Select a letter for some words
Ulotrichan
Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi.
Ultramontanism
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. .
Ululant
Howling; wailing.
Umber
To color with umber; to shade or darken; .
Umbilication
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; ; also, the condition of being umbilicated.
umbrageous
Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; .
Unawares
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.
Unblestful
Unblessed.
Unbrewed
Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine.
Uncentury
To remove from its actual century.
Uncertain
To make uncertain.
Uncial
An uncial letter.
Uncinus
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Uncircumstandtial
Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.
Uncle
The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of in sex, and of and in relationship.
Unclosed
Not separated by inclosures; open.
Unclothe
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
Unclue
To unwind; to untangle.
Uncoach
To detach or loose from a coach.
Unconformist
A nonconformist.
Uncowl
To divest or deprive of a cowl.
Unction
The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; .
Undefine
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
Undercry
To cry aloud.
Underdoer
One who underdoes; a shirk.
Underfoot
Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Underground insurance
Wildcat insurance.
Undergrow
Undergrown.
Underpull
To exert one's influence secretly.
Undershot
Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
Understock
To supply insufficiently with stock.
Undertone
A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
Undeserve
To fail to deserve.
Undispensable
Indispensable.
Undone
of .
Undouble
To unfold, or render single.
Undumpish
To relieve from the dumps.
Unemployment
Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
Unexpedient
Inexpedient.
Unfertile
Not fertile; infertile; barren.
Unfirmness
Infirmness.
Unfit
Not fit; unsuitable.
Unfriendly
Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; .
Ungentle
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Ungka
The siamang; -- called also .
Unhallowed
Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.
Unhand
To loose from the hand; to let go.
Uniflagellate
Having but one flagellum; .
Unintelligence
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance.
Univocal
Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with .
Unkard
See .
Unlink
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
Unlucky
Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; .
Unmanacle
To free from manacles.
Unmoralized
Not restrained or tutored by morality.
Unnervate
Enervate.
Unnun
To remove from condition of being a nun.
Unpeg
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
Unperishably
Imperishably.
Unproper
Not proper or peculiar; improper.
Unrein
To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
Unreserved
Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
Unrip
To rip; to cut open.
Unroot
To be torn up by the roots.
Unsearchable
Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
Unsexual
Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes.
Unsight
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
Unspirit
To dispirit.
Untalked
Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with .
Unusage
Want or lack of usage.
Unwilled
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition.
Upbreathe
To breathe up or out; to exhale.
Upland
Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; .
Uppish
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
Upraise
To raise; to lift up.
Uproll
To roll up.
Upthrow
See , , 9.
Uptown
To or in the upper part of a town; .
Urceolate
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contracted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.
Urgent
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
Urinometry
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
Utopianism
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Utterable
Capable of being uttered.