Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 19
Universology (n.) 宇宙學 The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.
Univocacy (n.) The quality or state of being univocal. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Univocal (a.) Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
Univocal (a.) Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
Univocal (a.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Univocal (a.) Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Univocal (n.) (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
Univocal (n.) A word having but one meaning.
Univocal (a.) Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement" [syn: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous] [ant: ambiguous, equivocal].
Univocally (adv.) In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.
How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin? -- Bp. Hall.
Univocation (n.) Agreement of name and meaning. [Obs.] -- Whiston.
Unjoin (v. t.) To disjoin.
Unjoint (v. t.) To disjoint.
Unjointed (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. -- Shak.
Unjointed (a.) [Pref. un- + jointed.] Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.
Unjointed (a.) Without joints or jointed segments.
Unjust (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.
Unjust (a.) Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation. -- Un*just"ly, adv. -- Un*just"ness, n.
Unjust (a.) Not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" [syn: unfair, unjust] [ant: fair, just].
Unjust (a.) Violating principles of justice; "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation" [ant: just].
Unjust (a.) Not equitable or fair; "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation" [syn: inequitable, unjust] [ant: equitable, just].
Unjust, () That which is done against the perfect rights of another; that which is against the established law; that which is opposed to a law which is the test of right and wrong. 1 Toull. tit. prel. n. 5; Aust. Jur. 276, n.; Hein. Lec. El. Sec. 1080.
Unjustice (n.) Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] -- Hales.
Unjustly (adv.) In an unjust manner; "he was unjustly singled out for punishment" [ant: justifiedly, justly, rightly].
Unkard (a.) See Unked. [Prov. Eng.]
Unke (n.) (Zool.) A European aquatic toad ({Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.
Unked (a.) Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth. [Prov. Eng.]
Unked (a.) Lonely; dreary; unkard. [Prov. Eng.]
Weston is sadly unked without you. -- Cowper.
Unkemmed (a.) Unkempt. [Obs.]
Unkempt (a.) 未梳理的，蓬亂的；不整潔的；（言語等）粗野的 Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
Unkempt (a.) Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. -- Spenser.
Unkempt (a.) Not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair".
Unkempt (a.) Not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance".
Unkemptness (n.) A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for [syn: sloppiness, slovenliness, unkemptness].
Unkennel (v. t.) To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
Unkennel (v. t.) Fig.: To discover; to disclose. -- Shak.
Unkent (a.) Unknown; strange. [Obs. or Scot.] -- W. Browne.
Unketh (a.) Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Unkind (a.) Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] -- Shak.
Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations." -- Chaucer.
Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. -- Sir T. Elyot. -- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.
Unkind (a.) Lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" [ant: kind].
Unkind (a.) Deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: pitiless, unkind].
Unkindliness (n.) Unkindness. -- Tennyson.
Unkindly (a.) Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
Unkindly (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime." -- Spenser.
Unkindly (a.) Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. -- Milton.
Unkindly (adv.) In an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly].
Unkindly (a.) Lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn: unkindly, unsympathetic].
Unkindred (a.) Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] -- Rowe. -- Un*kin"dred*ly, a.
Unking (v. t.) To cause to cease to be a king. [R.]
Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him? -- South.
Unkingship (n.) The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. [Obs.]
Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. -- Evelyn.
Unkiss (v. t.) To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss. [Obs.]
Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me. -- Shak.
Unkle (n.) See Uncle. [Obs.]
Unknight (v. t.) To deprive of knighthood. -- Fuller.
Unknit (v. t.) To undo or unravel what is knitted together.
Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow. -- Shak.
Unknot (v. t.) To free from knots; to untie.
Unknot (v.) Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle].
Unknow (v. t.) To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of. [Obs.]
Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of. [Obs.]
Unknow (a.) Unknown. [Obs.] "French of Paris was to her unknow." -- Chaucer.
Unknowledged (a.) Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.]
For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. -- B. Jonson.
Unknown (a.) Not known; not apprehended. -- Un*known"ness, n. [R.] -- Camden.
Unknown (a.) Not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: known].
Unknown (a.) Being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed].
Unknown (a.) Not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
Unknown (a.) Not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung].
Unknown (a.) Not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" [A: strange, unknown].
Unknown (n.) An unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown" [syn: unknown, unknown region, terra incognita].
Unknown (n.) Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend].
Unknown (n.) A variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn: unknown, unknown quantity].
Unknown, () When goods have been stolen from some person unknown, they may be so described in the indictment; but if the owner be really known, an indictment alleging the property to belong to some person unknown is improper. 2 East's P. C. 651 1 Hale, P. C. 512; Holt's N. P. C. 596 S. C. 3 Eng. Common Law Rep. 191; 8 C. & P. 773. Vide Indictment; Quidam.
Unlabored (a.) Not produced by labor or toil. "Unlabored harvests." -- Dryden.
Unlabored (a.) Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.
Unlabored (a.) Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work. -- Tickell.
Unlace (v. t.) To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
Unlace (v. t.) To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus? -- Shak.
Unlace (v. t.) (Naut.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. -- Totten.
Unlace (v.) Undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie, unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie].
Unlade (v. t.) To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.
The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him and depart no more. -- Dryden.
Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.
There the ship was to unlade her burden. -- Acts. xxi. 3.
Unlade (v.) Take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade, offload].
Unlaid (a.) Not laid or placed; not fixed. -- Hooker.
Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. [R.] "Stubborn, unlaid ghost." -- Milton.
Unlaid (a.) Not laid out, as a corpse. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid.
Unland (v. t.) To deprive of lands.
Unlap (v. t.) To unfold. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unlash (v. t.) (Naut.) To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
Unlash (v.) Untie the lashing of; "unlash the horse" [ant: lash].
Unlatched (imp. & p. p.) of Unlatch
Unlatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unlatch
Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
Unlaugh (v. t.) To recall, as former laughter. [Obs. & R.] -- Sir T. More.
Unlaw (v. t.) To deprive of the authority or character of law. [Obs.]
Unlaw (v. t.) To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw. [Obs.]
Unlaw (v. t.) (Scots Law) To impose a fine upon; to fine.
Unlaw (n.) (Scots Law) Any transgression or offense against the law.
Unlaw (n.) (Scots Law) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
Unlawed (a.) Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.
Unlawful
(a.) 非法的，私生的 Not lawful;
contrary to law. -- Un*law"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*law"ful*ness, n.
Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly.
Unlawful (a.) Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" [syn: {improper}, {unconventional}, {unlawful}].
Unlawful (a.) Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters" [ant: {lawful}].
Unlawful (a.) Not morally right or permissible; "unlawful love".
Unlawful (a.) Having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne" [syn: {unlawful}, {wrongful}].
Unlawful (a.) Contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: {illegitimate}, {illicit}, {outlaw(a)}, {outlawed}, {unlawful}].
Unlawful. () That which is contrary to law.
Unlawful. () There are two kinds of contracts which are unlawful; those which are void, and those which are not. When the law expressly prohibits the transaction in respect of which the agreement is entered into and declares it to be void, it is absolutely so. 3 Binn. R. 533. But when it is merely prohibited, without being made void, although unlawful, it is not void. 12 Serg. & Rawle, 237; Chitty, Contr. 230; 23 Amer. Jur. 1 to 23; 1 Mod. 35; 8 East, R. 236, 237; 3 Taunt. R. 244; Hob. 14. Vide Condition; Void.
Unlawfully (adv.) 不合法地；不正當地；私生地 Not conforming to the law; "they were unlawfully married" [ant: {de jure}, {lawfully}, {legally}].
Unlawfully, () pleadings. This word is frequently used in indictments in the description of the offence; it is necessary when the crime did not exist at common law, and when a statute, in describing an offence which it creates, uses the word, 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 339; but it is unnecessary whenever the crime existed at common law, and is manifestly illegal. 1 Chitty, Crim. Law, *241; Hawk. B. 2, c. 95, s. 96; 2 Roll. Ab. 82; Bac. Abr. Indictment, G 1 Cro. C. C. 38, 43.
Unlawlike (a.) Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful. -- Milton.
Unlay (v. t.) (Naut.) To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
Unlearn (v. t.) To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything. -- Milner.
Unlearn (v. t.) To fail to learn. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Unlearn (v.) Try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge.
Unlearn (v.) Discard something previously learnt, like an old habit.
Unlearned (a.) Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.
Unlearned (a.) Not gained by study; not known.
Unlearned (a.) Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. -- Un*learn"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*learn"ed*ness, n.
Unlearned (a.) Not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate, unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned].
Unlearned (a.) Not well learned.
Unlearned (a.) Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered].
Unleash (v. t.) To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.
Unleash (v.) Release or vent; "unleash one's anger".
Unleash (v.) Release from a leash; "unleash the dogs in the park".
Unleash (v.) Turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: unleash, let loose, loose].
Unleavened (a.) 不加酵母的；（麵包等）未發酵的；未受激發的；未受影響的 Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.
Unleavened (a.) Made without leavening; "unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water" [syn: unleavened, unraised] [ant: leavened].
Unless (conj.) Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.
Note: By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause, unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially.
Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl. -- Shak.
Unlicked (a.) Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v. -- Shak.
Unlifelike (a.) (In British) Not lifelike; unnatural; unrealistic.
Unlifelike (a.) Without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures" [syn: cardboard, unlifelike].
Unlike (a.) Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.
Unlike (a.) Not likely; improbable; unlikely. [Obsoles.]
Unlike quantities (Math.), Quantities expressed by letters which are different or of different powers, as a, b, c, a^{2, a^{3}, x^{n}, and the like.
Unlike signs (Math.), The signs plus (+) and minus (-).
Unlike (a.) Marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar].
Unlike (a.) Not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities" [ant: like, same].
Unlikelihood (n.) 不太可能（的事） Absence of likelihood.
Unlikelihood (n.) The improbability of a specified outcome [syn: unlikelihood, unlikeliness] [ant: likelihood, likeliness].
Unlikeliness (n.) The quality or state of being unlikely.
Unlikeliness (n.) The improbability of a specified outcome [syn: unlikelihood, unlikeliness] [ant: likelihood, likeliness].
Unlikely (a.) Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
Unlikely (a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means. -- Hooker.
Unlikely (a.) Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. [Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." -- Chaucer.
Unlikely (adv.) In an unlikely manner.
Unlikely (a.) Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" [syn: improbable, unlikely] [ant: likely, probable].
Unlikely (a.) Has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" [ant: likely].
Unlikely (a.) Having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely].
Unliken (v. t.) To make unlike; to dissimilate. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity. -- Tennyson.
Unlikeness (n.) Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn: unlikeness, dissimilitude] [ant: alikeness, likeness, similitude].
Unlimber, () See limber.
Unlimber (v. t.) (Mil.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
Unlimitable (a.) Illimitable. -- Locke.
Unlimited (a.) Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.
Unlimited (a.) Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." -- Hooker.
Unlimited (a.) Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice. -- Rogers.
Unlimited problem (Math.), A problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions.
Unlimited pump, A kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground. -- Un*lim"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Un*lim"it*ed*ness, n.
Unlimited (a.) Having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space" [syn: unlimited, limitless] [ant: limited].
Unlimited (a.) Without reservation or exception [syn: outright, straight-out, unlimited].
Unlimited (a.) That cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal" [syn: inexhaustible, unlimited].
Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse.