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Uckewallist
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, , a native of Friesland.
Ulcer
To ulcerate.
Ulnage
Measurement by the ell; alnage.
Ulster
A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from , Ireland.
Umbellifer
A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
Umbratile
Umbratic.
umbril
An umbrere.
Umpress
Female umpire.
Unambition
The absence of ambition.
Unavoided
Not avoided or shunned.
Unbishop
To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights.
Unbloody
Not bloody.
Unbuild
To demolish; to raze.
Uncautelous
Incautious.
Unciform
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked form; hooklike.
Unclue
To unwind; to untangle.
Unconscionable
Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant;
Unconstant
Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable.
Uncredit
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit.
Uncult
Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
Uncurably
In an uncurable manner.
Uncurtain
To remove a curtain from; to reveal.
Uncypher
alternate spelling of ; same as .
Underbear
To support; to endure.
Underboard
Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under .
Underground insurance
Wildcat insurance.
Undergrown
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
Underload
to load (a truck, etc.) with less than its full capacity; -- in certain circumstances, an inefficient use of resources.
Underpeer
To peer under.
Underpin
To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
Undersailed
Inadequately equipped with sails.
Undershut
Closed from beneath.
Underskirt
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
Undervaluer
One who undervalues.
Undeserver
One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
Undirectly
Indirectly.
Uneath
Not easy; difficult; hard.
Uneath
Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
Uneven
Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; .
Unfailing
Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Unfair
Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
Unfeatured
Wanting regular features; deformed.
Unfrankable
Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.
Unfrequent
To cease to frequent.
Unfret
To smooth after being fretted.
Ungored
Not gored or pierced.
Unguligrade
Having, or walking on, hoofs.
Unhasp
To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.
Unheard
Not heard; not perceived by the ear; .
Uniclinal
See .
Unifilar
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; .
Uniovulate
Containing but one ovule.
Unisexual
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; dicious; -- distinguished from , or . See .
Universal donor
a person belonging to the O blood group (of the ABO classification), who can safely donate blood to anyone.
Universalian
Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist.
Univocation
Agreement of name and meaning.
Unkindly
Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
Unmingle
To separate, as things mixed.
Unnapped
Finished without a nap.
Unnooked
Without nooks and corners; guileless.
Unobtrusive
Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.
Unpaganize
To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
Unpay
To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.
Unpeered
Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled.
Unprudential
Imprudent.
Unrepentance
Impenitence.
Unseemly
In an unseemly manner.
Unseminared
Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.
Unshed
Not parted or divided, as the hair.
Unsightable
Invisible.
Unsufferable
Insufferable.
Untread
To tread back; to retrace.
Untreasured
Deprived of treasure.
Upraise
To raise; to lift up.
Upright
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; .
Upseek
To seek or strain upward.
Upstream
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Upwhirl
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
Urali
See .
Uranographist
One practiced in uranography.
Urbanize
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.
Urgence
Urgency.
Urodelian
Of or pertaining to the Urodela.
Urogenital
Same as .
Uropygial
Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds.
Uropygium
The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called .
Urosternite
The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.
Urson
The Canada porcupine. See .
Usher
To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by or ; .
Usherless
Destitute of an usher.
Uvrou
See .
Uxoricidal
Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.