a.
Of or pertaining to the urethra.
+
undervalue
v.t.
To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
+
uterogestation
n.
Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
+
unfinished
a.
Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.
+
unwares
adv.
Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at.
+
unballast
v.t.
To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from.
+
undomesticate
v.t.
To make wild or roving.
+
undersaturated
a.
Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.
+
unacquaintedness
n.
Unacquaintance.
+
universal
n.
A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
+
unobservance
n.
Want or neglect of observance; inobservance.
+
underprize
v.t.
To undervalue; to underestimate.
+
user
n.
One who uses.
+
uniformitarian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.
+
uncommon
a.
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.
+
unharmonious
a.
Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.
+
unguentous
a.
Unguentary.
+
underlay
v.t.
To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.
+
urinal
n.
A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection.
+
unsaintly
a.
Unbecoming to a saint.
+
ustion
n.
The act of burning, or the state of being burned.
+
usself
n.pl.
Ourselves.
+
unknow
v.t.
To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of.
+
unappalled
a.
Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted.
+
up
adv.
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
+
underhung
a.
Having the lower jaw projecting.
+
unexceptionable
a.
Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.
+
unpure
a.
Not pure; impure.
+
urate
n.
A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.
+
unerringly
adv.
In an unerring manner.
+
unliken
v.t.
To make unlike; to dissimilate.
+
uncinatum
n.
The unciform bone.
+
unwist
a.
Not knowing; unwitting.
+
undispensed
a.
Not freed by dispensation.
+
uranium
n.
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239. 
+
unessential
a.
Void of essence, or real being.
+
undergraduateship
n.
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
+
umble pie

A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble.
+
unseal
v.t.
To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.
+
utility
n.
The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
+
uppile
v.t.
To pile, or heap, up.
+
uptrace
v.t.
To trace up or out.
+
uret

A suffix with the same meaning as -ide. See -ide.
+
unseen
a.
Not seen or discovered.
+
unguled
a.
Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.
+
upbrought
a.
Brought up; educated.
+
unkindliness
n.
Unkindness.
+
unlorded
a.
Not raised to the rank of a lord.
+
underbid
v.t.
To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.
+
urari
n.
See Curare.
+
undershut
a.
Closed from beneath.
+
uvula
n.
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
+
uncertainly
adv.
In an uncertain manner.
+
unkingship
n.
The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy.
+
uncontinent
a.
Not continent; incontinent.
+
upeygan
n.
The borele.
+
upholstery
n.
The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.
+
umbril
n.
A umbrere.
+
undershrievalty
n.
The office or position of an undersheriff.
+
unchancy
a.
Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous.
+
unshout
v.t.
To recall what is done by shouting.
+
unitive
a.
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union.
+
unresponsible
a.
Irresponsible.
+
ultrazodiacal
a.
Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.
+
undistinctly
adv.
Indistinctly.
+
ureteritis
n.
Inflammation of the ureter.
+
underhand
adv.
In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
+
urgency
n.
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
+
uppermost
a.
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
+
unsaturated
a.
Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated.
+
unprejudiced
a.
Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.
+
usufruct
n.
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.
+
unripeness
n.
Quality or state of being unripe.
+
uranometry
n.
A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.
+
unfriend
n.
One not a friend; an enemy.
+
unquiet
v.t.
To disquiet.
+
unicorn
n.
The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
+
urethrotomy
n.
An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.
+
ulcerous
a.
Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.
+
uchees
n.pl.
A tribe of North American Indians belonging to the Creek confederation.
+
ugh
interj.
An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.
+
underlie
v.i.
To lie below or under.
+
ultratropical
a.
Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.
+
underbranch
n.
A twig or branchlet.
+
unsettle
v.t.
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
+
upper
n.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
+
unkennel
v.t.
Fig.: To discover; to disclose.
+
undeserver
n.
One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
+
untenant
v.t.
To remove a tenant from.
+
umbrella
n.
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
+
unutterable
a.
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.
+
uvular
a.
Of or pertaining to a uvula.
+
universalism
n.
The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.
+
unseemly
a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
+
underside
n.
The lower or lowest side of anything.
+
unkindly
a.
Unnatural; contrary to nature.
+
upbraid
v.t.
To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
+
ubiety
n.
The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness.
+
undock
v.t.
To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
+
ultramontanist
n.
One who upholds ultramontanism.
+
unruinated
a.
Not ruined or destroyed.
+
utter
a.
hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.
+
unparented
a.
Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent.
+
unbolt
v.i.
To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
+
underwork
v.t.
To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
+
unwarped
a.
Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.
+
undouble
v.t.
To unfold, or render single.
+
unfilial
a.
Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child.
+
uroxanate
n.
A salt of uroxanic acid.
+
urn
v.t.
To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.
+
underchanter
n.
Same as Subchanter.
+
underhand
a.
Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
+
unnest
v.t.
To eject from a nest; to unnestle.
+
uromere
n.
Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.
+
undertake
v.t.
Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
+
unsubstantialize
v.t.
To make unsubstantial.
+
umlauted
a.
Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.
+
untrift
n.
An unthrifty.
+
urgent
a.
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
+
uranolite
n.
A meteorite or aerolite.
+
undershirt
n.
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
+
uxorial
a.
Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.
+
unsocket
v.t.
To loose or take from a socket.
+
unjointed
a.
Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent.
+
up
a.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
+
ultraism
n.
The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.
+
unthriftiness
n.
The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness.
+
undershoot
v.t.
To shoot short of (a mark).
+
unruliment
n.
Unruliness.
+
upset
v.t.
To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
+
unbeget
v.t.
To deprive of existence.
+
use
v.t.
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
+
unassuming
a.
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
+
umbraculiferous
a.
Bearing something like an open umbrella.
+
ustulation
n.
The act of burning or searing.
+
ugly
v.t.
To make ugly.
+
up
adv.
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
+
undertook

imp. of Undertake.
+
unbind
v.t.
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
+
undertake
v.i.
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
+
undulate
v.t.
To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.
+
undreamed
a.
Alt. of Undreamt
+
unwarm
v.t.
To lose warmth; to grow cold.
+
unpolitic
a.
Impolitic; imprudent.
+
unfeather
v.t.
To deprive of feathers; to strip.
+
unkemmed
a.
Unkempt.
+
unwarp
v.t.
To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.
+
usurp
v.t.
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
+
unreeve
v.t.
To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.
+
unhappy
a.
In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
+
unsaddle
v.t.
To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.
+
unhospitable
a.
Inhospitable.
+
unfertile
a.
Not fertile; infertile; barren.
+
uphroe
n.
Same as Euphroe.
+
undertaking
n.
Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
+
underget
v.t.
To get under or beneath; also, to understand.
+
uncloak
v.i.
To remove, or take off, one's cloak.
+
undershrub
a.
Partly shrublike.
+
unsuffering
n.
Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.
+
unpatience
n.
Impatience.
+
ulonata
n.pl.
A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.
+
utterance
n.
Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
+
uptake
v.t.
To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
+
upset
n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
+
umpire
n.
A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
+
unpitious
a.
Destitute of pity; pitiless.
+
unbend
v.t.
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
+
uranitic
a.
Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
+
unappropriate
a.
Inappropriate; unsuitable.
+
unchancy
a.
Ill-fated; unlucky.
+
uncastle
v.t.
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
+
uraniscoraphy
n.
Alt. of Uraniscorrhaphy
+
underlease
n.
A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease.
+
untrunked
a.
Separated from its trunk or stock.
+
uniflorous
a.
Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.
+
undersheriff
n.
A sheriff's deputy.
+
unbecome
v.t.
To misbecome.
+
ulexite
n.
A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.
+
unequal
a.
Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.
+
unravel
v.t.
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
+
upholder
n.
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
+
unstock
v.t.
To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.
+
ungrave
v.t.
To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume.
+
urgently
adv.
In an urgent manner.
+
uninterested
a.
Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.
+
uttermost
a.
Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.
+
unanimous
a.
Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.
+
uranutan

The orang-utang
+
untold
a.
Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.
+
unclosed
a.
Not finished; not concluded.
+
urchon
n.
The urchin, or hedgehog.
+
ushership
n.
The office of an usher; usherdom.
+
umbraculiform
a.
Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.
+
underdrain
n.
An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
+
underboard
adv.
Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.
+
unfair
v.t.
To deprive of fairness or beauty.
+
unconditioned
a.
Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
+
unallied
a.
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera.
+
uniclinal
a.
See Nonoclinal.
+
underbear
v.t.
To support; to endure.
+
undercroft
n.
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.
+
unique
n.
A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
+
upsnatch
v.t.
To snatch up.
+
unison
n.
Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.
+
use
v.t.
To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
+
unsignificant
a.
Insignificant.
+
untented
a.
Not tended; not dressed. See 4th Tent.
+
unattentive
a.
Inattentive; careless.
+
uncut
a.
Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an uncut diamond.
+
untwirl
v.t.
To untwist; to undo.
+
unfailing
a.
Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
+
uprear
v.t.
To raise; to erect.
+
underministry
n.
A subordinate or inferior ministry.
+
unconning
a.
Not knowing; ignorant.
+
upwreath
v.i.
To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.
+
undeceive
v.t.
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake.
+
unkindly
a.
Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.
+
urania
n.
One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
+
unrebukable
a.
Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless.
+
unvaluable
a.
Invaluable; being beyond price.
+
uneasy
a.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
+
unconverted
a.
Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent.
+
unfrequent
a.
Infrequent.
+
unsting
v.t.
To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
+
unwhole
a.
Not whole; unsound.
+
ustulate
a.
Blackened as if burned.
+
univocal
a.
Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
+
unpathwayed
a.
Pathless.
+
upbreak
n.
A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
+
unlikely
a.
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
+
unemployed
a.
Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
+
unciatim
adv.
Ounce by ounce.
+
usage
n.
Experience.
+
updraw
v.t.
To draw up.
+
undermoneyed
a.
Bribed.
+
unbosoming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbosom
+
unbed
v.t.
To raise or rouse from bed.
+
unflesh
v.t.
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton.
+
underproof
a.
Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit.
+
umpiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Umpire
+
unctuous
a.
Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
+
unchurch
v.t.
To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church.
+
unknight
v.t.
To deprive of knighthood.
+
under
prep.
Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion.
+
unseminared
a.
Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.
+
unicursal
a.
That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.
+
un
adv.
Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like.
+
uncapable
a.
Incapable.
+
ursa
n.
Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
+
up
prep.
Upon.
+
uncous
a.
Hooklike; hooked.
+
unchristian
a.
Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
+
unsadness
n.
Infirmity; weakness.
+
undergoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Undergo
+
urchin
a.
Rough; pricking; piercing.
+
unnatural
a.
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.
+
unthread
v.t.
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.
+
underween
v.t.
To undervalue.
+
underplay
v.i.
To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
+
unslaked
a.
Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
+
unsatisfaction
n.
Dissatisfaction.
+
upbraid
v.t.
To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
+
underplot
n.
A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
+
urban
a.
Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
+
underdig
v.t.
To dig under or beneath; to undermine.
+
unlaw
n.
Any transgression or offense against the law.
+
usurpation
n.
The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
+
uncivilized
a.
Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
+
underheave
v.i.
To heave or lift from below.
+
unthriftihead
n.
Alt. of Unthriftihood
+
undam
v.t.
To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction.
+
unchaste
a.
Not chaste; not continent; lewd.
+
unwieldy
a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
+
uncoined
a.
Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural.
+
unkempt
a.
Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
+
umbos
pl.
of Umbo
+
unfruitful
a.
Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.
+
unexperient
a.
Inexperienced.
+
uplandish
a.
Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized.
+
unipara
n.
A woman who has borne one child.
+
unifolliate
a.
Having only one leaf.
+
unbalanced
a.
Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind.
+
unseeming
a.
Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming.
+
unstring
v.t.
To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
+
uraninite
n.
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
+
unknot
v.t.
To free from knots; to untie.
+
urge
v.t.
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
+
unburiable
a.
Not ready or not proper to be buried.
+
unfrequency
n.
Infrequency.
+
untwist
v.t.
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
+
upland
a.
Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
+
uncharneling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Uncharnel
+
undust
v.t.
To free from dust.
+
unfriendly
a.
Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
+
universal
n.
A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.
+
unrecuring
a.
Incurable.
+
unreave
v.t.
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
+
unknown
a.
Not known; not apprehended.
+
unsaint
v.t.
To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to.
+
unaccountable
a.
Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious.
+
ungual
a.
Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.
+
umbra
n.
The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
+
uncia
n.
A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
+
underplot
n.
A clandestine scheme; a trick.
+
underwork
v.i.
To do work for a less price than current rates.
+
uncling
v.i.
To cease from clinging or adhering.
+
unadulterate
a.
Alt. of Unadulterated
+
untressed
a.
Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair.
+
uncloak
v.t.
To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
+
unload
v.t.
To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
+
unmoved
a.
Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic.
+
unsquire
v.t.
To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.
+
uropygium
n.
The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.
+
unconning
n.
Ignorance.
+
unbody
v.i.
To leave the body; to be disembodied; -- said of the soul or spirit.
+
unoffensive
a.
Inoffensive.
+
undergo
v.t.
To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.
+
ultramontane
n.
One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.
+
unplumb
v.t.
To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin.
+
ulster
n.
A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland.
+
unpolled
a.
Not plundered.
+
unking
v.t.
To cause to cease to be a king.
+
ursuline
n.
One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
+
unseason
v.t.
To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably.
+
unimpeachable
a.
Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony.
+
uncase
v.t.
To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.
+
uncase
v.t.
To strip; to flay.
+
undercrest
v.t.
To support as a crest; to bear.
+
uncautiously
adv.
Incautiously.
+
undulated
a.
Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell.
+
uncentre
v.t.
To throw from its center.
+
untraded
a.
Unpracticed; inexperienced.
+
urodele
n.
One of the Urodela.
+
updive
v.i.
To spring upward; to rise.
+
unthinking
a.
Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.
+
unstable
a.
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
+
underwork
n.
Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.
+
umquhile
adv.
Some time ago; formerly.
+
urn
n.
A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
+
upcast
v.t.
To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
+
unideaed
a.
Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous.
+
understock
v.t.
To supply insufficiently with stock.
+
unhappied
a.
Made unhappy.
+
understrapper
n.
A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
+
utilizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Utilize
+
utterance
n.
Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
+
unaccurate
a.
Inaccurate.
+
understratum
n.
The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.
+
uxoricide
n.
One who murders his wife.
+
untie
v.i.
To become untied or loosed.
+
undigne
a.
Unworthy.
+
urge
v.t.
To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
+
undulous
a.
Undulating; undulatory.
+
urceolus
n.
Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.
+
unprobably
adv.
In a manner not to be approved of; improperly.
+
unmanacle
v.t.
To free from manacles.
+
unpray
v.t.
To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for.
+
upgather
v.t.
To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
+
universally
adv.
In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
+
uvic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.
+
upholster
n.
An upholsterer.
+
umber
a.
Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
+
unphilosophize
v.t.
To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
+
unhandsome
a.
Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
+
undercut
n.
The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
+
uncouple
v.i.
To roam at liberty.
+
uniform
a.
A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
+
undersold

p. p. of Undersell.
+
unbutton
v.t.
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
+
unkent
a.
Unknown; strange.
+
uncurtain
v.t.
To remove a curtain from; to reveal.
+
understood
imp.|p.p.
of Understand
+
unworldly
a.
Not worldly; spiritual; holy.
+
unsettle
v.i.
To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered.
+
undertaxed
a.
Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.
+
unheard
a.
Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
+
undertenant
n.
The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.
+
uprise
v.i.
To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
+
unsweat
v.t.
To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
+
unsceptered
a.
Alt. of Unsceptred
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unalist
n.
An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist.
+
unspecialized
a.
Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism.
+
unexpected
a.
Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.
+
uniformitarian
n.
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.
+
uniformity
n.
Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.
+
unseemly
adv.
In an unseemly manner.
+
unequitable
a.
Inequitable.
+
unhead
v.t.
To decapitate; to behead.
+
usucaption
n.
The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
+
usance
v.t.
Interest paid for money; usury.
+
unitarian
n.
A monotheist.
+
unattire
v.t.
To divest of attire; to undress.
+
uvate
n.
A conserve made of grapes.
+
unsucceedable
a.
Not able or likely to succeed.
+
urea
a.
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc.
+
underwing
n.
One of the posterior wings of an insect.
+
unisexual
a.
Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di/cious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di/cious.
+
undermanned
a.
Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
+
underlying
a.
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
+
uncart
v.t.
To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.
+
upshot
n.
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.
+
underbuilding
n.
Same as Substruction.
+
unbend
v.i.
To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
+
univocal
n.
Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
+
usual
n.
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
+
undeck
v.t.
To divest of ornaments.
+
unbid
a.
Alt. of Unbidden
+
uninterested
a.
Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
+
unnapped
a.
Finished without a nap.
+
urchin
n.
A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
+
unbreech
v.t.
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
+
until
conj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.
+
unbeguiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbeguile
+
underworld
n.
The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
+
unquestioned
a.
Not called in question; not doubted.
+
upstare
v.i.
To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.
+
upbraid
v.t.
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
+
unspeakable
a.
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.
+
unite
v.t.
To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.
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unrivaled
a.
Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless.
+
urbanity
n.
Polite wit; facetiousness.
+
underput
v.t.
To put or send under.
+
unblestful
a.
Unblessed.
+
untruism
n.
Something not true; a false statement.
+
unclasp
v.t.
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.
+
underpinning
n.
That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed.
+
urocele
n.
A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
+
untangibility
n.
Intangibility.
+
undercurrent
n.
Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.
+
untrust
n.
Distrust.
+
unassured
a.
Not assured; not bold or confident.
+
unction
n.
That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.
+
uranic
a.
Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.
+
uncreated
a.
Deprived of existence; annihilated.
+
unde
a.
Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
+
undersized
a.
Of a size less than is common.
+
unreally
adv.
In an unreal manner; ideally.
+
unruly
superl.
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
+
underworker
n.
One who underworks.
+
underlayer
n.
One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
+
ungracious
a.
Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling.
+
udaler
n.
Alt. of Udalman
+
uropod
n.
Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
+
ultion
n.
The act of taking vengeance; revenge.
+
underplay
n.
The act of underplaying.
+
unclothed
a.
Divested or stripped of clothing.
+
utile
v.t.
Profitable; useful.
+
unwisdom
n.
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
+
unambition
n.
The absence of ambition.
+
unimproved
a.
Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.
+
umbones
pl.
of Umbo
+
unbreathed
a.
Not breathed.
+
upspurner
n.
A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
+
unsured
a.
Not made sure.
+
uncomprehensive
a.
Unable to comprehend.
+
underhand
adv.
By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
+
umbery
a.
Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.
+
un
adv.
To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, - ---- and the like.
+
underpinned
imp.|p.p.
of Underpin
+
una boat

The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
+
untreasured
a.
Not treasured; not kept as treasure.
+
uncowl
v.t.
To divest or deprive of a cowl.
+
unwashed
a.
Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
+
undivided
a.
Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him.
+
unreal
a.
Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
+
unsew
v.t.
To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
+
unperfect
a.
Imperfect.
+
undersetter
n.
One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.
+
unlocated
a.
Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.
+
unpreach
v.t.
To undo or overthrow by preaching.
+
umbriferous
a.
Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
+
understroke
v.t.
To underline or underscore.
+
unbitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbit
+
un

An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.
+
unhoard
v.t.
To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.
+
underbuy
v.t.
To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.
+
unfriendship
n.
The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity.
+
upholder
n.
One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.
+
uncreditable
a.
Discreditable.
+
unemployed
a.
Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
+
unlook
v.t.
To recall or retract, as a look.
+
unbar
v.t.
To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.
+
unhang
v.t.
To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
+
uranographical
a.
Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.
+
universology
n.
The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.
+
unideal
a.
Not ideal; real; unimaginative.
+
unfeatured
a.
Wanting regular features; deformed.
+
underdoer
n.
One who underdoes; a shirk.
+
undertaking
n.
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
+
underlay
v.t.
To lay beneath; to put under.
+
undecennial
a.
Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival.
+
unsupportable
a.
Insupportable; unendurable.
+
urinary
n.
A urinarium; also, a urinal.
+
unction
n.
The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.
+
unreverend
a.
Not reverend.
+
uniaxially
adv.
In a uniaxial manner.
+
ustorious
a.
Having the quality of burning.
+
underwrote
imp.
of Underwrite
+
ulcerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ulcerate
+
upthrow
v.t.
To throw up.
+
unsighted
a.
Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.
+
urinometry
n.
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
+
ungovernable
a.
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.
+
unflinching
a.
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.
+
uvulatome
n.
An instrument for removing the uvula.
+
unbeseeming
a.
Unbecoming; not befitting.
+
umbellule
n.
An umbellet.
+
unpolicied
a.
Impolitic; imprudent.
+
ungrate
a.
Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate.
+
uncertainty
n.
That which is uncertain; something unknown.
+
unconformity
n.
Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
+
unamiability
n.
The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.
+
undivisible
a.
Indivisible.
+
unbarbed
a.
Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather.
+
ulcuscle
n.
Alt. of Ulcuscule
+
unbounded
a.
Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition.
+
uterovaginal
n.
Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
+
unite
v.t.
United; joint; as, unite consent.
+
unionism
n.
The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.
+
uproarious
a.
Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.
+
uptails all

Revelers; roysterers.
+
uncontrovertibly
adv.
Incontrovertibly.
+
undaunted
a.
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.
+
undulated
imp.|p.p.
of Undulate
+
ungulae
pl.
of Ungula
+
undertide
n.
Alt. of Undertime
+
unavoided
a.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
+
ulcerated
imp.|p.p.
of Ulcerate
+
uncial
n.
An uncial letter.
+
unnobly
adv.
Ignobly.
+
unargued
a.
Not argued against; undisputed.
+
unbe
v.t.
To cause not to be; to cause to be another.
+
undulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Undulate
+
unsufferable
a.
Insufferable.
+
unwitch
v.t.
To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft.
+
unwrite
v.t.
To cancel, as what is written; to erase.
+
underpitch
v.t.
To fill underneath; to stuff.
+
unruled
a.
Not governed or controlled.
+
unrivet
v.t.
To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.
+
unhealth
n.
Unsoundness; disease.
+
unity
n.
The state of being one; oneness.
+
uphang
v.t.
To hang up.
+
uniting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unite
+
unoriginated
a.
Not originated; existing from all eternity.
+
unthinking
a.
Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.
+
unplausive
a.
Not approving; disapproving.
+
undersong
n.
Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.
+
unsensualize
v.t.
To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
+
undercoat
n.
A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
+
upseek
v.i.
To seek or strain upward.
+
upcaught
a.
Seized or caught up.
+
unteach
v.t.
To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned.
+
unitable
a.
Capable of union by growth or otherwise.
+
unsatiate
a.
Insatiate.
+
umber
n.
An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
+
ubiquitariness
n.
Quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous.
+
unapt
a.
Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate.
+
universalian
a.
Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist.
+
unke
n.
A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus).  Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.
+
uncorruptible
a.
Incorruptible.
+
unprevented
a.
Not preceded by anything.
+
unchaplain
v.t.
To remove from a chaplaincy.
+
unplaced
a.
Not placed.
+
unspike
v.t.
To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
+
unsex
v.t.
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.
+
unincumbered
a.
Not incumbered; not burdened.
+
unthrone
v.t.
To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone.
+
uniform
v.t.
To make conformable.
+
usuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Usure
+
upcast
n.
The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
+
unhang
v.t.
To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
+
urceole
n.
A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.
+
unwariness
n.
The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.
+
untithed
a.
Not subjected tithes.
+
utter
a.
To put forth or out; to reach out.
+
untackle
v.t.
To unbitch; to unharness.
+
urox
n.
The aurochs.
+
umbrere
n.
Alt. of Umbriere
+
unicornous
a.
Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.
+
upset
v.t.
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
+
undue
a.
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.
+
universal
a.
Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.
+
undersparred
a.
Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
+
ungracious
a.
Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.
+
underlie
v.t.
To be subject or amenable to.
+
undercast
v.t.
To cast under or beneath.
+
unsheathe
v.t.
To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
+
unexcusable
a.
Inexcusable.
+
undecennary
a.
Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.
+
unheal
v.t.
To uncover. See Unhele.
+
ulula
n.
A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.
+
unexpert
a.
Not expert; inexpert.
+
unlawful
a.
Not lawful; contrary to law.
+
unciform
n.
The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
+
univalent
a.
Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
+
unforgettable
a.
Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
+
undertake
v.t.
To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
+
untrenched
a.
Being without trenches; whole; intact.
+
university
n.
An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning.
+
unpoison
v.t.
To remove or expel poison from.
+
unities
pl.
of Unity
+
uralitization
n.
The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.
+
underskinker
n.
Undertapster.
+
ubiquitarian
n.
One of a school of Lutheran divines which held that the body of Christ is present everywhere, and especially in the eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. Called also ubiquitist, and ubiquitary.
+
unmaterial
a.
Not material; immaterial.
+
uptake
n.
Understanding; apprehension.
+
undress
n.
An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.
+
undo
v.t.
To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle.
+
unpity
n.
Want of piety.
+
upbreak
v.i.
To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
+
unpicked
a.
Not picked.
+
undirect
v.t.
To misdirect; to mislead.
+
unsimplicity
n.
Absence of simplicity; artfulness.
+
underplay
v.i.
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
+
under
adv.
In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
+
unmonopolize
v.t.
To recover or release from the state of being monopolized.
+
unfathered
a.
Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature.
+
unfathered
a.
Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.
+
uncharnel
v.t.
To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.
+
unorganized
a.
Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.
+
uprise
n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
+
uncontrollable
a.
Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.
+
unethes
adv.
With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.
+
usance
v.t.
Use; usage; employment.
+
uprise
v.i.
To have an upward direction or inclination.
+
unnail
v.t.
To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
+
untangible
a.
Intangible.
+
umpirage
n.
The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.
+
unriddle
v.t.|i.
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery.
+
uneasiness
n.
The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road.
+
unsin
v.t.
To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.
+
upthrow
n.
See Throw, n., 9.
+
utricularia
n.
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
+
untread
v.t.
To tread back; to retrace.
+
unvulnerable
a.
Invulnerable.
+
undirectly
adv.
Indirectly.
+
usurer
n.
One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
+
uncini
pl.
of Uncinus
+
unhair
v.t.
To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.
+
unfurnish
v.t.
To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
+
unlash
v.t.
To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
+
unpossible
a.
Impossible.
+
unyoked
a.
Freed or loosed from a yoke.
+
usage
n.
The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
+
unvulgarize
v.t.
To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar.
+
unscrupulous
a.
Not scrupulous; unprincipled.
+
unflexible
a.
Inflexible.
+
underwriting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Underwrite
+
urge
v.i.
To press onward or forward.
+
uncock
v.t.
To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc.
+
unique
a.
Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
+
under
prep.
Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house.
+
unget
v.t.
To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.
+
unreverently
adv.
Irreverently.
+
unpeerable
a.
Incapable of having a peer, or equal.
+
understanding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Understand
+
unceasable
a.
Not capable of being ended; unceasing.
+
urare
n.
Alt. of Urari
+
unfrangible
a.
Infrangible.
+
uncreate
v.t.
To deprive of existence; to annihilate.
+
under
prep.
Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
+
unbelt
v.t.
To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.
+
ungracious
a.
Having no grace; graceless; wicked.
+
ululation
n.
A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
+
unreligious
a.
Irreligious.
+
unmechanize
v.t.
To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure.
+
ubiquitary
n.
A ubiquist.
+
uvrou
n.
See Euphroe.
+
unhandsome
a.
Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.
+
ulmus
n.
A genus of trees including the elm.
+
umbilical
n.
Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
+
unfraught
a.
Removed, as a burden; unloaded.
+
unfolder
n.
One who, or that which, unfolds.
+
unessentially
adv.
In an unessential manner.
+
usured
imp.|p.p.
of Usure
+
unreputable
a.
Disreputable.
+
underconsumption
n.
Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.
+
uncomeatable
a.
Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible.
+
unluckily
adv.
In an unlucky manner.
+
unparched
a.
Dried up; withered by heat.
+
undertaking
n.
The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
+
untie
v.t.
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
+
undertreasurer
n.
An assistant treasurer.
+
upholsterer
n.
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.
+
unman
v.t.
To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
+
unowned
a.
Not acknowledged; not avowed.
+
undoubtable
a.
Indubitable.
+
ultimate
a.
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter.
+
undulate
v.i.
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
+
unquestioned
a.
Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into.
+
usher
n.
An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
+
uncautious
a.
Incautious.
+
uplift
n.
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
+
utricle
n.
A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
+
underhung
a.
Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.
+
ungodly
a.
Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.
+
undulate
a.
Same as Undulated.
+
undulated
a.
Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy.
+
ungenerously
adv.
In an ungenerous manner.
+
usure
v.i.
To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
+
undecide
v.t.
To reverse or recant, as a previous decision.
+
ungored
a.
Not gored or pierced.
+
unsight
a.
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
+
understanding
n.
The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.
+
ugly
n.
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
+
unfrock
v.t.
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
+
umbilicus
n.
An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
+
uretic
a.
Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.
+
unhitch
v.t.
To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.
+
uniat
n.
Alt. of Uniate
+
unwild
v.t.
To tame; to subdue.
+
ulterior
a.
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
+
use
v.i.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
+
urging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Urge
+
use
v.t.
The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
+
uprouse
v.t.
To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse.
+
undercry
v.i.
To cry aloud.
+
unbend
v.i.
To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
+
unnumbered
a.
Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable.
+
unlike
a.
Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
+
urinative
a.
Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic.
+
underproper
n.
One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
+
unlookedfor
a.
Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
+
ungowned
a.
Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.
+
understate
v.t.
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.
+
unvisard
v.t.
To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.
+
uplift
v.t.
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
+
unfold
v.i.
To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
+
ultimatums
pl.
of Ultimatum
+
unturn
v.t.
To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.
+
unchastity
n.
The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.
+
urticate
v.t.|i.
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
+
unweighed
a.
Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement.
+
uncouple
v.t.
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
+
undergrow
v.i.
To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.
+
unpraise
v.t.
To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
+
ulnage
n.
Measurement by the ell; alnage.
+
ubiquitary
a.
Ubiquitous.
+
undervaluation
n.
The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.
+
unshut
v.t.
To open, or throw open.
+
unicellular
a.
Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.
+
unaneled
a.
Not aneled; not having received extreme unction.
+
unbereft
a.
Not bereft; not taken away.
+
urodela
n.pl.
An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
+
unguiculate
n.
One of the Unguiculata.
+
unrioted
a.
Free from rioting.
+
unequalness
n.
The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.
+
utmost
a.
Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
+
unspin
v.t.
To untwist, as something spun.
+
unsceptred
a.
Deprived of a scepter.
+
unconceivable
a.
Inconceivable.
+
umbilicated
a.
Supported by a stalk at the central point.
+
untappice
v.i.
to come out of concealment.
+
unpassionate
a.
Not passionate; dispassionate.
+
ulcerous
a.
Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
+
unvessel
v.t.
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
+
unbegot
a.
Alt. of Unbegotten
+
underrate
v.t.
To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue.
+
unclose
v.t.|i.
To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes.
+
umbecast
v.i.
To cast about; to consider; to ponder.
+
unthread
v.t.
To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.
+
undersky
n.
The lower region of the sky.
+
unsecure
a.
Insecure.
+
unneighborly
a.
Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.
+
undistinctive
a.
Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.
+
unfree
a.
Not free; held in bondage.
+
uncertain
a.
Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
+
urry
n.
A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
+
unsonsy
a.
Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate.
+
unable
a.
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
+
ungotten
a.
Not begotten.
+
undecylenic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.
+
untruss
v.t.
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.
+
ungain
a.
Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.
+
usurarious
a.
Alt. of Usurary
+
unit
n.
A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
+
uneasy
a.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
+
unhat
v.t.|i.
To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.
+
upstairs
adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
+
uplandish
a.
Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands.
+
urogastric
a.
Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.
+
unregenerated
a.
Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.
+
unwitting
a.
Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.
+
unsinew
v.t.
To deprive of sinews or of strength.
+
uneven
a.
Not equal; not of equal length.
+
unlimited
a.
Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
+
uranus
n.
The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
+
unrighteous
a.
Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.
+
unsonable
a.
Incapable of being sounded.
+
uncontrollable
a.
Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
+
unity
n.
The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
+
underbear
v.t.
To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel.
+
utia
n.
Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
+
union
n.
A large, fine pearl.
+
unjoin
v.t.
To disjoin.
+
unbedinned
a.
Not filled with din.
+
unregeneracy
n.
The quality or state of being unregenerate.
+
untrained
a.
Not trainable; indocile.
+
ungueal
a.
Ungual.
+
unpervert
v.t.
To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to reconvert.
+
upset
v.i.
To become upset.
+
unguiferous
a.
Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.
+
uphand
a.
Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge.
+
uprighteously
adv.
In an upright or just manner.
+
uncorrect
a.
Incorrect.
+
unsphere
v.t.
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb.
+
unseemliness
n.
The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.
+
unhand
v.t.
To loose from the hand; to let go.
+
unctuous
a.
Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
+
undertow
n.
The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
+
upbar
v.t.
To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under.
+
uric
a.
Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid.
+
unromanized
a.
Not subjected to Roman arms or customs.
+
upstart
v.i.
To start or spring up suddenly.
+
urdu
n.
The language more generally called Hindustanee.
+
unaffected
a.
Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow.
+
undulary
a.
Moving like waves; undulatory.
+
ungual
a.
Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one.
+
undefeasible
a.
Indefeasible.
+
ubiquitous
a.
Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent.
+
unpastor
v.t.
To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship.
+
unclothed
a.
Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked.
+
unison
n.
Sounding alone.
+
ulnar
a.
Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
+
unpleat
v.t.
To remove the plaits of; to smooth.
+
untruthful
a.
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
+
unencumber
v.t.
To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
+
uncord
v.t.
To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.
+
umbo
n.
A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.
+
unsufficient
a.
Insufficient.
+
understander
n.
One who understands, or knows by experience.
+
uranin
n.
An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.
+
upright
a.
Conformable to moral rectitude.
+
utterance
n.
Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
+
undertaker
n.
One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.
+
ureide
n.
Any one of the many complex derivatives of urea; thus, hydantoin, and, in an extended dense, guanidine, caffeine, et., are ureides.
+
unboot
v.t.
To take off the boots from.
+
understood

imp. & p. p. of Understand.
+
unarmed
a.
Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.
+
unexpertly
adv.
In an unexpert manner.
+
unchariot
v.t.
To throw out of a chariot.
+
unmanned
a.
Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.
+
underlay
v.i.
To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
+
unbowel
v.t.
To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
+
urine
v.i.
To urinate.
+
unwilled
a.
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition.
+
undergraduate
n.
A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
+
uroscopy
n.
The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine.
+
unline
v.t.
To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse.
+
unearthed
imp.|p.p.
of Unearth
+
unsincerity
n.
The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.
+
uranoso
a.
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
+
urali
n.
See Curare.
+
uniform
v.t.
To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
+
unlicked
a.
Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly.  Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v.
+
uniphonous
a.
Having but one sound, as the drum.
+
uniform
a.
Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
+
unfellow
v.t.
To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever.
+
uxoricidal
a.
Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.
+
unlace
v.t.
To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
+
urbaniste
n.
A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin.
+
unluckiness
n.
Quality or state of being unlucky.
+
utlary
n.
Outlawry.
+
urger
n.
One who urges.
+
unresisted
a.
Not resisted; unopposed.
+
unicentral
a.
Having a single center of growth.
+
uraemia
n.
Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.
+
uproar
n.
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.
+
uncarnate
a.
Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate.
+
undulant
a.
Undulating.
+
unimitable
a.
Inimitable.
+
unmovable
a.
Immovable.
+
unifier
n.
One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena.
+
unabsorbable
a.
Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.
+
uranoplasty
n.
The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.
+
undulation
n.
A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
+
undersphere
n.
A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite.
+
underground
a.
Done or occurring out of sight; secret.
+
underthing
n.
Something that is inferior and of little worth.
+
unmake
v.t.
To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.
+
unchristianly
adv.
In an unchristian manner.
+
upwind
v.t.
To wind up.
+
unite
v.t.
Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.
+
urosteons
pl.
of Urosteon
+
unprudential
a.
Imprudent.
+
unleash
v.t.
To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.
+
unhandy
a.
Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.
+
unsighted
a.
Not sighted, or seen.
+
usherless
a.
Destitute of an usher.
+
unguinous
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous.
+
uncloister
v.t.
To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.
+
unassured
a.
Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
+
unstack
v.t.
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
+
upend
v.t.
To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
+
university
n.
An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.
+
unhumanize
v.t.
To render inhuman or barbarous.
+
unfence
v.t.
To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
+
unicelled
a.
Unicellular.
+
undesigning
a.
Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.
+
unreliable
a.
Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
+
untimeous
a.
Untimely.
+
unfusible
a.
Infusible.
+
unvariable
a.
Invariable.
+
utilitarianism
n.
The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
+
unlive
v.t.
To //ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to.
+
uncoil
v.t.
To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.
+
unstill
a.
Not still; restless.
+
uprist

imp. of Uprise. Uprose.
+
unimplicate
a.
Not implicated.
+
umbonate
a.
Alt. of Umbonated
+
undergod
n.
A lower or inferio/ god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.
+
unremorseless
a.
Utterly remorseless.
+
uniplicate
a.
Having, or consisting of, but one fold.
+
unaudienced
a.
Not given an audience; not received or heard.
+
unbottomed
a.
Having no bottom; bottomless.
+
uproar
v.i.
To make an uproar.
+
unvalued
a.
Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate.
+
utopianist
n.
An Utopian; an optimist.
+
unsufficiency
n.
Insufficiency.
+
undertaker
n.
Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.
+
unpeeled
a.
Not peeled.
+
unanswerable
a.
Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument.
+
untangle
v.t.
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.
+
upspring
n.
A spring or leap into the air.
+
unsoul
v.t.
To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle.
+
unendly
a.
Unending; endless.
+
uro

A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity.
+
utilitarian
n.
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
+
upspring
v.i.
To spring up.
+
underminer
n.
One who undermines.
+
union
n.
A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
+
unsparing
a.
Not merciful or forgiving.
+
upsidown
adv.
See Upsodown.
+
unacceptability
n.
The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.
+
uncapper
n.
An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell.
+
unappropriated
a.
Not specially appropriate; having not special application.
+
unvisibly
adv.
Invisibly.
+
underhew
v.t.
To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain.
+
unhoused
a.
Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.
+
uncunningness
n.
Ignorance.
+
undulative
a.
Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.
+
unclose
v.t.|i.
To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
+
unsurmountable
a.
Insurmountable.
+
uranite
n.
A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
+
unheard
a.
Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard.
+
unrobe
v.t.|i.
To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.
+
unequivocal
a.
Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.
+
upstreet
adv.
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet.
+
unsensed
a.
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification.
+
underofficer
n.
A subordinate officer.
+
unguiculated
a.
Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
+
unguical
a.
Ungual.
+
unarted
a.
Ignorant of the arts.
+
unware
a.
Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.
+
unhappy
a.
Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
+
uncoformability
n.
Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.
+
unconsidered
a.
Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling.
+
unsuspicion
n.
The quality or state of being unsuspecting.
+
usquebaugh
a.
A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices.
+
underpight

imp. of Underpitch.
+
unison
n.
Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
+
uncinata
n.pl.
A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
+
unguis
n.
One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
+
unnature
n.
The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural.
+
urnal
a.
Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns.
+
unused
a.
Not habituated; unaccustomed.
+
undiscerning
n.
Want of discernment.
+
unisonant
a.
Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
+
umbriere
n.
In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.
+
unsafety
n.
The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity.
+
unstriated
a.
Nonstriated; unstriped.
+
unbreching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unbreech
+
unappropriate
v.t.
To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly.
+
unlace
v.t.
To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.
+
undulatory
a.
Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves.
+
unarted
a.
Not artificial; plain; simple.
+
undersell
v.t.
To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.
+
uneasy
a.
Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
+
unredeemed
a.
Not redeemed.
+
unifacial
a.
Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.
+
utricular
a.
Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
+
unfailable
a.
Infallible.
+
unharbored
a.
Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.
+
unsensible
a.
Insensible.
+
upraise
v.t.
To raise; to lift up.
+
uterus
n.
The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
+
un
adv.
Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like.
+
unframe
v.t.
To take apart, or destroy the frame of.
+
unwray
v.t.
See Unwrie.
+
unclean
a.
Morally impure.
+
unseem
v.i.
Not to seem.
+
unkempt
a.
Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
+
umbellate
a.
Alt. of Umbellated
+
uplook
v.i.
To look or gaze up.
+
unwonder
v.t.
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.
+
undergrove
n.
A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.
+
unconcluding
a.
Inconclusive.
+
uncustomed
a.
Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs.
+
underfurnish
v.t.
To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
+
unpitied
a.
Pitiless; merciless.
+
unknow
v.t.
To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
+
uniseriate
a.
Having one line or series; uniserial.
+
unbelieving
a.
Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person.
+
uppricked
a.
Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
+
un
adv.
To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them
+
urochordal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
+
untrift
n.
Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.
+
uphilt
v.t.
To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy.
+
use
v.t.
A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
+
unerring
a.
Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.
+
upstart
n.
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
+
unlove
v.t.
To cease to love; to hate.
+
ungowned
a.
Not having, or not wearing, a gown.
+
unrealize
v.t.
To make unreal; to idealize.
+
unchristen
v.t.
To render unchristian.
+
unmeant
a.
Not meant or intended; unintentional.
+
unison
n.
Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
+
unveiler
n.
One who removes a veil.
+
unanchor
v.t.
To loose from the anchor, as a ship.
+
unquestioned
a.
Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
+
unfiled
a.
Not defiled; pure.
+
unbundle
v.t.
To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.
+
uncredible
a.
Incredible.
+
undermine
v.t.
To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
+
uncover
v.i.
To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect.
+
underpin
v.t.
To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
+
uncia
n.
A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem.
+
undergo
v.t.
To be the bearer of; to possess.
+
unmothered

Deprived of a mother; motherless.
+
unio
n.
Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.
+
unwisely
adv.
In an unwise manner; foolishly.
+
underbearer
n.
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
+
uncaused
a.
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.
+
unkennel
v.t.
To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
+
unbarrel
v.t.
To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.
+
unconscious
a.
Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration.
+
usurping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Usurp
+
unboweled
imp.|p.p.
of Unbowel
+
united
a.
Combined; joined; made one.
+
unkard
a.
See Unked.
+
using
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Use
+
unborrowed
a.
Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.
+
unpedigreed
a.
Not distinguished by a pedigree.
+
urosternite
n.
The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.
+
unequalable
a.
Not capable of being equaled or paralleled.
+
utilizable
a.
Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
+
unburden
v.t.
To relieve from a burden.
+
utriculate
a.
Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.
+
unready
a.
Not dressed; undressed.
+
use
v.t.
The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
+
undermine
v.t.
Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.
+
uneasiness
n.
The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.
+
umbilicus
n.
A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.
+
unconquerable
a.
Not conquerable; indomitable.
+
upline
n.
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
+
unembarrassment
n.
Freedom from embarrassment.
+
unavoided
a.
Not avoided or shunned.
+
unloose
v.i.
To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
+
unsacrament
v.t.
To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism.
+
undertakable
a.
Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
+
uneared
a.
Not eared, or plowed.
+
underreckon
v.t.
To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.
+
uniterable
a.
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated.
+
unharness
v.t.
To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen.
+
unlike
a.
Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.
+
unwellness
n.
Quality or state of being unwell.
+
unmiter
v.t.
Alt. of Unmitre
+
unifollilate
a.
Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.
+
uttermore
a.
Further; outer; utter.
+
unked
a.
Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.
+
uncleship
n.
The office or position of an uncle.
+
unshent
a.
Not shent; not disgraced; blameless.
+
unity
n.
Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
+
unclean
a.
Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
+
untalked
a.
Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of.
+
unextricable
a.
Not extricable; inextricable.
+
undated
a.
Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved.
+
unboy
v.t.
To divest of the traits of a boy.
+
uberty
n.
Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty.
+
unblemished
a.
Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life.
+
unbiased
a.
Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial.
+
umbrage
n.
Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
+
ubiquity
n.
Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence.
+
unkiss
v.t.
To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.
+
unpitious
a.
Impious; wicked.
+
unload
v.t.
To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
+
unguis
n.
The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
+
unproselyte
v.t.
To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.
+
universe
n.
All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.
+
unfaithful
a.
Not possessing faith; infidel.
+
ultramundane
a.
Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
+
uncus
n.
A hook or claw.
+
unstate
v.t.
To deprive of state or dignity.
+
unlabored
a.
Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.
+
urao
n.
See Trona.
+
unfile
v.t.
To remove from a file or record.
+
undulation
n.
A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
+
unchristianly
a.
Unchristian.
+
unsped
a.
Not performed; not dispatched.
+
unseasoned
a.
Untimely; ill-timed.
+
utopian
a.
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
+
utterance
n.
The act of uttering.
+
unfleshly
a.
Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.
+
utricular
a.
Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.
+
unembarrassed
a.
Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.
+
unshape
v.t.
To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange.
+
unliquored
a.
Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.
+
unappliable
a.
Inapplicable.
+
up
adv.
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
+
underdealing
n.
Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery.
+
unaccomplished
a.
Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.
+
unatonable
a.
Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable.
+
uncurrent
a.
Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes.
+
undertenancy
n.
Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.
+
unshroud
v.t.
To remove the shroud from; to uncover.
+
universological
a.
Of or pertaining to universology.
+
uptails all

Revelry; confusion; frolic.
+
uncolt
v.t.
To unhorse.
+
umbrae
pl.
of Umbra
+
unmasterable
a.
Incapable of being mastered or subdued.
+
unfriended
a.
Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported.
+
unconditioned
a.
Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable.
+
umbilicus
n.
The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.
+
uncover
v.i.
To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
+
unpersuasion
n.
The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.
+
uranate
n.
A salt of uranic acid.
+
upas
n.
A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.
+
unagreeable
a.
Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable.
+
unknow
a.
Unknown.
+
unoperculated
a.
Destitute of an operculum, or cover.
+
unconcernment
n.
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness.
+
unempirically
adv.
Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
+
ultimate
v.t.|i.
To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.
+
urine
n.
In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
+
unmannerly
a.
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.
+
uncreated
a.
Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being.
+
ultimo

In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult.  Cf. Proximo.
+
unvisible
a.
Invisible.
+
unlimber
v.t.
To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
+
upskip
n.
An upstart.
+
unlimited
a.
Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.
+
undo
v.t.
To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
+
untwain
v.t.
To rend in twain; to tear in two.
+
unused
a.
Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.
+
uniaxal
a.
Uniaxial.
+
undeeded
a.
Not deeded or transferred by deed; as, undeeded land.
+
unbenevolence
n.
Absence or want of benevolence; ill will.
+
uncardinal
v.t.
To degrade from the cardinalship.
+
unpitousty
n.
Impiety.
+
unconfidence
n.
Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
+
unweldy
a.
Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy.
+
unlovely
a.
Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
+
ursuline
a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
+
unbend
v.t.
A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
+
unthriftihood
n.
Untriftiness.
+
upland
n.
The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
+
unmosaic
a.
Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.
+
unembarrassed
a.
Not embarrassed.
+
unprotestantize
v.t.
To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic.
+
urgence
n.
Urgency.
+
unhappy
a.
Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
+
underjaw
n.
The lower jaw.
+
unplight
v.t.
To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
+
untemper
v.t.
To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft.
+
untie
v.t.
To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
+
underhang
v.t.|i.
To hang under or down; to suspend.
+
urge
v.t.
To provoke; to exasperate.
+
underpinning
n.
The foundation, esp. of a frame house.
+
unapt
a.
Inapt; slow; dull.
+
utro

- (/). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.
+
uncut
a.
Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.
+
untile
v.t.
To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.
+
unstriped
a.
Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.
+
unclosed
a.
Not closed; not sealed; open.
+
unpaired
a.
Not paired; not suited or matched.
+
unilateral
a.
Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
+
unprejudiced
a.
Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment.
+
umbilic
n.
An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b).
+
uplock
v.t.
To lock up.
+
undecency
n.
Indecency.
+
ungula
n.
A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
+
upset
v.t.
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
+
used
imp.|p.p.
of Use
+
upcast
n.
A taunt; a reproach.
+
unsoft
adv.
Not softly.
+
underlie
n.
See Underlay, n., 1.
+
unman
v.t.
To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
+
uprun
v.i.
To run up; to ascend.
+
ungkaputi
n.
The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See Gibbon.
+
upstairs
a.
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
+
unmanhood
n.
Absence or lack of manhood.
+
unbridle
v.t.
To free from the bridle; to set loose.
+
upheave
v.t.
To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.
+
unprincipled
a.
Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle.
+
uddered
a.
Having an udder or udders.
+
unworthy
a.
Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.
+
unmantle
v.t.
To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
+
unarmed
a.
Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
+
unconscious
a.
Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
+
undulation
n.
The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin.
+
urn
n.
Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.
+
undeniable
a.
Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.
+
uropodal
a.
Of or pertaining to a uropod.
+
unmember
v.t.
To deprive of membership, as in a church.
+
unshiftable
a.
That may /ot be shifted.
+
uniate
n.
A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.
+
unmortise
v.t.
To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together.
+
unconspicuous
a.
Inconspicuous.
+
unruled
a.
Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.
+
umpired
imp.|p.p.
of Umpire
+
uncourtliness
n.
Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity.
+
undying
a.
Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.
+
union
n.
A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
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urochord
n.
The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
+
untoward
a.
Froward; perverse.
+
unmerciful
a.
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
+
unembodied
a.
Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits.
+
unbelieving
a.
Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
+
unshale
v.t.
To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover.
+
unmistakable
a.
Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.
+
unborn
a.
Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear; future.
+
unhouseled
a.
Not having received the sacrament.
+
upheaped
a.
Piled up; accumulated.
+
unbolt
v.t.
To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
+
ubiquity
n.
The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.
+
urn
n.
A tea urn. See under Tea.
+
understand
v.t.
To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
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unadvised
a.
Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding.
+
uncharge
v.t.
To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.
+
undermasted
a.
Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
+
unpoised
a.
Not poised or balanced.
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unambiguity
n.
Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.
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unsymmetrical
a.
Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.
+
unhouse
v.t.
To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.
+
untrustful
a.
Not trustful or trusting.
+
unprelated
a.
Deposed from the office of prelate.
+
usquebaugh
a.
A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky.
+
unthink
v.t.
To recall or take back, as something thought.
+
unsearchable
a.
Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
+
unlord
v.t.
To deprive of the rank or position of a lord.
+
undampned
a.
Uncondemned.
+
upward
n.
The upper part; the top.
+
upblow
v.i.
To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea.
+
uncorruption
n.
Incorruption.
+
urinate
v.i.
To discharge urine; to make water.
+
underdo
v.i.
To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.
+
urinous
a.
Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine.
+
uralic
a.
Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.
+
unnear
prep.
Not near; not close to; at a distance from.
+
underspend
v.t.
To spend less than.
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unship
v.t.
To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.
+
umbrella
n.
The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
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urethane
n.
A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.
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undoer
n.
One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.
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upper
comp.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
+
underworld
n.
The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.
+
upholder
n.
An upholsterer.
+
underwear
n.
That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.
+
undecylic
a.
Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2.
+
unconditional
a.
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.
+
unreserve
n.
Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication.
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unblest
a.
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched.
+
uncle
n.
The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.
+
unoil
v.t.
To remove the oil from.
+
unculture
n.
Want of culture.
+
univalvia
n.pl.
Same as Gastropoda.
+
ulteriorly
adv.
More distantly or remotely.
+
unifilar
a.
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.
+
upcast
n.
An upset, as from a carriage.
+
uintatherium
n.
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.
+
unvitiated
a.
Not vitiated; pure.
+
umbrose
a.
Shady; umbrageous.
+
uneasity
adv.
In an easy manner.
+
unrevenued
a.
Not furnished with a revenue.
+
umbilicate
a.
Alt. of Umbilicated
+
unmoral
a.
Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral.
+
ulcerated
a.
Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.
+
underdressed
a.
Not dresses enough.
+
unpolled
a.
Not polled.
+
underwrite
v.t.
To write under something else; to subscribe.
+
untold
a.
Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.
+
uniramous
a.
Having but one branch.
+
unoriginately
adv.
Without origin.
+
unveil
v.i.
To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
+
underfringe
n.
A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.
+
unowed
a.
Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
+
unmarry
v.t.
To annul the marriage of; to divorce.
+
unkind
a.
Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural.
+
unbidden
a.
Uninvited; as, unbidden guests.
+
undersay
v.t.
To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
+
unpolish
v.t.
To deprive of polish; to make impolite.
+
unapproved
a.
Not approved.
+
unravel
v.t.
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
+
underhangman
n.
An assistant or deputy hangman.
+
ungown
v.t.
To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
+
unafiled
a.
Undefiled.
+
unparadise
v.t.
To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy.
+
unbeing
a.
Not existing.
+
undueness
n.
The quality of being undue.
+
umbo
n.
One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
+
underlocker
n.
A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.
+
unrespect
n.
Disrespect.
+
unconverted
a.
Not converted or exchanged.
+
usurpingly
adv.
In a usurping manner.
+
urban
a.
Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
+
upwhirl
v.t.|i.
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
+
urinator
n.
One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
+
underfoot
adv.
Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.
+
unwit
v.t.
To deprive of wit.
+
unreasonable
a.
Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.
+
undertone
n.
A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
+
underbranch
n.
A lower branch.
+
ushered
imp.|p.p.
of Usher
+
underwriter
n.
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
+
use
v.t.
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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upon
prep.
On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
+
unroot
v.t.
To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
+
unelastic
a.
Not elastic; inelastic.
+
unsolder
v.t.
To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder.
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ulotrichous
a.
Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.
+
underlaborer
n.
An assistant or subordinate laborer.
+
usage
n.
Manners; conduct; behavior.
+
uncap
v.t.
To remove a cap or cover from.
+
uphold
v.t.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
+
uterus
n.
A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
+
uranoscopy
n.
Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.
+
unhelm
v.t.
To deprive of the helm or helmet.
+
unorder
v.t.
To countermand an order for.
+
unperishable
a.
Imperishable.
+
unperishably
adv.
Imperishably.
+
unidimensional
a.
Having but one dimension. See Dimension.
+
undecisive
a.
Indecisive.
+
unyoke
v.t.
To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.
+
uncircumcised
n.
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites.
+
unprobably
adv.
Improbably.
+
unbeware
adv.
Unawares.
+
ure
n.
Use; practice; exercise.
+
untangibly
adv.
Intangibly.
+
unloose
v.t.
To make loose; to loosen; to set free.
+
underspore
v.t.
To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever.
+
unicapsular

Having but one capsule to each flower.
+
ululated
imp.|p.p.
of Ululate
+
univocal
n.
A word having but one meaning.
+
unitarian
a.
Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines.
+
ultimity
n.
The last stage or consequence; finality.
+
undergrub
v.t.
To undermine.
+
unshet
v.t.
To unshut.
+
unsaturated
a.
Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.
+
uncoined
a.
Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver.
+
unacceptable
a.
Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.
+
ulotrichi
n.pl.
The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair.  Cf. Leiotrichi.
+
unimpairable
a.
That can not be impaired.
+
unguard
v.t.
To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected.
+
unlearn
v.t.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
+
underfeed
v.t.
To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.
+
unlocated
a.
Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.
+
underwork
v.i.
To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
+
uncity
v.t.
To deprive of the rank or rights of a city.
+
unremitting
a.
Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions.
+
unattached
a.
Not assigned to any company or regiment.
+
underactor
n.
A subordinate actor.
+
unitize
v.t.
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.
+
unrazored
a.
Not shaven.
+
untomb
v.t.
To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
+
upsetting
a.
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow.
+
underditch
v.t.
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.
+
upwards
adv.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
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unanswerability
n.
The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.
+
unspotted
a.
Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.
+
unjointed
a.
Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.
+
unilabiate
a.
Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.
+
unabridged
a.
Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.
+
unsaddle
v.t.
To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
+
unreproved
a.
Not reproved.
+
unseat
v.t.
Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.
+
ultimate
a.
Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
+
uranography
n.
A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.
+
unpractical
a.
Not practical; impractical.
+
ultra
a.
Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
+
unisonal
a.
Being in unison; unisonant.
+
unwrinkle
v.t.
To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth.
+
unbewitch
v.t.
To free from a spell; to disenchant.
+
unscapable
a.
Not be escaped; inevitable.
+
unload
v.i.
To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
+
unlikelihood
n.
Absence of likelihood.
+
unless
conj.
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.
+
universal
a.
Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
+
undergrow
a.
Undergrown.
+
uniformity
n.
The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.
+
unmeaning
a.
Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.
+
unconstraint
n.
Freedom from constraint; ease.
+
unincumbered
a.
Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.
+
unroost
v.t.
To drive from the roost.
+
umbrageous
a.
Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.
+
unplume
v.t.
To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.
+
ultimatum
n.
A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
+
unhusked
a.
Not husked; having the husk on.
+
undetermination
n.
Indetermination.
+
unaccountable
a.
Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
+
unprinciple
v.t.
To destroy the moral principles of.
+
union
n.
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
+
undercharge
v.t.
To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.
+
unfret
v.t.
To smooth after being fretted.
+
unspeak
v.t.
To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay.
+
ubiquarian
a.
Ubiquitous.
+
umbrageous
a.
Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure.
+
unableness
n.
Inability.
+
undervest
n.
An undershirt.
+
upbraiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Upbraid
+
unlaid
a.
Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
+
uncharitable
a.
Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal.
+
uckewallist
n.
One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland.
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upas
n.
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).
+
ulmaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.
+
unchurch
v.t.
To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.
+
uncoif
v.t.
To deprive of the coif or cap.
+
unbowed
a.
Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
+
underrate
n.
A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate.
+
underminister
v.t.
To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation.
+
unspilt
a.
Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
+
unaccurateness
n.
Inaccuracy.
+
unpick
v.t.
To pick out; to undo by picking.
+
unpope
v.t.
To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.
+
unremembrance
n.
Want of remembrance; forgetfulness.
+
unparliamentary
a.
Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.
+
usurary
a.
Usurious.
+
unpitied
a.
Not pitied.
+
uncovered
imp.|p.p.
of Uncover
+
unprofit
n.
Want of profit; unprofitableness.
+
ultra
a.
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
+
unacquainted
a.
Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
+
unitively
adv.
In a unitive manner.
+
undwellable
a.
Uninhabitable.
+
urethroplasty
n.
An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra.
+
umbellet
n.
A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.
+
unicolorous
a.
Having the surface of a uniform color.
+
unpatient
a.
Impatient.
+
undone

p. p. of Undo.
+
undersphere
n.
An inferior sphere, or field of action.
+
unisonance
n.
Accordance of sounds; unison.
+
uniformism
n.
The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
+
untooth
v.t.
To take out the teeth of.
+
uptrain
v.t.
To train up; to educate.
+
usherdom
n.
The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively.
+
understand
v.t.
To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
+
unseal
v.t.
To disclose, as a secret.
+
unready
v.t.
To undress.
+
unsalable
n.
That which can not be sold.
+
unreality
n.
The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.
+
underturn
v.t.
To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.
+
uropygial
a.
Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds.
+
underhonest
a.
Not entirely honest.
+
usnic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens  (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
+
undisposedness
n.
Indisposition; disinclination.
+
unconstant
a.
Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable.
+
urochrome
n.
A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.
+
undertapster
n.
Assistant to a tapster.
+
unigenous
a.
Being of one kind; being of the same genus.
+
upwards
adv.
In the upper parts; above.
+
unowed
a.
Ownerless.
+
unringed
a.
Not having a ring, as in the nose.
+
uplead
v.t.
To lead upward.
+
unpeeled
a.
Thoroughly stripped; pillaged.
+
unglove
v.t.
To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand.
+
unfurl
v.t.|i.
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
+
unction
n.
That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
+
underlay
n.
To put a tap on (a shoe).
+
unrelenting
a.
Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
+
unfortunate
a.
Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.
+
unhele
v.t.
To uncover.
+
unthriftily
adv.
Not thriftily.
+
uvea
n.
The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
+
unglorious
a.
Inglorious.
+
unarm
v.i.
To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor.
+
unbred
a.
Not taught or trained; -- with to.
+
unassured
a.
Not to be trusted.
+
unmoor
v.t.
To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.
+
upset
a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.
+
upbreed
v.t.
To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
+
unsuit
v.t.
Not to suit; to be unfit for.
+
unswaddle
v.t.
To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.
+
ultrage
n.
Outrage.
+
unearthing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unearth
+
undervaluer
n.
One who undervalues.
+
utas
n.
Hence, festivity; merriment.
+
unlock
v.t.
To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
+
unity
n.
Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
+
unskillful
a.
Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
+
upward
a.
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
+
unhap
n.
Ill luck; misfortune.
+
utopia
n.
Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
+
undergore
v.t.
To gore underneath.
+
undersleeve
n.
A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,
+
umpire
v.t.
To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
+
unsufficience
n.
Alt. of Unsufficiency
+
undersuit
n.
A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.
+
unconverted
a.
Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish.
+
utilize
v.t.
To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
+
unmold
v.t.
Alt. of Unmould
+
undersheriffry
n.
Undershrievalty.
+
unconstitutional
a.
Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer.
+
unite
v.i.
To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all parties united in signing the petition.
+
unravel
v.i.
To become unraveled, in any sense.
+
uranographist
n.
One practiced in uranography.
+
umbilic
a.
See Umbilical, 1.
+
ultime
a.
Ultimate; final.
+
unsoldiered
a.
Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike.
+
unitarianizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unitarianize
+
usurpatory
a.
Marked by usurpation; usurping.
+
unripe
a.
Developing too early; premature.
+
unspiritalize
v.t.
To deprive of spiritually.
+
uphill
a.
Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
+
unbit
v.t.
To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.
+
uneven
a.
Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.
+
ugliness
n.
The quality or state of being ugly.
+
unlaid
a.
Not laid or placed; not fixed.
+
unsuccessful
a.
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.
+
underground
adv.
Beneath the surface of the earth.
+
unagreeable
a.
Disagreeable.
+
unconsequential
a.
Inconsequential.
+
uredospore
n.
The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales, Heter/cious, etc.
+
ultraist
n.
One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.
+
untack
v.t.
To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.
+
unconverted
a.
Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another.
+
unalmsed
a.
Not having received alms.
+
ulodendron
n.
A genus of fossil trees.
+
unmechanized
a.
Not mechanized.
+
unalienable
a.
Inalienable; as, unalienable rights.
+
unhandsome
a.
Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
+
unresistible
a.
Irresistible.
+
unqueen
v.t.
To divest of the rank or authority of queen.
+
uncock
v.t.
To let down the cock of, as a firearm.
+
underlie
v.t.
To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
+
unbone
v.t.
To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
+
uncloud
v.t.
To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like.
+
utterable
a.
Capable of being uttered.
+
undo
v.t.
To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
+
unsanctification
n.
Absence or lack of sanctification.
+
ubiquitist
n.
Alt. of Ubiquitarian
+
unmagistrate
v.t.
To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate.
+
upcountry
a.
Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence.
+
uglify
v.t.
To disfigure; to make ugly.
+
unwish
v.t.
To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
+
upset
v.t.
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
+
upsend
v.t.
To send, cast, or throw up.
+
unconcludent
a.
Alt. of Unconcluding
+
uredo
n.
Nettle rash. See Urticaria.
+
ustulation
n.
The burning of wine.
+
unbottomed
a.
Deprived of a bottom.
+
unleavened
a.
Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.
+
unity
n.
Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
+
ulterior
a.
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
+
unskillful
a.
Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
+
umbrageous
a.
Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious.
+
unsatiable
a.
Insatiable.
+
unworship
v.t.
To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor.
+
understanding
n.
An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another.
+
unballast
a.
Not ballasted.
+
unifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unify
+
univocal
n.
Unequivocal; indubitable.
+
unattached
a.
Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
+
unyoked
a.
Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
+
untempter
n.
One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter.
+
use
v.t.
Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
+
unciae
pl.
of Uncia
+
ungenerous
a.
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
+
usury
v.t.
The practice of taking interest.
+
unvaluable
a.
Not valuable; having little value.
+
unpleaded
a.
Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.
+
universalist
n.
One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.
+
underpight
imp.
of Underpitch
+
underwork
v.i.
To do less work than is proper or suitable.
+
ungive
v.t.|i.
To yield; to relax; to give way.
+
urosome
n.
The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.
+
unseasoned
a.
Not seasoned.
+
unitized
imp.|p.p.
of Unitize
+
unseason
v.t.
To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.
+
untrusser
n.
One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.
+
unnestle
v.t.
Same as Unnest.
+
uraeum
n.
The posterior half of an animal.
+
unpleasantry
n.
A state of disagreement; a falling out.
+
unanimity
n.
The quality or state of being unanimous.
+
upfill
v.t.
To fill up.
+
unnerve
v.t.
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
+
upcurl
v.t.
To curl up.
+
unty
v.t.
To untie.
+
user
n.
Enjoyment of property; use.
+
univocal
a.
Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
+
uncalledfor
a.
Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
+
unpack
v.t.
To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.
+
umbrette
n.
See Umber, 4.
+
unexact
a.
Not exact; inexact.
+
unisilicate
n.
A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2.
+
udal
a.
Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial.
+
unlawlike
a.
Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful.
+
uncial
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
+
untrustful
a.
Not to be trusted; not trusty.
+
unquestionable
a.
Not inviting questions or conversation.
+
uncreatedness
n.
The quality or state of being uncreated.
+
unrest
n.
Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
+
unshakable
a.
Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed.
+
utricle
n.
A utriculus.
+
unhoped
a.
Not hoped or expected.
+
untruth
n.
The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
+
untongue
v.t.
To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
+
unjustice
n.
Want of justice; injustice.
+
unwilling
a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
+
upbind
v.t.
To bind up.
+
unfeaty
a.
Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.
+
unlabored
a.
Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work.
+
uncurably
adv.
In an uncurable manner.
+
utterer
n.
One who utters.
+
unbridled
a.
Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.
+
uberous
a.
Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful.
+
untraveled
a.
Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.
+
underfong
v.t.
To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
+
unpromise
v.t.
To revoke or annul, as a promise.
+
ukase
n.
In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
+
uro

A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.
+
underground
a.
Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.
+
unbosom
v.t.
To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self.
+
undertime
n.
The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.
+
underwent
imp.
of Undergo
+
undergrowth
n.
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.
+
universalness
n.
The quality or state of being universal; universality.
+
ulcered
a.
Ulcerous; ulcerated.
+
undress
v.t.
To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.
+
underwood
n.
Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.
+
unsceptred
a.
Having no scepter.
+
unplacable
a.
Implacable.
+
unscrutable
a.
Inscrutable.
+
unmorrised
a.
Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer.
+
underline
v.t.
To influence secretly.
+
unshed
a.
Not parted or divided, as the hair.
+
unchristianize
v.t.
To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.
+
unlatched
imp.|p.p.
of Unlatch
+
unbless
v.t.
To deprive of blessings; to make wretched.
+
undauntable
a.
Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.
+
unlucky
a.
Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
+
unstock
v.t.
To remove from the stocks, as a ship.
+
unwormed
a.
Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.
+
universologist
n.
One who is versed in universology.
+
unyoked
a.
Licentious; unrestrained.
+
unruffle
v.i.
To cease from being ruffled or agitated.
+
untuck
v.t.
To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
+
urge
v.t.
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
+
unbidden
a.
Not bidden; not commanded.
+
unroot
v.i.
To be torn up by the roots.
+
underchamberlain
n.
A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
+
uncunning
a.
Ignorant.
+
urination
n.
The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.
+
union
n.
A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
+
unlock
v.t.
To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
+
upbraid
n.
The act of reproaching; contumely.
+
underwrit

of Underwrite
+
unwritten
a.
Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
+
uphasp
v.t.
To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.
+
usbeks
n.pl.
A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.
+
unjust
a.
Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.
+
upstir
n.
Insurrection; commotion; disturbance.
+
undermeal
n.
The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
+
unfortunate
n.
An unfortunate person.
+
unsound
a.
Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
+
uncircumcision
n.
The absence or want of circumcision.
+
ubiquitist
n.
Same as Ubiquist.
+
unbreech
v.t.
To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
+
uncreate
a.
Uncreated; self-existent.
+
undress
n.
A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
+
unpleasive
a.
Unpleasant.
+
unadmissible
a.
Alt. of Unadmittable
+
unpracticable
a.
Impracticable; not feasible.
+
underwrite
v.i.
To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
+
underviewer
n.
See Underlooker.
+
unionist
n.
One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.
+
universalist
a.
Of or pertaining to Unversalists of their doctrines.
+
unblind
v.t.
To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open the eyes of.
+
uncentury
v.t.
To remove from its actual century.
+
unce
n.
A claw.
+
ungulata
n.pl.
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
+
utterless
a.
Incapable of being uttered.
+
unlade
v.t.
To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.
+
umber
n.
An umbrere.
+
unbarricadoed
a.
Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets.
+
unconformable
a.
Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.
+
undeaf
v.t.
To free from deafness; to cause to hear.
+
ultimation
n.
State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum.
+
unset
a.
Not set; not fixed or appointed.
+
unbuxom
a.
Disobedient.
+
unsecret
a.
Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet.
+
unripe
a.
Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.
+
uppish
a.
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
+
unsymmetrical
a.
Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts.
+
upsyturvy
adv.
Upside down; topsy-turvy.
+
uncautelous
a.
Incautious.
+
unconformity
n.
Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
+
unconsecrate
v.t.
To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.
+
uncenter
v.t.
Alt. of Uncentre
+
unloosen
v.t.
To loosen; to unloose.
+
unkindly
a.
Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
+
upstay
v.t.
To sustain; to support.
+
unlimitable
a.
Illimitable.
+
underpinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Underpin
+
unhive
v.t.v.t.
To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.
+
undight
v.t.
To put off; to lay aside, as a garment.
+
urogenital
a.
Same as Urinogenital.
+
uniter
n.
One who, or that which, unites.
+
ustulation
n.
The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
+
umbrella
n.
Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
+
undirected
a.
Not directed; not guided; left without direction.
+
unequal
a.
Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
+
utopical
a.
Utopian; ideal.
+
unchain
v.t.
To free from chains or slavery; to let loose.
+
unelegant
a.
Inelegant.
+
undertaker
n.
One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor.
+
undermeal
n.
Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.
+
unpen
v.t.
To release from a pen or from confinement.
+
untime
n.
An unseasonable time.
+
unheal
n.
Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
+
underdrain
v.t.
To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.
+
upward
adv.
Alt. of Upwards
+
unteach
v.t.
To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.
+
underverse
n.
The lower or second verse.
+
uranian
a.
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
+
unprecedented
a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
+
undertake
v.i.
To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
+
uvaursi
n.
The bearberry.
+
upside
n.
The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
+
ultimately
adv.
As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
+
unreproachable
a.
Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
+
urnshaped
a.
Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
+
unfalcated
a.
Not falcated, or hooked.
+
unbereaven
a.
Unbereft.
+
undubitable
a.
Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle.
+
unconcern
n.
Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
+
untidy
a.
Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
+
unstriped
a.
Not striped.
+
umbra
n.
The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.
+
understanding
a.
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.
+
unreprievable
a.
Not capable of being reprieved.
+
undispensable
a.
Indispensable.
+
unfit
a.
Not fit; unsuitable.
+
undercurrent
n.
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
+
uphaf

imp. of Upheave.
+
underestimate
n.
The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.
+
usurer
n.
One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender.
+
undefine
v.t.
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
+
unearth
v.t.
To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.
+
unfoldment
n.
The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.
+
uniflagellate
a.
Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.
+
uptear
v.t.
To tear up.
+
usurpant
a.
Usurping; encroaching.
+
upholster
n.
A broker.
+
unelasticity
n.
Inelasticity.
+
unmaiden
v.t.
To ravish; to deflower.
+
uplander
n.
The upland sandpiper.
+
use
v.t.
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
+
unijugate
a.
Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.
+
unequal
a.
Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
+
up
adv.
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
+
unruliness
n.
Quality or state unruly.
+
uvulatomy
n.
The operation of removing the uvula.
+
unhingement
n.
The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.
+
unbegilt
a.
Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold.
+
undivided
a.
Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
+
uptails all

An old game at cards.
+
uncover
v.t.
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
+
unconcerning
a.
Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one.
+
upshoot
v.i.
To shoot upward.
+
untemperate
a.
Intemperate.
+
unappealable
a.
Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.
+
unsoft
a.
Not soft; hard; coarse; rough.
+
uwarowite
n.
Ouvarovite.
+
uncoform
a.
Unlike.
+
unbend
v.t.
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
+
usurpature
n.
Usurpation.
+
underclay
n.
A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
+
unroofed
a.
Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.
+
ure
n.
The urus.
+
unconsummate
a.
Not consummated; not accomplished.
+
ululate
v.i.
To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
+
unfaithful
a.
Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.
+
unburden
v.t.
To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
+
unitarianize
v.t.|i.
To change or turn to Unitarian views.
+
unwind
v.t.
To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
+
unlodge
v.t.
To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment.
+
uniaxial
a.
Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.
+
usurper
n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
+
unbeguile
v.t.
To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
+
uva
n.
A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.
+
upflung
a.
Flung or thrown up.
+
unright
v.t.
To cause (something right) to become wrong.
+
unhood
v.t.
To remove a hood or disguise from.
+
unconvenient
a.
Inconvenient.
+
untreasure
v.t.
To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured.
+
unfraught
a.
Not fraught; not burdened.
+
untimely
a.
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
+
unsightable
a.
Invisible.
+
undecane
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule.
+
uncivil
a.
Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
+
unresistance
n.
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance.
+
undercurrent
a.
Running beneath the surface; hidden.
+
utterance
n.
Sale by offering to the public.
+
umbo
n.
The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
+
uncongeal
v.i.
To thaw; to become liquid again.
+
uniaxial
a.
Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.
+
un
adv.
Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like.
+
uncovenable
a.
Not covenable; inconvenient.
+
unprevented
a.
Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows.
+
unware
a.
Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.
+
unkind
a.
Having no race or kindred; childless.
+
usefully
adv.
In a useful manner.
+
uncredit
v.t.
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit.
+
unmannerly
adv.
Uncivilly; rudely.
+
umbellularia
n.
A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.
+
untoward
a.
Awkward; ungraceful.
+
utility
n.
Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.
+
underworked
imp.|p.p.
of Underwork
+
unjoint
v.t.
To disjoint.
+
umpress
n.
Female umpire.
+
unexperienced
a.
Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.
+
unstudied
a.
Not spent in study.
+
unify
v.t.
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.
+
unbear
v.t.
To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
+
unreason
n.
Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
+
unhooked
a.
Without nooks and corners; guileless.
+
unit
n.
A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.
+
understand
v.i.
To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
+
unembodied
a.
Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.
+
unshot
a.
Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.
+
unbreast
v.t.
To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom.
+
undefatigable
a.
Indefatigable.
+
upsitting
n.
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.
+
upwards
adv.
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
+
underfellow
n.
An underling // mean, low fellow.
+
up
prep.
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
+
underworld
n.
The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.
+
unisonous
a.
Being in unison; unisonant.
+
use
v.t.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
+
untreasured
a.
Deprived of treasure.
+
unlaw
v.t.
To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw.
+
unmuffle
v.t.
To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
+
undigenous
a.
Generated by water.
+
undiocesed
a.
Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese.
+
unshell
v.t.
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.
+
unlaw
v.t.
To deprive of the authority or character of law.
+
unlived
a.
Bereft or deprived of life.
+
unswear
v.t.
To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.
+
ungrateful
a.
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
+
urubu
n.
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
+
ursula
n.
A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
+
untimeliness
n.
Unseasonableness.
+
unbeat
v.t.
To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
+
untruth
n.
That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.
+
uphoard
v.t.
To hoard up.
+
unshed
a.
Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears.
+
unpannel
v.t.
To take the saddle off; to unsaddle.
+
uncover
v.t.
To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
+
unstop
v.t.
To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.
+
urbicolous
a.
Of or pertaining to a city; urban.
+
unmanned
a.
Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship.
+
unmercied
a.
Unmerciful; merciless.
+
unconcerned
a.
Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future.
+
umpirage
n.
The act of umpiring; arbitrament.
+
unsitting
a.
Not sitting well; unbecoming.
+
underclothing
n.
Same as Underclothes.
+
urania
n.
A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
+
underworld
n.
The inferior part of mankind.
+
urbicolae
n.pl.
An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers (Hesperiadae).
+
unsincere
a.
Not sincere or pure; insincere.
+
unpolicied
a.
Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.
+
underbred
a.
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.
+
undeadly
a.
Not subject to death; immortal.
+
uncock
v.t.
To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
+
unface
v.t.
To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
+
unpleaded
a.
Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.
+
unvail
v.t.|i.
See Unveil.
+
unstick
v.t.
To release, as one thing stuck to another.
+
unearthly
a.
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound.
+
undeify
v.t.
To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.
+
unstring
v.t.
Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
+
unction
n.
Divine or sanctifying grace.
+
umbrel
n.
An umbrella.
+
undoing
n.
Ruin.
+
un
adv.
To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective
+
unconfound
v.t.
To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded.
+
underwork
v.t.
To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting.
+
unbowelled

of Unbowel
+
underhead
n.
A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.
+
unlink
v.t.
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
+
universality
n.
The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.
+
upset
v.t.
To set up; to put upright.
+
unwarranted
a.
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
+
unthrift
a.
Unthrifty.
+
un
adv.
An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseless.
+
undulation
n.
The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
+
uppent
a.
A Pent up; confined.
+
ursal
n.
The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
+
uterine
a.
Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
+
unpalped
a.
Destitute of a palp.
+
uxoricide
n.
The murder of a wife by her husband.
+
unsely
a.
Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate.
+
unclue
v.t.
To unwind; to untangle.
+
underarm
a.
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand.  Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.
+
unwarrantable
a.
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
+
uncorrupt
a.
Incorrupt.
+
use
v.t.
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
+
unship
v.t.
To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.
+
ulva
n.
A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
+
universalize
v.t.
To make universal; to generalize.
+
umbrosity
n.
The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.
+
univocation
n.
Agreement of name and meaning.
+
umber
v.t.
To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.
+
unguent
n.
A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.
+
underkingdom
n.
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
+
unembarrassed
a.
Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed.
+
uropoetic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.
+
umbellated
a.
Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.
+
unwroken
a.
Not revenged; unavenged.
+
undulationist
n.
One who advocates the undulatory theory of light.
+
unmanned
a.
Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.
+
unto
prep.
To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.
+
uroglaucin
n.
A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.
+
urethroscopy
n.
Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.
+
unwell
a.
Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
+
unnaturalize
v.t.
To make unnatural.
+
unmuffle
v.t.
To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
+
undecyl
n.
The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid.
+
unwise
a.
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
+
umber
n.
A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.
+
unvote
v.t.
To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.
+
unconformist
n.
A nonconformist.
+
up
adv.
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
+
unaccomplishment
n.
The state of being unaccomplished.
+
unlooked
a.
Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.
+
unlearn
v.t.
To fail to learn.
+
underjoin
v.t.
To join below or beneath; to subjoin.
+
upbuoyance
n.
The act of buoying up; uplifting.
+
umbellifer
n.
A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
+
unmoor
v.i.
To weigh anchor.
+
unconsiderate
a.
Inconsiderate; heedless; careless.
+
unplaid
v.t.
To deprive of a plaid.
+
uncrudded
a.
Not cruddled, or curdled.
+
umbilicus
n.
Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
+
unability
n.
Inability.
+
undwelt
a.
Not lived (in); -- with in.
+
unboundably
adv.
Infinitely.
+
unossified
a.
Destitute of a bony structure.
+
undercharge
v.t.
To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.
+
uncuth
n.
A stranger.
+
undersoil
n.
The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
+
uriniparous
a.
Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.
+
unsettlement
n.
The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance.
+
unbeliever
n.
One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.
+
unintermission
n.
Want or failure of intermission.
+
unexpressive
a.
Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.
+
underpeep
v.t.
To peep under.
+
unhead
v.t.
To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.
+
unwonted
a.
Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers.
+
underservant
n.
An inferior servant.
+
understrapping
a.
Becoming an understrapper; subservient.
+
upgrow
v.i.
To grow up.
+
undulating
a.
Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.
+
unvicar
v.t.
To deprive of the position or office a vicar.
+
uranometria
n.
A uranometry.
+
uranographic
a.
Alt. of Uranographical
+
uncase
v.t.
To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.
+
urnful
n.
As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.
+
unyoke
v.t.
To loose or free from a yoke.
+
uncharm
v.t.
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant.
+
uroxanthin
n.
Same as Indican.
+
unaccustomed
a.
Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to.
+
unipersonal
a.
Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.
+
ungenitured
a.
Destitute of genitals; impotent.
+
unbay
v.t.
To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.
+
undermaster
n.
A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.
+
ubication
n.
Alt. of Ubiety
+
unbow
v.t.
To unbend.
+
umbilicus
n.
The hilum.
+
untowardly
a.
Perverse; froward; untoward.
+
ungues
pl.
of Unguis
+
unstrained
a.
Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference.
+
unprudence
n.
Imprudence.
+
unbreeched
imp.|p.p.
of Unbreech
+
unwit
n.
Want of wit or understanding; ignorance.
+
unstrained
a.
Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.
+
uncombine
v.t.
To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union.
+
utopian
n.
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
+
urtica
n.
A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
+
uncage
v.t.
To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
+
unseconded
a.
Not exemplified a second time.
+
u

the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
+
utter
a.
Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
+
unwashen
a.
Not washed.
+
ungifted
a.
Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments.
+
unestablish
v.t.
To disestablish.
+
unsophisticate
a.
Alt. of Unsophisticated
+
unshrubbed
a.
Being without shrubs.
+
unapplicable
a.
Inapplicable.
+
uncomplete
a.
Incomplete.
+
undertaken
p.p.
of Undertake
+
undergraduate
a.
Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.
+
undrape
v.t.
To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
+
unlawed
a.
Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.
+
unco
n.
A strange thing or person.
+
unresty
a.
Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows.
+
ushering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Usher
+
urinogenital
a.
Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.
+
unanimous
a.
Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote.
+
ungainliness
n.
The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
+
urticating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Urticate
+
ultimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ultimate
+
uncouth
a.
Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
+
unnervate
a.
Enervate.
+
unipolar
a.
Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.
+
underaction
n.
Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
+
unprizable
a.
Not prized or valued; being without value.
+
undergroan
v.t.
To groan beneath.
+
unmeet
a.
Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for.
+
uakari
n.
Same as Ouakari.
+
uniliteral
a.
Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.
+
uncrown
v.t.
To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone.
+
unbraid
v.t.
To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.
+
unexperience
n.
Inexperience.
+
ultrared
a.
Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.
+
unsuccess
n.
Want of success; failure; misfortune.
+
unshapen
a.
Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.
+
unionistic
a.
Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
+
unswell
v.t.
To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
+
ulcerate
v.i.
To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
+
uttered
imp.|p.p.
of Utter
+
unhelmet
v.t.
To deprive of the helmet.
+
usitative
a.
Denoting usual or customary action.
+
upgive
v.t.
To give up or out.
+
uncessant
a.
Incessant.
+
uncult
a.
Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
+
uphill
a.
Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
+
unswathe
v.t.
To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
+
ungotten
a.
Not gotten; not acquired.
+
ungulate
n.
Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
+
unbelief
n.
Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
+
uncinate
a.
Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.
+
unload
v.t.
To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
+
uptown
adv.
To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown.
+
unlaugh
v.t.
To recall, as former laughter.
+
understanding
n.
Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.
+
unicorn
n.
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
+
ulcerable
a.
Capable of ulcerating.
+
umbrage
n.
The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.
+
ulluco
n.
See Melluc/o.
+
use
v.i.
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
+
unfriendly
a.
Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.
+
unvoweled
a.
Having no vowel sounds or signs.
+
umbilicus
n.
A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
+
underback
n.
A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.
+
utis
n.
See Utas.
+
umpireship
n.
Umpirage; arbitrament.
+
utraquist
n.
One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.
+
unigeniture
n.
The state of being the only begotten.
+
upcountry
adv.
In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry.
+
ulan
n.
See Uhlan.
+
undergarment
n.
A garment worn below another.
+
unmade
a.
Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.
+
untraded
a.
Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.
+
unparalleled
a.
Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
+
unilobar
a.
Consisting of a single lobe.
+
unbashful
a.
Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless.
+
unbent
imp.|p.p.
of Unbend
+
undeserve
v.t.
To fail to deserve.
+
understairs
n.
The basement or cellar.
+
utopist
n.
A Utopian.
+
ureameter
n.
An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.
+
unappropriate
a.
Not appropriated.
+
uplay
v.t.
To hoard.
+
undersail
v.i.
To sail alongshore.
+
uproar
v.t.
To throw into uproar or confusion.
+
ulmic
a.
Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.
+
unwrap
v.t.
To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
+
underpin
v.t.
To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
+
uniped
a.
Having only one foot.
+
uranocher
n.
Alt. of Uran-ochre
+
unpacker
n.
One who unpacks.
+
unweld
a.
Alt. of Unweldy
+
unzoned
a.
Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.
+
upgrowth
n.
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
+
ululating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ululate
+
unlaid
a.
Not laid out, as a corpse.
+
ultramontane

Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.
+
us
pron.
The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
+
uppertendom
n.
The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
+
umpire
n.
A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
+
unpoised
a.
Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating.
+
union
n.
Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
+
uppluck
v.t.
To pull or pluck up.
+
understandable
a.
Capable of being understood; intelligible.
+
uranous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.
+
ulceration
n.
The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
+
urbanity
n.
The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.
+
unbred
a.
Not begotten; unborn.
+
unsorted
a.
Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.
+
unwemmed
a.
Not blemished; undefiled; pure.
+
unsophisticated
a.
Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.
+
unhonest
a.
Dishonest; dishonorable.
+
uti possidetis

A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.
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uniseptate
a.
Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.
+
uncircumstandtial
a.
Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.
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usher
v.t.
To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.
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ugly
superl.
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
+
unknit
v.t.
To undo or unravel what is knitted together.
+
underground
n.
The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.
+
unsoot
a.
Not sweet.
+
unland
v.t.
To deprive of lands.
+
unbalanced
a.
Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.
+
uniformity
n.
Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
+
underdolven

p. p. of Underdelve.
+
unpay
v.t.
To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.
+
undress
v.t.
To divest of clothes; to strip.
+
unturned
a.
Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
+
unit
n.
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
+
upholster
v.t.
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
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uninfringible
a.
That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.
+
unbias
v.t.
To free from bias or prejudice.
+
undeterminate
a.
Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.
+
universalist
n.
One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.
+
upstart
n.
The meadow saffron.
+
upplight

imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
+
unfledged
a.
Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature.
+
ungula
n.
A hoof, claw, or talon.
+
unclog
v.t.
To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty.
+
unanswered
a.
Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.
+
umpire
v.t.
To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.
+
uncanonize
v.t.
To deprive of canonical authority.
+
ur
n.
Alt. of Ure
+
universalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Universalize
+
uniquity
n.
The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness.
+
urocerata
n.pl.
A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.
+
unman
v.t.
To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
+
upgush
v.i.
To gush upward.
+
unhide
v.t.
To bring out from concealment; to discover.
+
urceoli
pl.
of Urceolus
+
up
n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
+
unicameral
a.
Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.
+
un
adv.
Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively.
+
unsisting
a.
Unresisting.
+
urinometer
n.
A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
+
upspear
v.i.
To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass.
+
unglaze
v.t.
To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window.
+
ulcer
n.
A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.
+
upprop
v.t.
To prop up.
+
unmutable
a.
Immutable.
+
undevotion
n.
Absence or want of devotion.
+
udderless
a.
Destitute or deprived of an udder.
+
upstand
v.i.
To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
+
unstudied
a.
Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.
+
unhelmed
a.
Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.
+
unbark
v.t.
To cause to disembark; to land.
+
umlaut
n.
The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
+
underpart
n.
A subordinate part.
+
unformed
a.
Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.
+
unketh
a.
Uncouth.
+
unbowelling

of Unbowel
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unctuous
a.
Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.
+
unmerciless
a.
Utterly merciless.
+
unfounded
a.
Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations.
+
uphold
v.t.
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
+
urn
n.
A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.
+
ursiform
a.
Having the shape of a bear.
+
undepartable
a.
Incapable of being parted; inseparable.
+
urinary
a.
Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.
+
upturn
v.t.
To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.
+
utes
n.pl.
An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.
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unmask
v.i.
To put off a mask.
+
undulation
n.
The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.
+
unmould
v.t.
To change the form of; to reduce from any form.
+
unsling
v.t.
To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings.
+
upridged
a.
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.
+
upswell
v.i.
To swell or rise up.
+
unexpressive
a.
Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable.
+
ultroneous
a.
Spontaneous; voluntary.
+
unswayable
a.
Not capable of being swayed.
+
usable
a.
Capable of being used.
+
uncork
v.t.
To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.
+
unplained
a.
Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented.
+
udal
n.
In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.
+
undeterminable
a.
Not determinable; indeterminable.
+
undervalue
v.t.
To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.
+
unwind
v.t.
To disentangle.
+
urceolar
a.
Urceolate.
+
uraemic
a.
Of or pertaining to uraemia; as, uraemic convulsions.
+
unstring
v.t.
To relax the tension of; to loosen.
+
unregeneration
n.
Unregeneracy.
+
unmentionables
n.pl.
The breeches; trousers.
+
unmoor
v.t.
To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.
+
ursine
a.
Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.
+
unmartyr
v.t.
To degrade from the rank of a martyr.
+
underdelve
v.t.
To delve under.
+
unrein
v.t.
To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
+
underagent
n.
A subordinate agent.
+
ultimate
a.
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
+
unusual
a.
Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.
+
underdo
v.t.
To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.
+
urus
n.
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
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universal
a.
Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.
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unwary
a.
Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
+
unbox
v.t.
To remove from a box or boxes.
+
unbefool
v.t.
To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.
+
underpraise
v.t.
To praise below desert.
+
undumpish
v.t.
To relieve from the dumps.
+
unbuild
v.t.
To demolish; to raze.
+
uninteressed
a.
Uninterested; unaffected.
+
upspring
n.
An upstart.
+
unactive
a.
Inactive; listless.
+
unintelligence
n.
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance.
+
urbane
a.
Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
+
uncamp
v.t.
To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
+
usurpation
n.
Use; usage; custom.
+
undercoat
n.
A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.
+
upstroke
n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.
+
understatement
n.
The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.
+
urtical
a.
Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
+
untrowable
a.
Incredible.
+
upcountry
n.
The interior of the country.
+
urva
n.
The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
+
underpinning
n.
The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
+
urocord
n.
See Urochord.
+
unconscionable
a.
Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.
+
urim
n.
A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures.
+
uterine
a.
Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
+
underhand
a.
Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
+
unauthorize
v.t.
To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
+
underfilling
n.
The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building.
+
unbitted
imp.|p.p.
of Unbit
+
univocacy
n.
The quality or state of being univocal.
+
underpoise
v.t.
To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue.
+
ungular
a.
Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.
+
umbratile
a.
Umbratic.
+
ungrateful
a.
Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.
+
undue
a.
Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.
+
unargued
a.
Not argued or debated.
+
unbenign
a.
Not benign; malignant.
+
ulcuscule
n.
A little ulcer.
+
utriculus
n.
A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
+
uptie
v.t.
To tie up.
+
unbound
imp.|p.p.
of Unbind
+
underfaction
n.
A subordinate party or faction.
+
umbilic
n.
The navel; the center.
+
urechitin
n.
A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.
+
unlucky
a.
Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.
+
unequal
a.
Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
+
understair
a.
Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.
+
ultramarine
n.
A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.
+
unblindfold
v.t.
To free from that which blindfolds.
+
unthread
v.t.
To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.
+
unequally
adv.
In an unequal manner.
+
urostea
pl.
of Urosteon
+
unicorn
n.
The larva of a unicorn moth.
+
undermost
a.
Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.
+
urbanize
v.t.
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.
+
unperfection
n.
Want of perfection; imperfection.
+
umbelliferone
n.
A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin.
+
unexampled
a.
Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.
+
unexpensive
a.
Inexpensive.
+
univocally
adv.
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.
+
unlorded
a.
Deprived of the rank of a lord.
+
urethra
n.
The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.
+
upswarm
v.i.|i.
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms.
+
useful
a.
Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
+
urinal
n.
A place or convenience for urinating purposes.
+
uralian
a.
Alt. of Uralic
+
unlaw
n.
A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
+
unciform
a.
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
+
unbank
v.t.
To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
+
unific
a.
Making one or unity; unifying.
+
unsubstantiation
n.
A divesting of substantiality.
+
until
prep.
To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
+
unprison
v.t.
To take or deliver from prison.
+
unifromness
n.
The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.
+
unbeliever
n.
A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.
+
unitarian
n.
One who rejects the principle of dualism.
+
until
prep.
To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.
+
unbonnet
v.t.
To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head.
+
uncontestable
a.
Incontestable.
+
unhoop
v.t.
To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.
+
ubeth
adv.
Alt. of Unethes
+
undisclose
v.t.
To keep close or secret.
+
urrhodin
n.
Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.
+
undersailed
a.
Inadequately equipped with sails.
+
undecolic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance.
+
unfeigned
a.
Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.
+
uncertain
a.
Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
+
unco
a.
Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved.
+
unlatching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unlatch
+
untraveled
a.
Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman.
+
unplat
v.t.
To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.
+
unadmittable
a.
Inadmissible.
+
umbilication
n.
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.
+
unembarrassed
a.
Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed.
+
unstockinged
a.
Destitute of stockings.
+
untruss
n.
Alt. of Untrusser
+
united
imp.|p.p.
of Unite
+
upthunder
v.i.
To send up a noise like thunder.
+
unprovident
a.
Improvident.
+
underwitted
a.
Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly.
+
urobilin
n.
A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.
+
unpenetrable
a.
Impenetrable.
+
urge
v.i.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
+
unconversion
n.
The state of being unconverted; impenitence.
+
uncomprehensive
a.
Incomprehensible.
+
unobedient
a.
Disobedient.
+
understrata
pl.
of Understratum
+
usance
v.t.
The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
+
unloader
n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.
+
untwist
v.t.
To untie; to open; to disentangle.
+
urchin
n.
A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
+
unartistic
a.
Inartistic.
+
understand
v.t.
To stand under; to support.
+
utensil
v.t.
That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
+
unsay
v.t.
To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.
+
uncheckable
a.
Not capable of being checked or stopped.
+
uncertain
a.
To make uncertain.
+
utopianism
n.
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
+
unveil
v.t.
To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.
+
uncinus
n.
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
+
unpassable
a.
Impassable.
+
unbusied
a.
Not required to work; unemployed; not busy.
+
unsad
a.
Unsteady; fickle.
+
uneath
a.
Not easy; difficult; hard.
+
ungainly
a.
Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
+
unlimited
a.
Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms.
+
unpope
v.t.
To deprive of a pope.
+
uninucleated
a.
Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.
+
unsorrowed
a.
Not sorrowed for; unlamented.
+
unclutch
v.t.
To open, as something closely shut.
+
urology
n.
See Uronology.
+
uxorious
a.
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.
+
universal
n.
The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
+
undern
n.
The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.
+
ulnare
n.
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.
+
unsexed
imp.|p.p.
of Unsex
+
unglue
v.t.
To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.
+
utica
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
+
union
n.
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
+
unbending
a.
Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
+
unbung
v.t.
To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.
+
unpursed
a.
Taken from the purse; expended.
+
undertaking
n.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
+
upright
a.
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
+
unlabored
a.
Not produced by labor or toil.
+
unproper
a.
Not proper or peculiar; improper.
+
underlay
n.
The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
+
unviolable
a.
Inviolable.
+
unsexing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unsex
+
unrightwise
a.
Unrighteous.
+
unfeeling
a.
Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.
+
unreverend
a.
Disrespectful; irreverent.
+
ubiquitaries
pl.
of Ubiquitary
+
unsexual
a.
Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes.
+
unlute
v.t.
To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from.
+
unfit
v.t.
To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
+
ulnaria
pl.
of Ulnare
+
ureter
n.
The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.
+
unimuscular
a.
Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.
+
underlock
n.
A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
+
ultra vires

Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
+
usufructuary
n.
A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.
+
utilization
n.
The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
+
uncared
a.
Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for.
+
unpolled
a.
Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter.
+
urinarium
n.
A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure.
+
unbark
v.t.
To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree.
+
unfounded
a.
Not founded; not built or established.
+
underdose
n.
A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose.
+
unexpressible
a.
Inexpressible.
+
unhopedfor
a.
Unhoped; unexpected.
+
unbarbed
a.
Not shaven.
+
upheaval
n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
+
unscale
v.t.
To divest of scales; to remove scales from.
+
unroll
v.t.
To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
+
unamiable
a.
Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.
+
unapparel
v.t.
To divest of clothing; to strip.
+
unbone
v.t.
To twist about, as if boneless.
+
unload
v.t.
To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.
+
unromanized
a.
Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
unshaked
a.
Unshaken.
+
unlace
v.t.
To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
+
underwrought

of Underwork
+
unblushing
a.
Not blushing; shameless.
+
unseat
v.t.
To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.
+
unroof
v.t.
To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house.
+
unkle
n.
See Uncle.
+
unified
imp.|p.p.
of Unify
+
unwork
v.t.
To undo or destroy, as work previously done.
+
unfellowed
a.
Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated.
+
unruinate
a.
Alt. of Unruinated
+
unduke
v.t.
To deprive of dukedom.
+
undeeded
a.
Not made famous by any great action.
+
unready
a.
Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
+
unwind
v.i.
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
+
unearned
a.
Not earned; not gained by labor or service.
+
understudy
v.t.|i.
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
+
unprizable
a.
Invaluable; being beyond estimation.
+
ubiquitary
n.
One who exists everywhere.
+
undernime
v.t.
To reprove; to reprehend.
+
unquietude
n.
Uneasiness; inquietude.
+
underling
n.
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.
+
unresisted
a.
Resistless; as, unresisted fate.
+
unchild
v.t.
To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.
+
unreason
v.t.
To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning.
+
upcheer
v.t.
To cheer up.
+
university
n.
The universe; the whole.
+
upokororo
n.
An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.
+
usury
v.t.
A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
+
uptrain

A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus.
+
uncover
v.t.
To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
+
unconsonant
a.
Incongruous; inconsistent.
+
usager
n.
One who has the use of anything in trust for another.
+
upstart
a.
Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
+
unedge
v.t.
To deprive of the edge; to blunt.
+
uti possidetis

The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.
+
understratums
pl.
of Understratum
+
umbles
n.pl.
The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.
+
univocal
n.
A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
+
underneath
prep.
Under; beneath; below.
+
unpack
v.t.
To relieve of a pack or burden.
+
umbilicated
a.
Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.
+
unpicked
a.
Picked out; picked open.
+
unbody
v.t.
To free from the body; to disembody.
+
unpin
v.t.
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
+
unfirm
a.
Infirm.
+
unreasoned
a.
Not supported by reason; unreasonable.
+
usherance
n.
The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in.
+
ungod
v.t.
To deprive of divinity; to undeify.
+
uraniscorrhaphy
n.
Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.
+
upburst
n.
The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
+
uneligible
a.
Ineligible.
+
unlay
v.t.
To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
+
uronology
n.
That part of medicine which treats of urine.
+
underhanded
a.
Underhand; clandestine.
+
understand
v.i.
To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
+
usance
v.t.
Custom; practice; usage.
+
unaserved
a.
Not served.
+
unfold
v.t.
To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
+
understand
v.t.
To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
+
uliginous
a.
Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places.
+
uncouth
a.
Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
+
unseam
v.t.
To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.
+
ule
n.
A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.
+
upblow
v.t.
To inflate.
+
unbound

imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
+
unsatiability
n.
Quality of being unsatiable; insatiability.
+
uhlan
n.
One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.
+
unharness
v.t.
To disarm; to divest of armor.
+
unexperienced
a.
Untried; -- applied to things.
+
umbellar
a.
Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
+
undergrown
a.
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
+
unipersonalist
n.
One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.
+
unlatch
v.i.
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
+
unseel
v.t.
To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten.
+
unaidable
a.
Incapable of being aided.
+
uveous
a.
Resembling a grape.
+
uncoffle
v.t.
To release from a coffle.
+
underfoot
a.
Low; base; abject; trodden down.
+
unentangle
v.t.
To disentangle.
+
umbra
n.
Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
+
undersetting
n.
Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.
+
uncontroversory
a.
Not involving controversy.
+
underpeer
v.t.
To peer under.
+
unbending
a.
Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
+
unhusked
a.
Having the husk removed; without husk.
+
uncovenanted
a.
Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.
+
uroerythrin
n.
A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
+
unlade
v.t.
To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.
+
unfaith
n.
Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.
+
unkindred
a.
Not kindred; not of the same kin.
+
unavoidable
a.
Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
+
undertaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Undertake
+
utter
a.
To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
+
unregenerate
a.
Alt. of Unregenerated
+
umbratic
a.
Alt. of Umbratical
+
unked
a.
Lonely; dreary; unkard.
+
unwonted
a.
Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes.
+
undress
v.t.
To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
+
unease
n.
Want of ease; uneasiness.
+
undue
a.
Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding.
+
untoward
prep.
Toward.
+
unhoused
a.
Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.
+
unicarinated
a.
Having one ridge or keel.
+
unrig
v.t.
To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship.
+
uncovering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Uncover
+
ulterior
n.
Ulterior side or part.
+
uprightness
n.
the quality or state of being upright.
+
unbacked
a.
Never mounted by a rider; unbroken.
+
undertake
v.t.
To have knowledge of; to hear.
+
unform
v.t.
To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake.
+
unweary
v.t.
To cause to cease being weary; to refresh.
+
urocyst
n.
The urinary bladder.
+
unicostate
a.
Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
+
unsoutcheoned
a.
Destitute of an escutcheon.
+
untwine
v.i.
To become untwined.
+
unroll
v.t.
To display; to reveal.
+
undercut
v.t.
To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.
+
unauspicious
a.
Inauspicious.
+
uranus
n.
One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.
+
unchristened
a.
Not christened; as, an unchristened child.
+
uredo
n.
One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement.
+
unweeting
a.
Unwitting.
+
uniserial
a.
Having only one row or series.
+
uncuth
a.
Unknown; strange.
+
unsymmetrically
adv.
Not symmetrically.
+
unsociable
a.
Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.
+
ululant
a.
Howling; wailing.
+
undreamt
a.
Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th/ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of.
+
unconformable
a.
Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata.
+
unguis
n.
The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
+
unliquidated
a.
Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.
+
usher
n.
An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc.
+
undividual
a.
Indivisible.
+
uniform
a.
Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
+
underfurrow
v.t.
To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.
+
unpolite
a.
Not polite; impolite; rude.
+
unpaganize
v.t.
To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
+
untented
a.
Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field.
+
unperfect
v.t.
To mar or destroy the perfection of.
+
underwritten
p.p.
of Underwrite
+
untrue
adv.
Untruly.
+
uncoformability
n.
The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness.
+
unitarian
n.
One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief.
+
udderless
a.
Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs.
+
unshipment
n.
The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.
+
ungored
a.
Not stained with gore; not bloodied.
+
unstrain
v.t.
To relieve from a strain; to relax.
+
uncircumstandtial
a.
Not important; not pertinent; trivial.
+
unsheriff
v.t.
To depose from the office of sheriff.
+
umbilical
n.
Pertaining to the center; central.
+
uriniferous
a.
Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.
+
unadvisable
a.
Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
+
urnfuls
pl.
of Urnful
+
unpossess
v.t.
To be without, or to resign, possession of.
+
unitizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Unitize
+
unbloody
a.
Not bloody.
+
upsterte

imp. & p. p. of Upstart.
+
uncovenanted
a.
Not having entered into relationship with God through the appointed means of grace; also, not promised or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies.
+
unpossibility
n.
Impossibility.
+
uncalm
v.t.
To disturb; to disquiet.
+
ullage
n.
The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
+
unvalued
a.
Having inestimable value; invaluable.
+
ugsome
a.
Ugly; offensive; loathsome.
+
unspleened
a.
Deprived of a spleen.
+
upcoil
v.t.|i.
To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
+
unlikely
adv.
In an unlikely manner.
+
unlikely
a.
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
+
unlaw
v.t.
To impose a fine upon; to fine.
+
undivided
a.
Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection.
+
unportunate
a.
Importunate; troublesome with requests.
+
ultima
a.
Most remote; furthest; final; last.
+
utter
a.
Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
+
unprofited
a.
Profitless.
+
unburrow
v.t.
To force from a burrow; to unearth.
+
unreverence
n.
Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence.
+
urohyal
a.
Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.
+
underpeopled
a.
Not fully peopled.
+
unmerchantable
a.
Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable.
+
underlay
n.
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
+
unliquored
a.
Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
+
unordinate
a.
Disorderly; irregular; inordinate.
+
ungula
n.
Same as Unguis, 3.
+
uncivilty
adv.
In an uncivil manner.
+
unchristian
a.
Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
+
unsymmetrical
a.
Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.
+
uncreated
a.
Not yet created; as, misery uncreated.
+
univalve
n.
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
+
uraniscoplasty
n.
The process of forming an artificial palate.
+
unsalable
a.
Not salable; unmerchantable.
+
undecreed
a.
Not decreed.
+
unargued
a.
Not censured.
+
unartful
a.
Lacking art or skill; artless.
+
uniovulate
a.
Containing but one ovule.
+
undernime
v.t.
To receive; to perceive.
+
uncomfortable
a.
Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.
+
undecreed
a.
Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed.
+
unit
n.
A single thing or person.
+
unriddler
n.
One who unriddles.
+
uptown
a.
Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.
+
upupa
n.
A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
+
undercharge
n.
A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.
+
uncoach
v.t.
To detach or loose from a coach.
+
unchristian
v.t.
To make unchristian.
+
unequal
a.
Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.
+
ugly
superl.
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
+
untent
v.t.
To bring out of a tent.
+
unlikeliness
n.
The quality or state of being unlikely.
+
unlearned
a.
Not gained by study; not known.
+
undeniably
adv.
In an undeniable manner.
+
unconfounded
a.
Not confounded.
+
urite
n.
One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.
+
undispensable
a.
Not to be freed by dispensation.
+
ultraviolet
a.
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.
+
unfeudalize
v.t.
To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.
+
univalve
a.
Alt. of Univalved
+
utas
n.
The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael.
+
utilitarianism
n.
The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe.
+
umbilicus
n.
One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
+
uzema
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles.
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