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U
the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long , as in , and short , as in , answering to the French in . Etymologically U is most closely related to , (vowel), , and ; as in , det, dad, tice; tp, tft; sp, sp; aspice, aiary. See , also and .
Uberous
Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful.
Udder
The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the in cows and other quadrupeds. See .
ullet
A European owl () of a tawny color; -- called also .
Ultramontanist
One who upholds ultramontanism.
Ululation
A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
Umbellule
An umbellet.
Umber
A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called ; when not heated, it is called . See , below.
Umbriferous
Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Umpireship
Umpirage; arbitrament.
Unalloyed
Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; .
Unanchor
To loose from the anchor, as a ship.
Unapplicable
Inapplicable.
Unbless
To deprive of blessings; to make wretched.
Unbody
To free from the body; to disembody.
Unbreech
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
Uncalled-for
Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
Uncarnate
Not fleshly; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate.
Unchristianize
To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.
Uncial
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century , and were seldom used after the 10th century , being superseded by the cursive style.
Unclutch
To open, as something closely shut.
Unconcern
Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
Underdressed
Not dresses enough.
Underhew
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.
Underlay
To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Undersay
To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
Undersoil
The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Undertakable
Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
Undertake
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
Undiocesed
Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese.
Undirectly
Indirectly.
Undisposedness
Indisposition; disinclination.
Undo
To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
Uneasy
Not easy; difficult.
Unelegant
Inelegant.
Unequalable
Not capable of being equaled or paralleled.
Unfeigned
Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; .
Unfeudalize
To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.
Unfile
To remove from a file or record.
Unforeseeable
Incapable of being foreseen.
Ungain
Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.
Ungive
To yield; to relax; to give way.
Unicarinated
Having one ridge or keel.
Unifilar
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; .
Unify
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.
Uniplicate
Having, or consisting of, but one fold.
Unitize
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.
Unkiss
To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.
Unlaw
To deprive of the authority or character of law.
Unlook
To recall or retract, as a look.
Unlovely
Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
Unnotify
To retract or withdraw a notice of.
Unorder
To countermand an order for.
Unpin
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; .
Unpolicied
Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.
Unprejudiced
Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial;
Unregeneration
Unregeneracy.
Unrest
Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
Unreverently
Irreverently.
Unrightwise
Unrighteous.
Unseal
To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; .
Unseemly
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
Unsew
To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
Unsight
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
Unsin
To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.
Unskill
Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness.
Unsped
Not performed; not dispatched.
Unspirit
To dispirit.
Unstrained
Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; .
Unstratified
Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.
Untrammeled
Not hampered or impeded; free.
Untuck
To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
Unty
To untie.
Unvote
To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.
Unworth
Unworthiness.
Upbrought
Brought up; educated.
Upcast
Cast up; thrown upward; .
Uphroe
Same as .
Upspurner
A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Upstart
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
Ure
To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
Urechitoxin
A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Urgent
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
Urinary
A urinarium; also, a urinal.
Uroglaucin
A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.
Uroxanate
A salt of uroxanic acid.
Ursula
A beautiful North American butterfly ( syn. ). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also .
Usual
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.