| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ubiquarian | adjective | Ubiquitous. |
| ubiquitist | noun | Alt. of Ubiquitarian, Same as Ubiquist. |
| ubiquitary | adjective | Ubiquitous., One who exists everywhere., A ubiquist. |
| ubiquitous | adjective | Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent. |
| ularburong | noun | A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous. |
| ulcerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Ulcerate |
| ulceration | noun | The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer. |
| ulcerative | adjective | Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process. |
| ullmannite | noun | A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel. |
| ulodendron | noun | A genus of fossil trees. |
| ulotrichan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi., One of the Ulotrichi. |
| ulteriorly | adverb | More distantly or remotely. |
| ultimating | present participle & vb. noun | of Ultimate |
| ultimately | adverb | As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings. |
| ultimation | noun | State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum. |
| ultimatums | plural | of Ultimatum |
| ultroneous | adjective | Spontaneous; voluntary. |
| umbellated | adjective | Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers. |
| umbellifer | noun | A plant producing an umbel or umbels. |
| umbilicate | adjective | Alt. of Umbilicated |
| umbrageous | adjective | Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage., Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure., Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious. |
| umbratical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired. |
| umbratious | adjective | Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. |
| umpireship | noun | Umpirage; arbitrament. |
| unableness | noun | Inability. |
| unabridged | adjective | Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole. |
| unaccurate | adjective | Inaccurate. |
| unaffected | adjective | Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced., Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow. |
| unambition | noun | The absence of ambition. |
| unanswered | adjective | Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter., Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument., Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection. |
| unappalled | adjective | Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. |
| unapproved | adjective | Not approved., Not proved. |
| unartistic | adjective | Inartistic. |
| unassuming | adjective | Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners. |
| unatonable | adjective | Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable., Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable. |
| unattached | adjective | Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free., Not assigned to any company or regiment., Not taken or arrested. |
| unbalanced | adjective | Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise., Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books., Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. |
| unbecoming | adjective | Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. |
| unbedinned | adjective | Not filled with din. |
| unbegotten | adjective | Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal. |
| unbeguiled | imp. & past participle | of Unbeguile |
| unbehovely | adjective | Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. |
| unbelieved | adjective | Not believed; disbelieved. |
| unbeliever | noun | One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic., 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. |
| unbereaven | adjective | Unbereft. |
| unblestful | adjective | Unblessed. |
| unblushing | adjective | Not blushing; shameless. |
| unborrowed | adjective | Not borrowed; being one’s own; native; original. |
| unbosoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbosom |
| unbottomed | adjective | Deprived of a bottom., Having no bottom; bottomless. |
| unbowelled | of Unbowel | |
| unboweling | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbowel |
| unbreathed | adjective | Not breathed., Not exercised; unpracticed. |
| unbreeched | imp. & past participle | of Unbreech |
| unbreching | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbreech |
| unburiable | adjective | Not ready or not proper to be buried. |
| uncanonize | verb t. | To deprive of canonical authority., To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint. |
| uncardinal | verb t. | To degrade from the cardinalship. |
| uncautious | adjective | Incautious. |
| unceasable | adjective | Not capable of being ended; unceasing. |
| unchaplain | verb t. | To remove from a chaplaincy. |
| unchastity | noun | The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence. |
| unchristen | verb t. | To render unchristian. |
| uncivility | noun | Incivility. |
| uncloister | verb t. | To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate. |
| uncomplete | adjective | Incomplete. |
| unconfound | verb t. | To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded. |
| unconstant | adjective | Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable. |
| uncovering | present participle & vb. noun | of Uncover |
| uncredible | adjective | Incredible. |
| unctuosity | noun | Quality or state of being unctuous. |
| unculpable | adjective | Inculpable; not blameworthy. |
| uncurbable | adjective | Not capable of being curbed. |
| uncustomed | adjective | Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs. |
| undecisive | adjective | Indecisive. |
| undeniable | adjective | Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence., Unobjectionable; unquestionably excellent; as, a person of undeniable connections. |
| undeniably | adverb | In an undeniable manner. |
| underactor | noun | A subordinate actor. |
| underagent | noun | A subordinate agent. |
| underboard | adverb | Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard. |
| underbrace | verb t. | To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. |
| underbrush | noun | Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth. |
| underchaps | noun pl. | The lower chaps or jaw. |
| undercliff | noun | A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above. |
| undercraft | noun | A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. |
| undercreep | verb i. | To creep secretly or privily. |
| undercrest | verb t. | To support as a crest; to bear. |
| undercroft | noun | A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose. |
| underdelve | verb t. | To delve under. |
| underditch | verb t. | To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm. |
| underdrain | noun | An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above., To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land. |
| underglaze | adjective | 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. |
| undergoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Undergo |
| undergroan | verb t. | To groan beneath. |
| undergrove | noun | A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones. |
| undergrown | adjective | Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size. |
| underheave | verb i. | To heave or lift from below. |
| underlayer | noun | One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer., A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. |
| underlease | noun | 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. |
| underlying | adjective | Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. |
| undermatch | noun | One who is not a match for another. |
| underminer | noun | One who undermines. |
| undermirth | noun | Suppressed or concealed mirth. |
| underneath | adverb | Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil., Under; beneath; below. |
| underpight | imp. of Underpitch., of Underpitch | |
| underpitch | verb t. | To fill underneath; to stuff. |
| underpoise | verb t. | To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. |
| underprize | verb t. | To undervalue; to underestimate. |
| underproof | adjective | Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit. |
| underscore | verb t. | To draw a mark or line under; to underline. |
| undershirt | noun | A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; — called also undervest. |
| undershoot | verb t. | To shoot short of (a mark). |
| undershrub | adjective | Partly shrublike. |
| undersized | adjective | Of a size less than is common. |
| underskirt | noun | A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress. |
| underspend | verb t. | To spend less than. |
| underspore | verb t. | To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. |
| understair | adjective | Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants’ quarters; hence, subordinate; menial. |
| understood | imp. & past participle | of Understand, imp. & p. p. of Understand. |
| understand | verb 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., To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill., To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain., To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume., To stand under; to support., To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being., To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. |
| understate | verb t. | To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. |
| understock | verb t. | To supply insufficiently with stock. |
| understudy | verb t. & i. | To study, as another actor’s part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor’s part., One who studies another’s part with a view to assuming it in an emergency. |
| undertaken | past participle | of Undertake |
| undertaker | noun | One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business., One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor., Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals. |
| undertaxed | adjective | Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others. |
| underthing | noun | Something that is inferior and of little worth. |
| undervalue | verb t. | To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate., To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise., A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. |
| underverse | noun | The lower or second verse. |
| underworld | noun | The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth., The mythological place of departed souls; Hades., The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes., The inferior part of mankind. |
| underwrote | imp. | of Underwrite |
| underwrite | verb t. | To write under something else; to subscribe., 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., To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like. |
| undeserver | noun | One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. |
| undevotion | noun | Absence or want of devotion. |
| undigenous | adjective | Generated by water. |
| undiocesed | adjective | Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. |
| undirected | adjective | Not directed; not guided; left without direction., Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter., Misdirected; misled; led astray. |
| undirectly | adverb | Indirectly. |
| undisclose | verb t. | To keep close or secret. |
| undiscreet | adjective | Indiscreet. |
| undividual | adjective | Indivisible. |
| undulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Undulate, Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground. |
| undulation | noun | The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound., A wavy appearance or outline; waviness., The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin., The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; — called also beat., 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. |
| undulative | adjective | Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory. |
| undulatory | adjective | 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. |
| unearthing | present participle & vb. noun | of Unearth |
| uneasiness | noun | The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety., The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. |
| unefectual | adjective | Ineffectual. |
| uneligible | adjective | Ineligible. |
| unembodied | adjective | Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits., Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia. |
| unemployed | adjective | Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work., Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. |
| unencumber | verb t. | To free from incumbrance; to disencumber. |
| unentangle | verb t. | To disentangle. |
| unerringly | adverb | In an unerring manner. |
| unevitable | adjective | Inevitable. |
| unexampled | adjective | Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. |
| unexpected | adjective | Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. |
| unexpertly | adverb | In an unexpert manner. |
| unfailable | adjective | Infallible. |
| unfaithful | adjective | 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., Not possessing faith; infidel. |
| unfalcated | adjective | Not falcated, or hooked., Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished. |
| unfallible | adjective | Infallible. |
| unfathered | adjective | Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature., Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard. |
| unfeatured | adjective | Wanting regular features; deformed. |
| unfellowed | adjective | Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. |
| unfestlich | adjective | Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. |
| unfinished | adjective | 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. |
| unfirmness | noun | Infirmness. |
| unflexible | adjective | Inflexible. |
| unfoldment | noun | The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. |
| unfrequent | adjective | Infrequent., To cease to frequent. |
| unfriended | adjective | Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. |
| unfriendly | adjective | Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor., Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. |
| unfruitful | adjective | Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. |
| ungenerous | adjective | Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable. |
| ungka-puti | noun | The agile gibbon; — called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See Gibbon. |
| unglorious | adjective | Inglorious. |
| ungraceful | adjective | Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. |
| ungracious | adjective | Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling., Having no grace; graceless; wicked., Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored. |
| ungrateful | adjective | Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful., Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. |
| unguentary | adjective | Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities. |
| unguentous | adjective | Unguentary. |
| unguicular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual. |
| unhallowed | adjective | Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. |
| unhandsome | adjective | Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely., Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations., Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. |
| unharbored | adjective | Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected., Affording no harbor or shelter. |
| unheard-of | adjective | New; unprecedented; unparalleled. |
| unhouseled | adjective | Not having received the sacrament. |
| unhumanize | verb t. | To render inhuman or barbarous. |
| uniaxially | adverb | In a uniaxial manner. |
| unicameral | adjective | Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; — said of a legislative assembly. |
| unicentral | adjective | Having a single center of growth. |
| unicornous | adjective | Having but a single horn; — said of certain insects. |
| unicostate | adjective | Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; — said of a leaf. |
| uniflorous | adjective | Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle. |
| uniformism | noun | 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. |
| uniformity | noun | 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., Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man’s opinions., 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., Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness., Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites. |
| unilabiate | adjective | Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla. |
| unilateral | adjective | Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided., 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. |
| uniliteral | adjective | Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign. |
| unilocular | adjective | Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell. |
| unimitable | adjective | Inimitable. |
| unimproved | adjective | Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence., Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings., Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil. |
| unionistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union. |
| uniovulate | adjective | Containing but one ovule. |
| uniphonous | adjective | Having but one sound, as the drum. |
| uniplicate | adjective | Having, or consisting of, but one fold. |
| uniseptate | adjective | Having but one septum, or partition; — said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants. |
| uniseriate | adjective | Having one line or series; uniserial. |
| unisonance | noun | Accordance of sounds; unison. |
| uniterable | adjective | Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. |
| univalence | noun | The quality or state of being univalent. |
| university | noun | The universe; the whole., An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property., 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. |
| univocally | adverb | In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. |
| unkingship | noun | The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. |
| unlatching | present participle & vb. noun | of Unlatch |
| unleavened | adjective | Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread. |
| unlikeness | noun | The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity. |
| unliquored | adjective | Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry., Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober. |
| unmannerly | adjective | Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude., Uncivilly; rudely. |
| unmaterial | adjective | Not material; immaterial. |
| unmerciful | adjective | Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. |
| unmorrised | adjective | Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer. |
| unmothered | Deprived of a mother; motherless. | |
| unnumbered | adjective | Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable. |
| unobedient | adjective | Disobedient. |
| unordinate | adjective | Disorderly; irregular; inordinate. |
| unossified | adjective | Destitute of a bony structure. |
| unpaganize | verb t. | To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character. |
| unparadise | verb t. | To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. |
| unparented | adjective | Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. |
| unpassable | adjective | Impassable. |
| unpatience | noun | Impatience. |
| unpeerable | adjective | Incapable of having a peer, or equal. |
| unpenitent | adjective | Impenitent. |
| unpitousty | noun | Impiety. |
| unplacable | adjective | Implacable. |
| unplausive | adjective | Not approving; disapproving. |
| unpleasant | adjective | Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. |
| unpleasive | adjective | Unpleasant. |
| unpolicied | adjective | Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government., Impolitic; imprudent. |
| unportuous | adjective | Having no ports. |
| unpossible | adjective | Impossible. |
| unpowerful | adjective | Not powerful; weak. |
| unprayable | adjective | Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate. |
| unprelated | adjective | Deposed from the office of prelate. |
| unprizable | adjective | Not prized or valued; being without value., Invaluable; being beyond estimation. |
| unprobably | adverb | Improbably., In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. |
| unprofited | adjective | Profitless. |
| unprudence | noun | Imprudence. |
| unquietude | noun | Uneasiness; inquietude. |
| unreasoned | adjective | Not supported by reason; unreasonable. |
| unrecuring | adjective | Incurable. |
| unredeemed | adjective | Not redeemed. |
| unreliable | adjective | Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable. |
| unreproved | adjective | Not reproved., Not having incurred reproof, blameless. |
| unreserved | adjective | Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained. |
| unresisted | adjective | Not resisted; unopposed., Resistless; as, unresisted fate. |
| unrevenued | adjective | Not furnished with a revenue. |
| unreverend | adjective | Not reverend., Disrespectful; irreverent. |
| unreverent | adjective | Irreverent. |
| unripeness | noun | Quality or state of being unripe. |
| unruinated | adjective | Not ruined or destroyed. |
| unruliment | noun | Unruliness. |
| unruliness | noun | Quality or state unruly. |
| unsatiable | adjective | Insatiable. |
| unscapable | adjective | Not be escaped; inevitable. |
| unsceptred | adjective | Having no scepter., Deprived of a scepter. |
| unseasoned | adjective | Not seasoned., Untimely; ill-timed. |
| unseconded | adjective | Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded., Not exemplified a second time. |
| unsensible | adjective | Insensible. |
| unshakable | adjective | Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed. |
| unshipment | noun | The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement. |
| unshrubbed | adjective | Being without shrubs. |
| unsisterly | adjective | Not sisterly. |
| unskillful | adjective | Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician., Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. |
| unsociable | adjective | Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. |
| unsorrowed | adjective | Not sorrowed for; unlamented. |
| unspleened | adjective | Deprived of a spleen. |
| unstrained | adjective | Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk., Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. |
| unstrength | noun | Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. |
| unstriated | adjective | Nonstriated; unstriped. |
| unswayable | adjective | Not capable of being swayed. |
| unsympathy | noun | Absence or lack of sympathy. |
| untangible | adjective | Intangible. |
| untangibly | adverb | Intangibly. |
| unthinking | adjective | Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth., Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless. |
| untowardly | adjective | Perverse; froward; untoward. |
| untraveled | adjective | Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest., Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman. |
| untreasure | verb t. | To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. |
| untrenched | adjective | Being without trenches; whole; intact. |
| untrowable | adjective | Incredible. |
| untrustful | adjective | Not trustful or trusting., Not to be trusted; not trusty. |
| untruthful | adjective | Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. |
| unusuality | noun | Unusualness. |
| unvaluable | adjective | Invaluable; being beyond price., Not valuable; having little value. |
| unvariable | adjective | Invariable. |
| unveracity | noun | Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart. |
| unviolable | adjective | Inviolable. |
| unvitiated | adjective | Not vitiated; pure. |
| unwariness | noun | The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness. |
| unweighing | adjective | Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. |
| unwellness | noun | Quality or state of being unwell. |
| upbraiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Upbraid |
| upbuoyance | noun | The act of buoying up; uplifting. |
| upholstery | noun | The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer. |
| uproarious | adjective | Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. |
| uran-ocher | noun | Alt. of Uran-ochre |
| uran-ochre | noun | A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure. |
| uranometry | noun | A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye. |
| uranoscopy | noun | Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies. |
| urbicolous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a city; urban. |
| uredospore | noun | 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. |
| ureteritis | noun | Inflammation of the ureter. |
| urethritis | noun | Inflammation of the urethra. |
| urinometer | noun | A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine. |
| urinometry | noun | The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer. |
| urn-shaped | adjective | Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses. |
| urochordal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Urochorda. |
| urogastric | adjective | Behind the stomach; — said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans. |
| urogenital | adjective | Same as Urinogenital. |
| uroglaucin | noun | 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. |
| uroxanthin | noun | Same as Indican. |
| urticating | present participle & vb. noun | of Urticate |
| urtication | noun | The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; — sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis. |
| usefulness | noun | The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage. |
| usquebaugh | adjective | A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky., A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices. |
| ustulation | noun | The act of burning or searing., The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle., The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing., The burning of wine., Lascivious passion; concupiscence. |
| usucaption | noun | 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. |
| usurarious | adjective | Alt. of Usurary |
| usurpation | noun | 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., Use; usage; custom. |
| usurpatory | adjective | Marked by usurpation; usurping. |
| usurpature | noun | Usurpation. |
| usurpingly | adverb | In a usurping manner. |
| utilizable | adjective | Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works. |
| utopianism | noun | The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism. |
| utopianist | noun | An Utopian; an optimist. |
| utriculate | adjective | Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. |
| utriculoid | adjective | Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. |
| uxoricidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide. |