| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| uckewallist | noun | One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland. |
| ulotrichous | adjective | Having woolly or crispy hair; — opposed to leiotrichous. |
| ultramarine | adjective | Situated or being beyond the sea., A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. |
| ultraviolet | adjective | Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; — said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum. |
| ultra vires | Beyond power; transcending authority; — a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights. | |
| umbilicated | adjective | Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle., Supported by a stalk at the central point. |
| umbriferous | adjective | Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. |
| unadvisable | adjective | Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient. |
| unagreeable | adjective | Disagreeable., Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable. |
| unalienable | adjective | Inalienable; as, unalienable rights. |
| unambiguity | noun | Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity. |
| unappliable | adjective | Inapplicable. |
| unattentive | adjective | Inattentive; careless. |
| unaudienced | adjective | Not given an audience; not received or heard. |
| unauthorize | verb t. | To disown the authority of; to repudiate. |
| unavoidable | adjective | Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles., Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. |
| unballasted | adjective | Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast., Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits. |
| unbarricade | verb t. | To unbolt; to unbar; to open. |
| unbeguiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Unbeguile |
| unbelieving | adjective | Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical., Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. |
| unbeseeming | adjective | Unbecoming; not befitting. |
| unblemished | adjective | Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life. |
| unblindfold | verb t. | To free from that which blindfolds. |
| unboundably | adverb | Infinitely. |
| unbowelling | of Unbowel | |
| uncautelous | adjective | Incautious. |
| uncertainly | adverb | In an uncertain manner. |
| uncertainty | noun | The quality or state of being uncertain., That which is uncertain; something unknown. |
| uncharneled | imp. & past participle | of Uncharnel |
| uncheckable | adjective | Not capable of being checked or stopped. |
| unchristian | adjective | Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel., Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct., To make unchristian. |
| uncivilized | adjective | Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa., Not civil; coarse; clownish. |
| unconcerned | adjective | Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. |
| unconscious | adjective | Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man., Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration., Having no knowledge by experience; — followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. |
| unconsonant | adjective | Incongruous; inconsistent. |
| unconstancy | noun | Inconstancy. |
| uncontinent | adjective | Not continent; incontinent. |
| unconverted | adjective | Not converted or exchanged., Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another., Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish., Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent. |
| uncovenable | adjective | Not covenable; inconvenient. |
| uncunningly | adverb | Ignorantly. |
| undauntable | adjective | Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. |
| undecennary | adjective | Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial. |
| undecennial | adjective | Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival. |
| undecylenic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil. |
| underaction | noun | Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. |
| underbearer | noun | One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall. |
| underbranch | noun | A lower branch., A twig or branchlet. |
| undercharge | verb t. | To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services., To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun., A charge that is less than is usual or suitable. |
| underdolven | p. p. of Underdelve. | |
| underfarmer | noun | An assistant farmer. |
| underfellow | noun | An underling // mean, low fellow. |
| underfollow | verb t. | To follow closely or immediately after. |
| underfringe | noun | A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. |
| underfurrow | verb t. | To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure. |
| underground | noun | The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space., Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment., Done or occurring out of sight; secret., Beneath the surface of the earth. |
| undergrowth | noun | That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. |
| underhanded | adjective | Underhand; clandestine., Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. |
| underhonest | adjective | Not entirely honest. |
| underkeeper | noun | A subordinate keeper or guardian. |
| underletter | noun | A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another. |
| underlocker | noun | A person who inspects a mine daily; — called also underviewer. |
| undermanned | adjective | Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed. |
| undermasted | adjective | Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; — said of vessels. |
| undermaster | noun | A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master. |
| underpinned | imp. & past participle | of Underpin |
| underpraise | verb t. | To praise below desert. |
| underproper | noun | One who, or that which, underprops or supports. |
| underpuller | noun | One who underpulls. |
| underreckon | verb t. | To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. |
| undersailed | adjective | Inadequately equipped with sails. |
| undersetter | noun | One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal. |
| undershapen | adjective | Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. |
| undersleeve | noun | A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another, |
| undersphere | noun | A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite., An inferior sphere, or field of action. |
| understairs | noun | The basement or cellar. |
| understrata | plural | of Understratum |
| understroke | verb t. | To underline or underscore. |
| undertaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Undertake, The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business., That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise., Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals., A promise or pledge; a guarantee. |
| undertenant | noun | The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee. |
| undervaluer | noun | One who undervalues. |
| underviewer | noun | See Underlooker. |
| underwitted | adjective | Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. |
| underworked | imp. & past participle | of Underwork |
| underworker | noun | One who underworks., An inferior or subordinate workman. |
| underwriter | noun | One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer. |
| undesigning | adjective | Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple. |
| undispensed | adjective | Not dispensed., Not freed by dispensation. |
| undivisible | adjective | Indivisible. |
| undoubtable | adjective | Indubitable. |
| undubitable | adjective | Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle. |
| undwellable | adjective | Uninhabitable. |
| unequalable | adjective | Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. |
| unequalness | noun | The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. |
| unequitable | adjective | Inequitable. |
| unequivocal | adjective | Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words. |
| unessential | adjective | Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant., Void of essence, or real being., Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion. |
| unestablish | verb t. | To disestablish. |
| unexceptive | adjective | Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception. |
| unexcusable | adjective | Inexcusable. |
| unexpedient | adjective | Inexpedient. |
| unexpensive | adjective | Inexpensive. |
| unexperient | adjective | Inexperienced. |
| unfavorable | adjective | Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging. |
| unfeudalize | verb t. | To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal. |
| unflinching | adjective | Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. |
| unfortunate | adjective | Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business., An unfortunate person. |
| unfrangible | adjective | Infrangible. |
| unfrankable | adjective | Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance. |
| unfrequency | noun | Infrequency. |
| ungenitured | adjective | Destitute of genitals; impotent. |
| unguestlike | adverb | In a manner not becoming to a guest. |
| unguiculata | noun pl. | An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata). |
| unguiculate | noun | One of the Unguiculata., Alt. of Unguiculated |
| unguiferous | adjective | Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws. |
| unguligrade | adjective | Having, or walking on, hoofs. |
| unhingement | noun | The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged. |
| unhoped-for | adjective | Unhoped; unexpected. |
| unicapsular | Having but one capsule to each flower. | |
| unicellular | adjective | Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism. |
| unicolorous | adjective | Having the surface of a uniform color. |
| unification | noun | The act of unifying, or the state of being unified. |
| unifolliate | adjective | Having only one leaf. |
| unifromness | noun | The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity. |
| unigeniture | noun | The state of being the only begotten. |
| unimplicate | adjective | Not implicated. |
| unimuscular | adjective | Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian. |
| unipersonal | adjective | Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God., Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal. |
| uniradiated | adjective | Having but one ray. |
| unisilicate | noun | A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; — so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2. |
| univalvular | adjective | Same as Univalve, a. |
| universally | adverb | In a universal manner; without exception; as, God’s laws are universally binding on his creatures. |
| univocation | noun | Agreement of name and meaning. |
| unlimitable | adjective | Illimitable. |
| unluckiness | noun | Quality or state of being unlucky. |
| unmasculate | verb t. | To emasculate. |
| unmechanize | verb t. | To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure. |
| unmerciless | adjective | Utterly merciless. |
| unmoralized | adjective | Not restrained or tutored by morality. |
| unnesessary | adjective | Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. |
| unnecessity | noun | The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary. |
| unnumerable | adjective | Innumerable. |
| unobedience | noun | Disobedience. |
| unobtrusive | adjective | Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. |
| unoffensive | adjective | Inoffensive. |
| unoperative | adjective | Producing no effect; inoperative. |
| unorganized | adjective | Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1. |
| unparagoned | adjective | Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless. |
| unpathwayed | adjective | Pathless. |
| unpedigreed | adjective | Not distinguished by a pedigree. |
| unportunate | adjective | Importunate; troublesome with requests. |
| unpractical | adjective | Not practical; impractical. |
| unprevented | adjective | Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows., Not preceded by anything. |
| unprinciple | verb t. | To destroy the moral principles of. |
| unproselyte | verb t. | To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte. |
| unprovident | adjective | Improvident. |
| unqualitied | adjective | Deprived of the usual faculties. |
| unravelment | noun | The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled. |
| unreadiness | noun | The quality or state of being unready. |
| unrebukable | adjective | Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. |
| unrelenting | adjective | Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. |
| unreligious | adjective | Irreligious. |
| unremitting | adjective | Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. |
| unreputable | adjective | Disreputable. |
| unrestraint | noun | Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license. |
| unreverence | noun | Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. |
| unrighteous | adjective | Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man., Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence. |
| unrightwise | adjective | Unrighteous. |
| unsacrament | verb t. | To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism. |
| unsaturated | adjective | Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution., Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated. |
| unsceptered | adjective | Alt. of Unsceptred |
| unscrutable | adjective | Inscrutable. |
| unseminared | adjective | Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch. |
| unseparable | adjective | Inseparable. |
| unshiftable | adjective | That may /ot be shifted., Shiftless; helpless. |
| unsightable | adjective | Invisible. |
| unsincerity | noun | The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity. |
| unsoldiered | adjective | Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. |
| unsolemnize | verb t. | To divest of solemnity. |
| unspeakable | adjective | Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. |
| unsuffering | noun | Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured. |
| unsuspicion | noun | The quality or state of being unsuspecting. |
| untemperate | adjective | Intemperate. |
| unthriftily | adverb | Not thriftily., Improperly; unbecomingly. |
| untimeously | adverb | Untimely; unseasonably. |
| untolerable | adjective | Intolerable. |
| untrammeled | adjective | Not hampered or impeded; free. |
| untreasured | adjective | Deprived of treasure., Not treasured; not kept as treasure. |
| untreatable | adjective | Incapable of being treated; not practicable. |
| unutterable | adjective | Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. |
| unvoluntary | adjective | Involuntary. |
| unvulgarize | verb t. | To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar. |
| unwarranted | adjective | Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable. |
| unwedgeable | adjective | Not to be split with wedges. |
| upholsterer | noun | One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. |
| uppertendom | noun | The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper. |
| uprightness | noun | the quality or state of being upright. |
| uptails all | An old game at cards., Revelers; roysterers., Revelry; confusion; frolic. | |
| ural-altaic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages. |
| uranography | noun | A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology. |
| uranometria | noun | A uranometry. |
| uranoplasty | noun | The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate. |
| urechitoxin | noun | A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. |
| urethrotome | noun | An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture. |
| urethrotomy | noun | An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture. |
| uriniferous | adjective | Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules. |
| uriniparous | adjective | Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney. |
| uroerythrin | noun | A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates. |
| urohaematin | noun | Urinary haematin; — applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin. |
| urosternite | noun | The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods. |
| urticaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants. |
| utilitarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art., Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society., One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. |
| utilization | noun | The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized. |
| utricularia | noun | A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium, |