| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| unabled | adjective | Disabled. |
| unalist | noun | An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; — distinguished from pluralist. |
| unaquit | adjective | Unrequited. |
| unarmed | adjective | Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons., Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc. |
| unarted | adjective | Ignorant of the arts., Not artificial; plain; simple. |
| unaware | adjective | Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive., Unawares. |
| unbaned | adjective | Wanting a band or string; unfastened. |
| unbeget | verb t. | To deprive of existence. |
| unbegot | adjective | Alt. of Unbegotten |
| unbegun | adjective | Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning. |
| unbeing | adjective | Not existing. |
| unbound | imp. & past participle | of Unbind, imp. & p. p. of Unbind. |
| unbless | verb t. | To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. |
| unblest | adjective | Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. |
| unblind | verb t. | To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open the eyes of. |
| unbosom | verb t. | To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; — often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one’s self. |
| unbowed | adjective | Not bent or arched; not bowed down. |
| unbowel | verb t. | To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. |
| unbrace | verb t. | To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. |
| unbraid | verb t. | To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle. |
| unbuild | verb t. | To demolish; to raze. |
| unbuxom | adjective | Disobedient. |
| uncanny | adjective | Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. |
| uncared | adjective | Not cared for; not heeded; — with for. |
| unchain | verb t. | To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. |
| uncharm | verb t. | To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. |
| unchild | verb t. | To bereave of children; to make childless., To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. |
| uncinus | noun | One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata. |
| uncivil | adjective | Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized., Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior. |
| unclasp | verb 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. |
| unclean | adjective | Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy., Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing., Morally impure. |
| uncling | verb i. | To cease from clinging or adhering. |
| uncloak | verb t. | To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal., To remove, or take off, one’s cloak. |
| unclose | verb t. & i. | To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one’s eyes., To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. |
| uncloud | verb t. | To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. |
| uncoach | verb t. | To detach or loose from a coach. |
| uncouth | adjective | Unknown., Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant., Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. |
| uncover | verb 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., To show openly; to disclose; to reveal., To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one’s head; to uncover one’s self., To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect., To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. |
| uncrown | verb t. | To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone. |
| unction | noun | 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., That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive., Divine or sanctifying grace., 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. |
| uncurse | verb t. | To free from a curse or an execration. |
| undated | adjective | Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved., Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter. |
| undecyl | noun | The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid. |
| undeify | verb 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. |
| underdo | verb i. | To do less than is requisite or proper; — opposed to overdo., To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; — opposed to overdo. |
| undergo | verb t. | To go or move below or under., 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., To be the bearer of; to possess., To undertake; to engage in; to hazard., To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. |
| undevil | verb t. | To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise. |
| undight | verb t. | To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. |
| undigne | adjective | Unworthy. |
| undoing | noun | The reversal of what has been done., Ruin. |
| undrape | verb t. | To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil. |
| undress | verb t. | To divest of clothes; to strip., To divest of ornaments to disrobe., To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound., A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress., An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. |
| undwelt | adjective | Not lived (in); — with in. |
| undying | adjective | Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men. |
| uneared | adjective | Not eared, or plowed. |
| unearth | verb 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. |
| unendly | adjective | Unending; endless. |
| unequal | adjective | 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., Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair., Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem., Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain., Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. |
| unethes | adverb | With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. |
| unexact | adjective | Not exact; inexact. |
| unfaith | noun | Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. |
| unfeaty | adjective | Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. |
| unfence | verb t. | To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from. |
| unfiled | adjective | Not defiled; pure. |
| unflesh | verb t. | To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. |
| unframe | verb t. | To take apart, or destroy the frame of. |
| unfrock | verb t. | To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest. |
| unfumed | adjective | Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. |
| unglaze | verb t. | To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window. |
| unglove | verb t. | To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. |
| ungodly | adjective | Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful., Polluted by sin or wickedness. |
| ungored | adjective | Not stained with gore; not bloodied., Not gored or pierced. |
| ungrate | adjective | Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate. |
| ungrave | verb t. | To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume. |
| unguard | verb t. | To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. |
| ungueal | adjective | Ungual. |
| unguent | noun | A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. |
| ungulae | plural | of Ungula |
| ungular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual. |
| unguled | adjective | Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; — used only when these are of a tincture different from the body. |
| unhandy | adjective | Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. |
| unhappy | adjective | Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn., In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct., Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day., Mischievous; wanton; wicked. |
| unheard | adjective | Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present., 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., Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure. |
| unheart | verb t. | To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. |
| unheedy | adjective | Incautious; precipitate; heedless. |
| unhinge | verb t. | To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door., To displace; to unfix by violence., To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one’s mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. |
| unhitch | verb t. | To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace. |
| unhoard | verb t. | To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. |
| unhoped | adjective | Not hoped or expected. |
| unhorse | verb 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. |
| unhosed | adjective | Without hose. |
| unhouse | verb t. | To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter. |
| unhuman | adjective | Not human; inhuman. |
| uniaxal | adjective | Uniaxial. |
| unicity | noun | The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification. |
| unicorn | noun | A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; — often represented in heraldry as a supporter., A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures., Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax., The larva of a unicorn moth., The kamichi; — called also unicorn bird., A howitzer. |
| unideal | adjective | Not ideal; real; unimaginative., Unideaed. |
| unifier | noun | One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena. |
| uniform | adjective | 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., Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant., 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., To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers., To make conformable. |
| unified | imp. & past participle | of Unify |
| unipara | noun | A woman who has borne one child. |
| unitary | adjective | Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic., Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united. |
| uniting | present participle & vb. noun | of Unite |
| unition | verb t. | The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction. |
| unitive | adjective | Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. |
| unitize | verb t. | To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify. |
| unitude | noun | Unity. |
| unities | plural | of Unity |
| unjoint | verb t. | To disjoint. |
| unkempt | adjective | Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair., Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough. |
| unknown | adjective | Not known; not apprehended. |
| unlatch | verb i. | To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door. |
| unlaugh | verb t. | To recall, as former laughter. |
| unlawed | adjective | Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; — said of dogs. |
| unlearn | verb t. | To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of., To fail to learn. |
| unleash | verb t. | To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs. |
| unliken | verb t. | To make unlike; to dissimilate. |
| unlived | adjective | Bereft or deprived of life. |
| unlodge | verb t. | To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. |
| unloose | verb t. | To make loose; to loosen; to set free., To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union. |
| unlucky | adjective | Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game., Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious., Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. |
| unmarry | verb t. | To annul the marriage of; to divorce. |
| unmeant | adjective | Not meant or intended; unintentional. |
| unmiter | verb t. | Alt. of Unmitre |
| unmitre | verb t. | To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. |
| unmould | verb t. | To change the form of; to reduce from any form. |
| unmoral | adjective | Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; — distinguished from both moral and immoral. |
| unmoved | adjective | Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic. |
| unnerve | verb t. | To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm. |
| unnethe | adverb | Alt. of Unnethes |
| unnoble | adjective | Ignoble. |
| unnobly | adverb | Ignobly. |
| unoften | adverb | Not often. |
| unorder | verb t. | To countermand an order for. |
| unowned | adjective | Not owned; having no owner., Not acknowledged; not avowed. |
| unpaint | verb t. | To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. |
| unpaved | adjective | Not paved; not furnished with a pavement., Castrated. |
| unpeace | noun | Absence or lack of peace. |
| unplaid | verb t. | To deprive of a plaid. |
| unpleat | verb t. | To remove the plaits of; to smooth. |
| unplumb | verb t. | To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin. |
| unplume | verb t. | To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate. |
| unpower | noun | Want of power; weakness. |
| unqueen | verb t. | To divest of the rank or authority of queen. |
| unquick | adjective | Not quick. |
| unquiet | verb t. | To disquiet., Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. |
| unravel | verb t. | To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking., Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot., To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse., To become unraveled, in any sense. |
| unready | adjective | Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy., Not dressed; undressed., To undress. |
| unreave | verb t. | To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. |
| unreeve | verb t. | To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like. |
| unresty | adjective | Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. |
| unright | adjective | Not right; wrong., A wrong., To cause (something right) to become wrong. |
| unrivet | verb t. | To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates. |
| unroost | verb t. | To drive from the roost. |
| unruled | adjective | Not governed or controlled., Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper. |
| unsaint | verb t. | To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to. |
| unscale | verb t. | To divest of scales; to remove scales from. |
| unscrew | verb t. | To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it. |
| unseven | verb t. | To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. |
| unsexed | imp. & past participle | of Unsex |
| unshale | verb t. | To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. |
| unshape | verb t. | To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange. |
| unshell | verb t. | To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch. |
| unshent | adjective | Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. |
| unshout | verb t. | To recall what is done by shouting. |
| unsight | adjective | Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. |
| unsilly | adjective | See Unsely. |
| unsinew | verb t. | To deprive of sinews or of strength. |
| unskill | noun | Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. |
| unsling | verb t. | To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. |
| unsonsy | adjective | Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. |
| unsound | adjective | Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased. |
| unspeak | verb t. | To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. |
| unspell | verb t. | To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. |
| unspike | verb t. | To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon. |
| unspilt | adjective | Not spilt or wasted; not shed. |
| unstack | verb t. | To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack. |
| unstate | verb t. | To deprive of state or dignity. |
| unsteel | verb t. | To disarm; to soften. |
| unstick | verb t. | To release, as one thing stuck to another. |
| unstill | adjective | Not still; restless. |
| unsting | verb t. | To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. |
| unstock | verb t. | To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast., To remove from the stocks, as a ship. |
| unsured | adjective | Not made sure. |
| unswear | verb t. | To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure., To recall an oath. |
| unsweat | verb t. | To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil. |
| unswell | verb t. | To sink from a swollen state; to subside. |
| untaste | verb t. | To deprive of a taste for a thing. |
| unteach | verb t. | To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught., To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. |
| unthank | noun | No thanks; ill will; misfortune. |
| unthink | verb t. | To recall or take back, as something thought. |
| untrift | noun | Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality., An unthrifty. |
| untooth | verb t. | To take out the teeth of. |
| untread | verb t. | To tread back; to retrace. |
| untruss | verb t. | To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress., Alt. of Untrusser |
| untrust | noun | Distrust. |
| untruth | noun | The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty., That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. |
| untwain | verb t. | To rend in twain; to tear in two. |
| untwine | verb t. | To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie., To become untwined. |
| untwirl | verb t. | To untwist; to undo. |
| untwist | verb t. | To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine., To untie; to open; to disentangle. |
| unusage | noun | Want or lack of usage. |
| unusual | adjective | Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition. |
| unvicar | verb t. | To deprive of the position or office a vicar. |
| unwares | adverb | Unawares; unexpectedly; — sometimes preceded by at. |
| unwayed | adjective | Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed., Having no ways or roads; pathless. |
| unweary | verb t. | To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. |
| unweave | verb t. | To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven. |
| unweldy | adjective | Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. |
| unwhole | adjective | Not whole; unsound. |
| unwitch | verb t. | To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. |
| unwoman | verb t. | To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. |
| unworth | adjective | Unworthy., Unworthiness. |
| unwrite | verb t. | To cancel, as what is written; to erase. |
| unyoked | adjective | Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke., Freed or loosed from a yoke., Licentious; unrestrained. |
| unzoned | adjective | Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom. |