10 letter word starting with under

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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.