Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 15
Unfleshly (a.) Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.
Unflexible (a.) Inflexible.
Unflinching, () See flinching.
Unflinching (a.) Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. -- Un*flinch"ing*ly, adv.
Unflinching (a.) Not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking].
Unflower (v. t.) To strip of flowers. [R.] -- G. Fletcher.
Unfold (v. t.) To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. -- Herbert.
Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
Unfold the passion of my love. -- Shak.
Unfold (v. t.) To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
Unfold (v. i.) To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. -- J. Fletcher.
Unfold (v.) Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" [syn: blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold].
Unfold (v.) Open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings".
Unfold (v.) Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend].
Unfold (v.) Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" [syn: unfold, spread, spread out, open] [ant: fold, fold up, turn up].
Unfolder (n.) One who, or that which, unfolds.
Unfoldment (n.) The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.
The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. -- C. Morris.
Unfool (v. t.) To restore from folly, or from being a fool. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unforesee (v. t.) To fail to foresee. -- Bp. Hacket.
Unforeseeable, () See foreseeable.
Unforeseeable (a.) Incapable of being foreseen. -- South.
Unforeseeable (a.) Incapable of being anticipated; "unforeseeable consequences".
Unforeskinned (a.) Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] -- Milton.
Unforgettable (a.) Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
Pungent and unforgettable truths. -- Emerson.
Unforgettable (a.) Impossible to forget [ant: forgettable].
Unform (v. t.) To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake. [R.] -- Good.
Unformed (a.) Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
Unformed (a.) Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.
Unformed (a.) (Biol.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.
Unformed stars (Astron.), Stars not grouped into any constellation; informed stars. See Sporades.
Unformed (a.) Not having form or shape; "unformed clay" [ant: formed].
Unformed (a.) Not formed or organized; "an as yet unformed government".
Unfortunate (a.) 不幸的,倒霉的;令人遺憾的;可惜的 Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. -- Hood. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, n.
Unfortunate (a.) Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" [ant: {fortunate}].
Unfortunate (a.) Not auspicious; boding ill [syn: {inauspicious}, {unfortunate}] [ant: {auspicious}].
Unfortunate (a.) Unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech."
Unfortunate (n.) A person who suffers misfortune [syn: {unfortunate}, {unfortunate person}].
Unfortunate (n.) [C] 不幸的人 An unfortunate person.
Unfortunately (adv.) 不幸地;遺憾地;可惜地 By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: {unfortunately}, {unluckily}, {regrettably}, {alas}] [ant: {as luck would have it}, {fortuitously}, {fortunately}, {luckily}].
Unfounded (a.) Not founded; not built or established. -- Milton.
Unfounded (a.) Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. -- Paley.
Unfounded (a.) Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild].
Unframe (v. t.) To take apart, or destroy the frame of. -- Dryden.
Unfrangible (a.) 無法破壞的;不可侵犯的 Infrangible. [Obs.] "Impassible and unfrangible." -- Jer. Taylor.
Unfrankable (a.) Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.
Unfrankable (a.) (Dated) Not frankable; not eligible for being posted free of charge.
// Unfrankable dividends.
// Unfrankable earnings.
Unfrankable (a.) (Australia, finance) Not frankable; not eligible for franking.
// Unfrankable distribution.
Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded. -- P. Fletcher.
Unfree (a.) 不自由的;無自由的 Not free; held in bondage.
There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples. -- J. R. Green
Unfree (a.) Held in servitude; "he was born of slave parents" [ant: free].
Unfree (a.) Hampered and not free; not able to act at will [ant: free].
Unfreeze (v. t.) 使解凍;解除對……的限制(或管制等) To thaw. [Obs.]
Unfreeze (v.) Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt].
Unfreeze (v.) Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize].
Unfrequency (n.) 罕見 Infrequency.
Unfrequent (a.) Infrequent. -- J. H. Newman. -- Un*fre"quent*ly adv.
Unfrequent (v. t.) To cease to frequent. [Obs.]
They quit their thefts and unfrequent the fields. -- J. Philips.
Unfrequented (a.) Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. -- Addison.
Unfrequented (a.) Devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn: lonely, solitary, unfrequented].
Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]
Unfriend (n.) 斷交;【電腦】刪除好友 One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Unfriended (a.) Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. -- Goldsmith.
If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed, unfriended. -- Sir W. Scott.
Unfriendly (a.) 不友好的,有敵意的;不相宜的,不利的 Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
Unfriendly (a.) Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. -- Un*friend"li*ness, n.
Unfriendly (a.) Not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly" [ant: friendly].
Unfriendly (a.) Not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" [ant: friendly].
Unfriendly (a.) Not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" [syn: unfriendly, inimical].
Unfriendly (a.) Very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly].
Unfriendship (n.) The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity.
An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. -- Sir W. Scott.
Unfrock (v. t.) 剝去……的法衣;免去……的聖職;剝奪……的職權 To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
Unfrock (v.) Divest of the frock; of church officials [syn: defrock, unfrock].
Unfruitful (a.) 不結果實的;不毛的;不生子女的;無效益的 Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
Unfruitful (a.) Not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production [ant: fruitful].
Unfumed (a.) 不煙燻的 Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. -- Milton.
Unfurl (v. t. & i.) To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
Unfurl (v.) Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up].
Unfurnish (v. t.) 除去……之傢俱(或裝設) To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
Unfusible (a.) 不熔解的 Infusible. [R.]
Ungain (a.) 難看的;不雅的;笨拙的 Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Beau. & Pl.
Ungainliness (n.) 難看;不雅;笨拙 The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
Ungainliness (n.) The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant [syn: gawkiness, ungainliness].
Ungainly (a.) 難看的;不雅的;笨拙的 Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. -- Macaulay.
Ungainly (a.) Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Ungainly (adv.) In an ungainly manner.
Ungainly (a.) Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy].
Ungainly (a.) Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly].
Ungear (v. t.) 解下……的鎧甲;解除……的武裝;解下(馬等)的套具 To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
Ungeld (n.) (Anglo-Sax. Law) A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him. -- Cowell. Burrill.
Ungenerous (a.) Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms. -- Addison.
Ungenerous (a.) Lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive" [syn: ungenerous, meanspirited] [ant: generous].
Ungenerous (a.) Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: stingy, ungenerous] [ant: generous].
Ungenerously (adv.) In an ungenerous manner.
Ungenitured (a.) Destitute of genitals; impotent. [R.] -- Shak.
Ungentle, () See gentle.
Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. -- Shak.
That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. -- Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.
Ungentle (a.) Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians" [syn: ignoble, ungentle, untitled].
Unget (v. t.) To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. [R.]
I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you. -- Sheridan.
Ungifted (a.) Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments. -- Cowper.
Ungird (v. t.) To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
He ungirded his camels. -- Gen. xxiv. 32.
Ungive (v. t. & i.) To yield; to relax; to give way. [Obs.]
Ungka (n.) (Zool.) The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
Ungka-puti (n.) (Zool.) The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See Gibbon.
Unglaze (v. t.) To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window.
Unglorify (v. t.) To deprive of glory. [R.] -- I. Watts.
Unglorious (a.) Inglorious. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unglove (v. t.) To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. -- Beau. & Fl.
Unglue (v. t.) To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.
She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. -- Swift.
Ungod (v. t.) To deprive of divinity; to undeify. [R.] -- Donne.
Ungod (v. t.) To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical. [R.] -- Dryden.
Ungodly (a.) Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.
Ungodly (a.) Polluted by sin or wickedness.
The hours of this ungodly day. -- Shak. -- Un*god"li*ly, adv. -- Un*god"li*ness, n.
Ungodly (a.) Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly].
Ungored (a.) Not stained with gore; not bloodied. -- Sylvester.
Ungored (a.) Not gored or pierced. Ungot
Ungot (a.) Alt. of Ungotten.
Ungotten (a.) 未得到的 Not gotten; not acquired.
Ungotten (a.) Not begotten. [Obs. or Poetic] "His loins yet full of ungot princes." -- Waller.
Ungovernable (a.) 難統治的,無法控制的;放肆的,任性的 Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. -- Goldsmith.
Ungovernable (a.) Of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly].
Ungown (v. t.) To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
Ungowned (a.) Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.
Ungowned (a.) Not having, or not wearing, a gown.
Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech.
The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. -- Sir W. Scott. -- Un*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grace"ful*ness, n.
Ungraceful (a.) Lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful" -- Sir Walter Scott [syn: graceless, ungraceful].
Ungracious (a.) Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling. -- Shak.
Ungracious (a.) Having no grace; graceless; wicked. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Ungracious (a.) Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.
Anything of grace toward the Irish rebels was as ungracious at Oxford as at London. -- Clarendon. -- Un*gra"cious*ly, adv. -- Un*gra"cious*ness, n.
Ungracious (a.) Lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior" [ant: gracious].
Ungracious (a.) Lacking social graces [syn: discourteous, ungracious].
Ungrate (a.) Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Ungrateful (a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. -- South.
Ungrateful (a.) Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. -- Un*grate"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grate"ful*ness, n.
Ungrateful (a.) Not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" -- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful, thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful].
Ungrateful (a.) Disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure" -- Abraham Lincoln.
Ungrave, () See grave.
Ungrave (v. t.) To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Ungual (a.) Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one.
Ungual (a.) Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain bones of the feet.
Ungual (a.) Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
Unguard (v. t.) To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. [R.] -- Sterne.
Ungueal (a.) Ungual.
Unguent (n.) A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. -- Cowper.
Note: An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.
Unguent (n.) Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve].
Unguentary (a.) Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.
Unguentous (a.) Unguentary.
Unguestlike (adv.) In a manner not becoming to a guest. [R.] -- Milton.
Unguical (a.) Ungual.
Unguicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
Unguiculata (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata).
Unguiculata (n.) In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws; distinguished from hoofed mammals and cetaceans.