Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
ubiquity |
noun |
Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence., The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ’s glorified body is omnipresent. |
udometer |
noun |
A rain gauge. |
uglesome |
adjective |
Ugly. |
ugliness |
noun |
The quality or state of being ugly. |
ulcerate |
verb i. |
To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous., To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. |
ulcerous |
adjective |
Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter., Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. |
ulcuscle |
noun |
Alt. of Ulcuscule |
ulterior |
adjective |
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; — correlative with hither., Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain., Ulterior side or part. |
ultimate |
adjective |
Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final., Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final., Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter., To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end., To come or bring into use or practice. |
ultimata |
plural |
of Ultimatum |
ultimity |
noun |
The last stage or consequence; finality. |
ultraism |
noun |
The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. |
ultraist |
noun |
One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra. |
ultrared |
adjective |
Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red. |
ululated |
imp. & past participle |
of Ululate |
umbecast |
verb i. |
To cast about; to consider; to ponder. |
umbellar |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel. |
umbellet |
noun |
A small or partial umbel; an umbellule. |
umbellic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid. |
umbonate |
adjective |
Alt. of Umbonated |
umbratic |
adjective |
Alt. of Umbratical |
umbrella |
noun |
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol., The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish., Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; — called also umbrella shell. |
umbriere |
noun |
In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril. |
umbrette |
noun |
See Umber, 4. |
umlauted |
adjective |
Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels. |
umpirage |
noun |
The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide., The act of umpiring; arbitrament. |
umpiring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Umpire |
umquhile |
adverb |
Some time ago; formerly., Former. |
una boat |
|
The English name for a catboat; — so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. |
unactive |
adjective |
Inactive; listless., To render inactive or listless. |
unafiled |
adjective |
Undefiled. |
unallied |
adjective |
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera. |
unalmsed |
adjective |
Not having received alms. |
unanchor |
verb t. |
To loose from the anchor, as a ship. |
unaneled |
adjective |
Not aneled; not having received extreme unction. |
unargued |
adjective |
Not argued or debated., Not argued against; undisputed., Not censured. |
unartful |
adjective |
Lacking art or skill; artless. |
unattire |
verb t. |
To divest of attire; to undress. |
unawares |
adverb |
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. |
unbacked |
adjective |
Never mounted by a rider; unbroken., Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. |
unbarbed |
adjective |
Not shaven., Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather. |
unbarrel |
verb t. |
To remove or release from a barrel or barrels. |
unbecome |
verb t. |
To misbecome. |
unbefool |
verb t. |
To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive. |
unbegilt |
adjective |
Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold. |
unbelief |
noun |
The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism., Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. |
unbenign |
adjective |
Not benign; malignant. |
unbenumb |
verb t. |
To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to. |
unbereft |
adjective |
Not bereft; not taken away. |
unbeseem |
verb t. |
To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome. |
unbeware |
adverb |
Unawares. |
unbiased |
adjective |
Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial. |
unbidden |
adjective |
Not bidden; not commanded., Uninvited; as, unbidden guests., Being without a prayer. |
unbishop |
verb t. |
To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights. |
unbitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Unbit |
unbloody |
adjective |
Not bloody. |
unbonnet |
verb t. |
To take a bonnet from; to take off one’s bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one’s head. |
unbooked |
adjective |
Not written in a book; unrecorded. |
unbreast |
verb t. |
To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. |
unbreech |
verb t. |
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches., To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings. |
unbrewed |
adjective |
Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. |
unbridle |
verb t. |
To free from the bridle; to set loose. |
unbroken |
adjective |
Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt. |
unbuckle |
verb t. |
To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. |
unbundle |
verb t. |
To release, as from a bundle; to disclose. |
unburden |
verb t. |
To relieve from a burden., To throw off, as a burden; to unload. |
unburrow |
verb t. |
To force from a burrow; to unearth. |
unbusied |
adjective |
Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. |
unbutton |
verb t. |
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten. |
uncapper |
noun |
An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell. |
uncastle |
verb t. |
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle. |
uncaused |
adjective |
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. |
uncenter |
verb t. |
Alt. of Uncentre |
uncentre |
verb t. |
To throw from its center. |
unchancy |
adjective |
Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient., Ill-fated; unlucky., Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. |
uncharge |
verb t. |
To free from a charge or load; to unload., To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit. |
unchaste |
adjective |
Not chaste; not continent; lewd. |
unchurch |
verb t. |
To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate., To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. |
unciatim |
adverb |
Ounce by ounce. |
unciform |
adjective |
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike., The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla. |
uncinata |
noun pl. |
A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas. |
uncinate |
adjective |
Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process. |
uncipher |
verb t. |
To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. |
unclench |
verb t. |
Same as Unclinch. |
unclinch |
verb t. |
To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist. |
unclosed |
adjective |
Not separated by inclosures; open., Not finished; not concluded., Not closed; not sealed; open. |
unclothe |
verb t. |
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. |
unclutch |
verb t. |
To open, as something closely shut., To disengage, as a clutch. |
uncoffle |
verb t. |
To release from a coffle. |
uncoined |
adjective |
Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver., Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural. |
uncomely |
adjective |
Not comely. — adv. In an uncomely manner. |
uncommon |
adjective |
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. |
uncoform |
adjective |
Unlike. |
uncouple |
verb t. |
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars., To roam at liberty. |
uncreate |
verb t. |
To deprive of existence; to annihilate., Uncreated; self-existent. |
uncredit |
verb t. |
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. |
unctious |
adjective |
Unctuous. |
unctuous |
adjective |
Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy., Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals., Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid. |
uncypher |
verb t. |
See Uncipher. |
undeadly |
adjective |
Not subject to death; immortal. |
undecane |
noun |
A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; — so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule. |
undecent |
adjective |
Indecent. |
undecide |
verb t. |
To reverse or recant, as a previous decision. |
undecked |
adjective |
Not decked; unadorned., Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel. |
undeeded |
adjective |
Not deeded or transferred by deed; as, undeeded land., Not made famous by any great action. |
undefine |
verb t. |
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of. |
underact |
verb t. |
To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly. |
underaid |
verb t. |
To aid clandestinely. |
underbid |
verb t. |
To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than. |
underbuy |
verb t. |
To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than. |
undercry |
verb i. |
To cry aloud. |
undercut |
noun |
The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet., To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion. |
underdig |
verb t. |
To dig under or beneath; to undermine. |
underget |
verb t. |
To get under or beneath; also, to understand. |
undergod |
noun |
A lower or inferio/ god; a subordinate deity; a demigod. |
underhew |
verb t. |
To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain. |
underjaw |
noun |
The lower jaw. |
underlay |
verb t. |
To lay beneath; to put under., To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2., To put a tap on (a shoe)., To incline from the vertical; to hade; — said of a vein, fault, or lode., The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; — called also underlie., A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. |
underlet |
verb t. |
To let below the value., To let or lease at second hand; to sublet. |
underlie |
verb t. |
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel., To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory., To be subject or amenable to., To lie below or under., See Underlay, n., 1. |
underlip |
noun |
The lower lip. |
undernom |
imp. |
of Undernime |
underpay |
verb t. |
To pay inadequately. |
underpin |
verb t. |
To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest., To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. |
underput |
verb t. |
To put or send under. |
underrun |
verb t. |
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it. |
undersay |
verb t. |
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. |
underset |
verb t. |
To prop or support., Undercurrent. |
undersky |
noun |
The lower region of the sky. |
undertow |
noun |
The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore. |
undirect |
verb t. |
To misdirect; to mislead., Indirect. |
undouble |
verb t. |
To unfold, or render single. |
undreamt |
adjective |
Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th/ught of; not imagined; — often followed by of. |
undulant |
adjective |
Undulating. |
undulary |
adjective |
Moving like waves; undulatory. |
undulate |
adjective |
Same as Undulated., To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate., To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air. |
undulous |
adjective |
Undulating; undulatory. |
unearned |
adjective |
Not earned; not gained by labor or service. |
uneasity |
adverb |
In an easy manner. |
unequity |
noun |
Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity. |
unerring |
adjective |
Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God. |
unexpert |
adjective |
Not expert; inexpert. |
unfasten |
verb t. |
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie. |
unfellow |
verb t. |
To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one’s fellows; to dissever. |
unfetter |
verb t. |
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind. |
unfilial |
adjective |
Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child. |
unflower |
verb t. |
To strip of flowers. |
unfolder |
noun |
One who, or that which, unfolds. |
unformed |
adjective |
Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed., Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous., Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment. |
unfreeze |
verb t. |
To thaw. |
unfriend |
noun |
One not a friend; an enemy. |
ungainly |
adjective |
Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking., Unsuitable; unprofitable., In an ungainly manner. |
ungentle |
adjective |
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. |
ungifted |
adjective |
Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments. |
ungotten |
adjective |
Not gotten; not acquired., Not begotten. |
ungowned |
adjective |
Stripped of a gown; unfrocked., Not having, or not wearing, a gown. |
unguical |
adjective |
Ungual. |
ungulata |
noun pl. |
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla. |
ungulate |
adjective |
Shaped like a hoof., Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1., Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata. |
ungulous |
adjective |
Same as Ungulate. |
unhallow |
verb t. |
To profane; to desecrate. |
unharbor |
verb t. |
To drive from harbor or shelter. |
unhealth |
noun |
Unsoundness; disease. |
unheired |
adjective |
Destitute of an heir. |
unhelmed |
adjective |
Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet., Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet. |
unhelmet |
verb t. |
To deprive of the helmet. |
unhonest |
adjective |
Dishonest; dishonorable. |
unhoused |
adjective |
Driven from a house; deprived of shelter., Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless. |
unhusked |
adjective |
Not husked; having the husk on., Having the husk removed; without husk. |
uniaxial |
adjective |
Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction., Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; — opposed to multiaxial. |
unideaed |
adjective |
Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous. |
unifilar |
adjective |
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension. |
unifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Unify |
unilobar |
adjective |
Consisting of a single lobe. |
unionism |
noun |
The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States., The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade. |
unionist |
noun |
One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States., A member or supporter of a trades union. |
unipolar |
adjective |
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only., Having but one pole or process; — applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; — opposed to multipolar. |
uniquity |
noun |
The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. |
unisonal |
adjective |
Being in unison; unisonant. |
unitable |
adjective |
Capable of union by growth or otherwise. |
unitedly |
adverb |
In an united manner. |
unitized |
imp. & past participle |
of Unitize |
univalve |
noun |
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs., Alt. of Univalved |
universe |
noun |
All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. |
univocal |
adjective |
Having one meaning only; — contrasted with equivocal., Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2., Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular., Unequivocal; indubitable., A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces., A word having but one meaning. |
unkemmed |
adjective |
Unkempt. |
unkennel |
verb t. |
To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox., Fig.: To discover; to disclose. |
unkindly |
adjective |
Not kindly; unkind; ungracious., Unnatural; contrary to nature., Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. |
unknight |
verb t. |
To deprive of knighthood. |
unlawful |
adjective |
Not lawful; contrary to law. |
unlicked |
adjective |
Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v. |
unlikely |
adjective |
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely., Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means., Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable., In an unlikely manner. |
unlimber |
verb t. |
To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun. |
unloader |
noun |
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon. |
unlooked |
adjective |
Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; — generally with for. |
unloosen |
verb t. |
To loosen; to unloose. |
unlorded |
adjective |
Deprived of the rank of a lord., Not raised to the rank of a lord. |
unlovely |
adjective |
Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant. |
unmaiden |
verb t. |
To ravish; to deflower. |
unmanned |
adjective |
Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate., Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; — also used figuratively., Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship. |
unmantle |
verb t. |
To divest of a mantle; to uncover. |
unmartyr |
verb t. |
To degrade from the rank of a martyr. |
unmember |
verb t. |
To deprive of membership, as in a church. |
unmingle |
verb t. |
To separate, as things mixed. |
unmuffle |
verb t. |
To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover., To remove the muffling of, as a drum. |
unmuzzle |
verb t. |
To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from. |
unnapped |
adjective |
Finished without a nap. |
unnature |
verb t. |
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature., The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural. |
unnestle |
verb t. |
Same as Unnest. |
unnethes |
adverb |
With difficulty. See Uneath. |
unhooked |
adjective |
Without nooks and corners; guileless. |
unnotify |
verb t. |
To retract or withdraw a notice of. |
unpacker |
noun |
One who unpacks. |
unpaired |
adjective |
Not paired; not suited or matched. |
unpalped |
adjective |
Destitute of a palp. |
unpannel |
verb t. |
To take the saddle off; to unsaddle. |
unpastor |
verb t. |
To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship. |
unpathed |
adjective |
Not having a path. |
unpeeled |
adjective |
Thoroughly stripped; pillaged., Not peeled. |
unpeered |
adjective |
Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled. |
unpeople |
verb t. |
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. |
unpicked |
adjective |
Picked out; picked open., Not picked. |
unpinion |
verb t. |
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint. |
unpitied |
adjective |
Not pitied., Pitiless; merciless. |
unplaced |
adjective |
Not placed. |
unplight |
verb t. |
To unfold; to lay open; to explain. |
unpoised |
adjective |
Not poised or balanced., Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating. |
unpoison |
verb t. |
To remove or expel poison from. |
unpolish |
verb t. |
To deprive of polish; to make impolite. |
unpolite |
adjective |
Not polite; impolite; rude. |
unpolled |
adjective |
Not polled., Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter., Not plundered. |
unpraise |
verb t. |
To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. |
unprayed |
adjective |
Not prayed for. |
unpreach |
verb t. |
To undo or overthrow by preaching. |
unpriced |
adjective |
Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also, priceless. |
unpriest |
verb t. |
To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. |
unprince |
verb t. |
To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty. |
unprison |
verb t. |
To take or deliver from prison. |
unprofit |
noun |
Want of profit; unprofitableness. |
unproper |
adjective |
Not proper or peculiar; improper. |
unpucker |
verb t. |
To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of. |
unpursed |
adjective |
Robbed of a purse, or of money., Taken from the purse; expended. |
unreally |
adverb |
In an unreal manner; ideally. |
unreason |
noun |
Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity., To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. |
unreaved |
adjective |
Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. |
unriddle |
verb t. & i. |
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery. |
unringed |
adjective |
Not having a ring, as in the nose. |
unrioted |
adjective |
Free from rioting. |
unroofed |
adjective |
Stripped of a roof, or similar covering., Not yet roofed. |
unruffle |
verb i. |
To cease from being ruffled or agitated. |
unrumple |
verb t. |
To free from rumples; to spread or lay even, |
unsadden |
verb t. |
To relieve from sadness; to cheer. |
unsaddle |
verb t. |
To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse., To throw from the saddle; to unhorse. |
unsafety |
noun |
The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity. |
unseason |
verb t. |
To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning., To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. |
unsecret |
verb t. |
To disclose; to divulge., Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. |
unsecure |
adjective |
Insecure. |
unseemly |
adjective |
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent., In an unseemly manner. |
unseldom |
adverb |
Not seldom; frequently. |
unsensed |
adjective |
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification. |
unsettle |
verb t. |
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse., To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered. |
unsexing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Unsex |
unsexual |
adjective |
Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes. |
unshaked |
adjective |
Unshaken. |
unshaped |
adjective |
Alt. of Unshapen |
unshapen |
adjective |
Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly. |
unshelve |
verb t. |
To remove from, or as from, a shelf. |
unshroud |
verb t. |
To remove the shroud from; to uncover. |
unsister |
verb t. |
To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. |
unslaked |
adjective |
Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime. |
unsluice |
verb t. |
To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge. |
unsocket |
verb t. |
To loose or take from a socket. |
unsolder |
verb t. |
To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder. |
unsorted |
adjective |
Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods., Not well selected; ill-chosen. |
unsphere |
verb t. |
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. |
unspirit |
verb t. |
To dispirit. |
unsquire |
verb t. |
To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. |
unstable |
adjective |
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow. |
unstarch |
verb t. |
To free from starch; to make limp or pliable. |
unstitch |
verb t. |
To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. |
unstrain |
verb t. |
To relieve from a strain; to relax. |
unstring |
verb t. |
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads., To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow., To relax the tension of; to loosen., Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear. |
unsurety |
noun |
Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. |
unswathe |
verb t. |
To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle. |
untackle |
verb t. |
To unbitch; to unharness. |
untalked |
adjective |
Not talked; not mentioned; — often with of. |
untangle |
verb t. |
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. |
untemper |
verb t. |
To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft. |
untenant |
verb t. |
To remove a tenant from. |
untented |
adjective |
Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field., Not tended; not dressed. See 4th Tent. |
unthread |
verb t. |
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle., To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of., To make one’s way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path. |
unthrift |
adjective |
Unthrifty. |
unthrone |
verb t. |
To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. |
untimely |
adjective |
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death., Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably. |
untithed |
adjective |
Not subjected tithes. |
untitled |
adjective |
Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction., Being without title or right; not entitled. |
untongue |
verb t. |
To deprive of a tongue, or of voice. |
untoward |
preposition |
Toward., Froward; perverse., Awkward; ungraceful., Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. |
untraded |
adjective |
Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade., Unpracticed; inexperienced., Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common. |
untruism |
noun |
Something not true; a false statement. |
unturned |
adjective |
Not turned; not revolved or reversed. |
unvalued |
adjective |
Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate., Having inestimable value; invaluable. |
unveiler |
noun |
One who removes a veil. |
unvessel |
verb t. |
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. |
unvisard |
verb t. |
To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. |
unwarily |
adverb |
In an unwary manner. |
unwarped |
adjective |
Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial. |
unwashed |
adjective |
Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean. |
unwashen |
adjective |
Not washed. |
unwemmed |
adjective |
Not blemished; undefiled; pure. |
unwieldy |
adjective |
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. |
unwilled |
adjective |
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. |
unwisdom |
noun |
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. |
unwisely |
adverb |
In an unwise manner; foolishly. |
unwonder |
verb t. |
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain. |
unwonted |
adjective |
Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers., Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes. |
unwormed |
adjective |
Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; — said of a dog. |
unworthy |
adjective |
Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; — often with of. |
unwroken |
adjective |
Not revenged; unavenged. |
unyolden |
adjective |
Not yielded. |
upcaught |
adjective |
Seized or caught up. |
upgather |
verb t. |
To gather up; to contract; to draw together. |
upgrowth |
noun |
The process or result of growing up; progress; development. |
upheaped |
adjective |
Piled up; accumulated. |
upheaval |
noun |
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth’s crust. |
upholder |
noun |
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman., An undertaker, or provider for funerals., An upholsterer., One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer. |
uplander |
noun |
One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic., The upland sandpiper. |
upplight |
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imp. & p. p. of Uppluck. |
upridged |
adjective |
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. |
uprising |
noun |
Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent., An insurrection; a popular revolt. |
upsidown |
adverb |
See Upsodown. |
upsnatch |
verb t. |
To snatch up. |
upsodown |
adverb |
Upside down. |
upspring |
verb i. |
To spring up., An upstart., A spring or leap into the air. |
upstairs |
adverb |
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story., Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room. |
upsterte |
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imp. & p. p. of Upstart. |
upstream |
adverb |
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current. |
upstreet |
adverb |
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. |
upstroke |
noun |
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made. |
up-train |
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A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus., A train going in the direction conventionally called up. |
upwreath |
verb i. |
To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke. |
uranitic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium. |
uranoso- |
adjective |
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; — used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate. |
urbanity |
noun |
The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement., Polite wit; facetiousness. |
urbanize |
verb t. |
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. |
urceolar |
adjective |
Urceolate. |
urcelate |
adjective |
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla. |
urceolus |
noun |
Any urn-shaped organ of a plant. |
urethane |
noun |
A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type. |
urethral |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the urethra. |
urgently |
adverb |
In an urgent manner. |
urinator |
noun |
One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver. |
urobilin |
noun |
A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome. |
urochord |
noun |
The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. |
uropodal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a uropod. |
uroscopy |
noun |
The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. |
urostege |
noun |
One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent. |
urosteon |
noun |
A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds. |
urostyle |
noun |
A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians. |
uroxanic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution. |
urrhodin |
noun |
Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin. |
ursiform |
adjective |
Having the shape of a bear. |
ursuline |
noun |
One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education., Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns. |
urticate |
verb t. & i. |
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. |
usefully |
adverb |
In a useful manner. |
ushering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Usher |
usherdom |
noun |
The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively. |
ustulate |
adjective |
Blackened as if burned. |
usufruct |
noun |
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. |
usurious |
adjective |
Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person., Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract. |
usurping |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Usurp |
usurpant |
adjective |
Usurping; encroaching. |
utilized |
imp. & past participle |
of Utilize |
utopical |
adjective |
Utopian; ideal. |
uttering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Utter |
utterest |
superl. |
Uttermost. |
uva-ursi |
noun |
The bearberry. |
uvitonic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid. |
uxorious |
adjective |
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. |