| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ubication | noun | Alt. of Ubiety |
| udderless | adjective | Destitute or deprived of an udder., Hence, without mother’s milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs. |
| ulcerable | adjective | Capable of ulcerating. |
| ulcerated | imp. & past participle | of Ulcerate, Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat. |
| ulcuscule | noun | A little ulcer. |
| uliginose | adjective | Alt. of Uliginous |
| uliginous | adjective | Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. |
| ulmaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type. |
| ulotrichi | noun pl. | The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi. |
| ultimated | imp. & past participle | of Ultimate |
| ultimatum | noun | 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. |
| ululating | present participle & vb. noun | of Ululate |
| ululation | noun | A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. |
| umbellate | adjective | Alt. of Umbellated |
| umbellule | noun | An umbellet. |
| umbilical | noun | Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic., Pertaining to the center; central. |
| umbilicus | noun | 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., An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled., The hilum., A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells., Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather., One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve., 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. |
| umble pie | A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble. | |
| umbonated | adjective | Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss. |
| umbratile | adjective | Umbratic. |
| umbrosity | noun | The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. |
| unability | noun | Inability. |
| unadvised | adjective | Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised., Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. |
| unaidable | adjective | Incapable of being aided. |
| unalloyed | adjective | Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness. |
| unamiable | adjective | Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. |
| unanimate | adjective | Unanimous. |
| unanimity | noun | The quality or state of being unanimous. |
| unanimous | adjective | 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., 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. |
| unapparel | verb t. | To divest of clothing; to strip. |
| unascried | adjective | Not descried. |
| unaserved | adjective | Not served. |
| unassured | adjective | Not assured; not bold or confident., Not to be trusted., Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods. |
| unavoided | adjective | Not avoided or shunned., Unavoidable; inevitable. |
| unballast | verb t. | To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from., Not ballasted. |
| unbashful | adjective | Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. |
| unbeguile | verb t. | To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. |
| unbeknown | adjective | Not known; unknown. |
| unbending | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbend, Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; — applied to material things., Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; — applied to persons., Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; — applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths., Devoted to relaxation or amusement. |
| unbespeak | verb t. | To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. |
| unbethink | verb t. | To change the mind of (one’s self). |
| unbewitch | verb t. | To free from a spell; to disenchant. |
| unbinding | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbind |
| unbitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbit |
| unblessed | adjective | Alt. of Unblest |
| unbosomed | imp. & past participle | of Unbosom |
| unbosomer | noun | One who unbosoms, or discloses. |
| unbounded | adjective | Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. |
| unboweled | imp. & past participle | of Unbowel |
| unbridled | adjective | Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. |
| unburthen | verb t. | To unburden; to unload. |
| uncapable | adjective | Incapable. |
| uncarnate | adjective | Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate., To divest of flesh. |
| uncentury | verb t. | To remove from its actual century. |
| uncertain | adjective | Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful., Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze., Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical., Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible., To make uncertain. |
| uncessant | adjective | Incessant. |
| unchariot | verb t. | To throw out of a chariot. |
| uncharity | noun | Uncharitableness. |
| uncharnel | verb t. | To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. |
| uncinatum | noun | The unciform bone. |
| uncivilty | adverb | In an uncivil manner. |
| uncleship | noun | The office or position of an uncle. |
| unclothed | adjective | Divested or stripped of clothing., Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked. |
| uncombine | verb t. | To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. |
| unconcern | noun | Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. |
| uncongeal | verb i. | To thaw; to become liquid again. |
| unconning | adjective | Not knowing; ignorant., Ignorance. |
| uncorrect | adjective | Incorrect. |
| uncorrupt | adjective | Incorrupt. |
| uncovered | imp. & past participle | of Uncover |
| uncreated | adjective | Deprived of existence; annihilated., Not yet created; as, misery uncreated., Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. |
| uncrudded | adjective | Not cruddled, or curdled. |
| unculture | noun | Want of culture. |
| uncunning | adjective | Ignorant. |
| uncurable | adjective | Incurable. |
| uncurably | adverb | In an uncurable manner. |
| uncurrent | adjective | Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. |
| uncurtain | verb t. | To remove a curtain from; to reveal. |
| undampned | adjective | Uncondemned. |
| undaunted | adjective | Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. |
| undecagon | noun | A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides. |
| undeceive | verb t. | To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. |
| undecency | noun | Indecency. |
| undecolic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance. |
| undecreed | adjective | Not decreed., Reversed or nullified by decree, as something previously decreed. |
| undecylic | adjective | 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. |
| under-age | adjective | Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. |
| under-arm | adjective | 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. |
| underback | noun | A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub. |
| underbear | verb t. | To support; to endure., To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. |
| underbind | verb t. | To bind beneath. |
| underbred | adjective | Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. |
| undercast | verb t. | To cast under or beneath. |
| underclay | noun | A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria. |
| undercoat | noun | A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat., A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog’s undercoat. |
| underdoer | noun | One who underdoes; a shirk. |
| underdose | noun | A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose., To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses. |
| underfeed | verb t. | To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food. |
| underfong | verb t. | To undertake; to take in hand; to receive., To insnare; to circumvent., To sustain; to support; to guard. |
| underfoot | adverb | Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n., Low; base; abject; trodden down. |
| undergird | verb t. | To blind below; to gird round the bottom. |
| underwent | imp. | of Undergo, imp. of Undergo. |
| undergone | past participle | of Undergo |
| undergore | verb t. | To gore underneath. |
| undergown | noun | A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress. |
| undergrow | verb i. | To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height., Undergrown. |
| undergrub | verb t. | To undermine. |
| underhand | adjective | Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent., Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow., By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly., In an underhand manner; — said of pitching or bowling. |
| underhang | verb t. & i. | To hang under or down; to suspend. |
| underhead | noun | A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. |
| underhung | adjective | Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; — said of a sliding door., Having the lower jaw projecting. |
| underjoin | verb t. | To join below or beneath; to subjoin. |
| underkeep | verb t. | To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. |
| underkind | noun | An inferior kind. |
| underlaid | adjective | Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath. |
| underleaf | noun | A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. |
| underline | verb t. | To mark a line below, as words; to underscore., To influence secretly. |
| underling | noun | An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow. |
| underlock | noun | A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep. |
| undermeal | noun | The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon., Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta. |
| undermine | verb 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., 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. |
| undermost | adjective | Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. |
| undernime | verb t. | To receive; to perceive., To reprove; to reprehend. |
| underpart | noun | A subordinate part. |
| underpeep | verb t. | To peep under. |
| underpeer | verb t. | To peer under. |
| underplay | verb i. | To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part., To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage., The act of underplaying. |
| underplot | noun | A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it., A clandestine scheme; a trick. |
| underprop | verb t. | To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. |
| underpull | verb i. | To exert one’s influence secretly. |
| underrate | verb t. | To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue., A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. |
| undersail | verb i. | To sail alongshore. |
| undersell | verb t. | To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than. |
| undershot | adjective | Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog., Moved by water passing beneath; — said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel. |
| undershut | adjective | Closed from beneath. |
| underside | noun | The lower or lowest side of anything. |
| undersign | verb t. | To write one’s name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument. |
| undersoil | noun | The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil. |
| undersold | p. p. of Undersell. | |
| undersong | noun | The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain., Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. |
| undersuit | noun | A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes. |
| undertook | imp. | of Undertake, imp. of Undertake. |
| undertake | verb 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., 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., Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm., To assume, as a character., To engage with; to attack., To have knowledge of; to hear., To take or have the charge of., To take upon one’s self, or assume, any business, duty, or province., To venture; to hazard., To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. |
| undertide | noun | Alt. of Undertime |
| undertime | noun | The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. |
| undertone | noun | A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual. |
| underturn | verb t. | To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. |
| undervest | noun | An undershirt. |
| underwear | noun | That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes. |
| underween | verb t. | To undervalue. |
| underwing | noun | One of the posterior wings of an insect., 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. |
| underwood | noun | Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; — formerly used in the plural. |
| underwork | verb t. | To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine., To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting., To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another., To work or operate in secret or clandestinely., To do less work than is proper or suitable., To do work for a less price than current rates., Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. |
| underwrit | of Underwrite, of Underwrite | |
| underyoke | verb t. | To subject to the yoke; to make subject. |
| undeserve | verb t. | To fail to deserve. |
| undivided | adjective | Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains., 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., Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection., Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire. |
| undoubted | adjective | Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero. |
| undreamed | adjective | Alt. of Undreamt |
| undueness | noun | The quality of being undue. |
| undulated | imp. & past participle | of Undulate, Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory., Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy., Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell. |
| undumpish | verb t. | To relieve from the dumps. |
| unearthed | imp. & past participle | of Unearth |
| unearthly | adjective | Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. |
| unelastic | adjective | Not elastic; inelastic. |
| unelegant | adjective | Inelegant. |
| unequaled | adjective | Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; — in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. |
| unequally | adverb | In an unequal manner. |
| unfailing | adjective | Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure. |
| unfeather | verb t. | To deprive of feathers; to strip. |
| unfeeling | adjective | Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate., Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted. |
| unfeigned | adjective | Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. |
| unfertile | adjective | Not fertile; infertile; barren. |
| unfledged | adjective | Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. |
| unfleshly | adjective | Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual. |
| unforesee | verb t. | To fail to foresee. |
| unfounded | adjective | Not founded; not built or established., Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. |
| unfraught | adjective | Not fraught; not burdened., Removed, as a burden; unloaded. |
| unfurnish | verb t. | To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip. |
| unfusible | adjective | Infusible. |
| unglorify | verb t. | To deprive of glory. |
| unguiform | adjective | Having the form of a claw or claws. |
| unguinous | adjective | Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous. |
| unhappied | adjective | Made unhappy. |
| unharness | verb t. | To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen., To disarm; to divest of armor. |
| unicelled | adjective | Unicellular. |
| uniclinal | adjective | See Nonoclinal. |
| unicursal | adjective | 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 /. |
| unifacial | adjective | Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface. |
| uniformal | adjective | Uniform. |
| uniformly | adverb | 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. |
| unigenous | adjective | Being of one kind; being of the same genus. |
| unijugate | adjective | Having but one pair of leaflets; — said of a pinnate leaf. |
| uniocular | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular. |
| uniparous | adjective | Producing but one egg or young at a time., Producing but one axis of inflorescence; — said of the scorpioid cyme. |
| uniramous | adjective | Having but one branch. |
| uniserial | adjective | Having only one row or series. |
| unisexual | adjective | 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. |
| unisonant | adjective | Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch. |
| unisonous | adjective | Being in unison; unisonant. |
| unitarian | noun | 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., One who rejects the principle of dualism., A monotheist., Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines. |
| unitively | adverb | In a unitive manner. |
| unitizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Unitize |
| univalent | adjective | 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. |
| univalved | adjective | Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp. |
| univalvia | noun pl. | Same as Gastropoda. |
| universal | adjective | 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., Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world., Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine., 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., The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe., A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it., A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4. |
| univocacy | noun | The quality or state of being univocal. |
| unjointed | adjective | Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent., Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. |
| unjustice | noun | Want of justice; injustice. |
| unkindred | adjective | Not kindred; not of the same kin. |
| unlabored | adjective | Not produced by labor or toil., Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field., Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work. |
| unlatched | imp. & past participle | of Unlatch |
| unlawlike | adjective | Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful. |
| unlearned | adjective | Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate., Not gained by study; not known., Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. |
| unlimited | adjective | Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean., Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms., Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted. |
| unlocated | adjective | Not located or placed; not fixed in a place., Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands. |
| unluckily | adverb | In an unlucky manner. |
| unmanacle | verb t. | To free from manacles. |
| unmanhood | noun | Absence or lack of manhood. |
| unmeaning | adjective | Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words., Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face. |
| unmercied | adjective | Unmerciful; merciless. |
| unmoneyed | adjective | Destitute of money; not rich. |
| unmortise | verb t. | To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together. |
| un-mosaic | adjective | Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works. |
| unmovable | adjective | Immovable. |
| unmovably | adverb | Immovably. |
| unmutable | adjective | Immutable. |
| unnatural | adjective | Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes. |
| unnervate | adjective | Enervate. |
| unorderly | adjective | Disorderly. |
| unparched | adjective | Dried up; withered by heat. |
| unpartial | adjective | Impartial. |
| unpatient | adjective | Impatient. |
| unperegal | adjective | Unequal. |
| unperfect | verb t. | To mar or destroy the perfection of., Imperfect. |
| unperplex | verb t. | To free from perplexity. |
| unpervert | verb t. | To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to reconvert. |
| unpitious | adjective | Impious; wicked., Destitute of pity; pitiless. |
| unplained | adjective | Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. |
| unpleaded | adjective | Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse., Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit. |
| unpolitic | adjective | Impolitic; imprudent. |
| unpossess | verb t. | To be without, or to resign, possession of. |
| unpredict | verb i. | To retract or falsify a previous prediction. |
| unpromise | verb t. | To revoke or annul, as a promise. |
| unprovide | verb t. | To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish. |
| unprudent | adjective | Imprudent. |
| unqualify | verb t. | To disqualify; to unfit. |
| unrazored | adjective | Not shaven. |
| unreality | noun | The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality. |
| unrealize | verb t. | To make unreal; to idealize. |
| unreserve | noun | Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication. |
| unrespect | noun | Disrespect. |
| unriddler | noun | One who unriddles. |
| unrivaled | adjective | Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. |
| unruffled | adjective | Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet. |
| unruinate | adjective | Alt. of Unruinated |
| unsadness | noun | Infirmity; weakness. |
| unsaintly | adjective | Unbecoming to a saint. |
| unsalable | adjective | Not salable; unmerchantable., That which can not be sold. |
| unsatiate | adjective | Insatiate. |
| unscience | noun | Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. |
| unseeming | adjective | Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming. |
| unservice | noun | Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. |
| unshackle | verb t. | To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. |
| unsheathe | verb t. | To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. |
| unsheriff | verb t. | To depose from the office of sheriff. |
| unshutter | verb t. | To open or remove the shutters of. |
| unsighted | adjective | Not sighted, or seen., 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. |
| unsincere | adjective | Not sincere or pure; insincere. |
| unsisting | adjective | Unresisting. |
| unsitting | adjective | Not sitting well; unbecoming. |
| unslacked | adjective | Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime. |
| unsonable | adjective | Incapable of being sounded. |
| unsparing | adjective | Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse., Not merciful or forgiving. |
| unspotted | adjective | Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation. |
| unstriped | adjective | Not striped., Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. |
| unstudied | adjective | Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural., Not skilled; unversed; — followed by in., Not spent in study. |
| unsuccess | noun | Want of success; failure; misfortune. |
| unswaddle | verb t. | To take a swaddle from; to unswathe. |
| untappice | verb i. | to come out of concealment. |
| untempter | noun | One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter. |
| unthinker | noun | A person who does not think, or does not think wisely. |
| unthrifty | adjective | Not thrifty; profuse. |
| untighten | verb t. | To make less tight or tense; to loosen. |
| untimeous | adjective | Untimely. |
| untrained | adjective | Not trained., Not trainable; indocile. |
| untressed | adjective | Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; — said of the hair. |
| untrunked | adjective | Separated from its trunk or stock. |
| untrusser | noun | One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. |
| unvisible | adjective | Invisible. |
| unvisibly | adverb | Invisibly. |
| unvoweled | adjective | Having no vowel sounds or signs. |
| unwearied | adjective | Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. |
| unweeting | adjective | Unwitting. |
| unweighed | adjective | Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement. |
| unwilling | adjective | Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. |
| unwitting | adjective | Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. |
| unworldly | adjective | Not worldly; spiritual; holy. |
| unworship | verb t. | To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor., Lack of worship or respect; dishonor. |
| unwreathe | verb t. | To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed. |
| unwrinkle | verb t. | To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth. |
| unwritten | adjective | Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements., Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper. |
| upbraided | imp. & past participle | of Upbraid |
| upbreathe | verb r. | To breathe up or out; to exhale. |
| upbrought | adjective | Brought up; educated. |
| upcountry | adverb | In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry., Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence., The interior of the country. |
| upholster | verb 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., A broker., An upholsterer. |
| uplandish | adjective | Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands., Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. |
| uplifting | imp. & past participle | of Uplift |
| upokororo | noun | 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. |
| uppermost | adjective | Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. |
| uppricked | adjective | Upraised; erect; — said of the ears of an animal. |
| uprightly | adverb | In an upright manner. |
| upsarokas | noun pl. | See Crows. |
| upsetting | adjective | Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. |
| upsitting | noun | A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. |
| upspurner | noun | A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. |
| upsyturvy | adverb | Upside down; topsy-turvy. |
| upthunder | verb i. | To send up a noise like thunder. |
| uraninite | noun | A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende. |
| uranolite | noun | A meteorite or aerolite. |
| uranology | noun | A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography. |
| uran-utan | The orang-utang | |
| urbaniste | noun | A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin. |
| urbicolae | noun pl. | An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers (Hesperiadae). |
| ureameter | noun | 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. |
| urechitin | noun | A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance. |
| urinarium | noun | A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure. |
| urination | noun | The act or process of voiding urine; micturition. |
| urinative | adjective | Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. |
| urocerata | noun pl. | A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail. |
| urochorda | noun pl. | Same as Tunicata. |
| urochrome | noun | A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin. |
| urodelian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Urodela., One of the Urodela. |
| uronology | noun | That part of medicine which treats of urine. |
| uropoetic | adjective | Producing, or favoring the production of, urine., Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates. |
| uropygial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds. |
| uropygium | noun | 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. |
| urosacral | adjective | Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds. |
| urosteons | plural | of Urosteon |
| uroxanate | noun | A salt of uroxanic acid. |
| urticaria | noun | 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. |
| urticated | imp. & past participle | of Urticate |
| usherance | noun | The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. |
| usherless | adjective | Destitute of an usher. |
| ushership | noun | The office of an usher; usherdom. |
| usitative | adjective | Denoting usual or customary action. |
| ustorious | adjective | Having the quality of burning. |
| utilizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Utilize |
| utraquist | noun | 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. |
| utricular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant., 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. |
| utriculus | noun | A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear. |
| utterable | adjective | Capable of being uttered. |
| utterance | noun | The act of uttering., Sale by offering to the public., Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes., Vocal expression; articulation; speech., Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance., The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. |
| utterless | adjective | Incapable of being uttered. |
| uttermore | adjective | Further; outer; utter. |
| uttermost | adjective | Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end., The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent. |
| utterness | noun | The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. |
| uvulatome | noun | An instrument for removing the uvula. |
| uvulatomy | noun | The operation of removing the uvula. |
| uwarowite | noun | Ouvarovite. |
| uxoricide | noun | The murder of a wife by her husband., One who murders his wife. |