Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 20

Unlink (v. t.) To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. -- Shak.

Unliquidated (a.) Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.

Unliquidated damages (Law), Penalties or damages not ascertained in money. -- Burrill.

Unliquored (a.) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry. "Unliquored coach." -- Bp. Hall.

Unliquored (a.) Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.

Like an unliquored Silenus. -- Milton.

Unlive (v. t.) 以實際行動洗刷…;設法使人們忘掉… To live in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to. [R.] -- Glanvill.
Unlive (v.) Live so as to annul some previous behavior; "You can never live this down!" [syn: unlive, live down].

Unlived (a.) 無生命的 Bereft or deprived of life. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

Unload (v. t.) Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.

Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.

Unload (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.

Unload (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]

Unload (v. i.) To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.

Unload (v.) Leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge].

Unload (v.) Take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade, offload].

Unloader (n.) One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.

Unlocated (a.) Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.

Unlocated (a.) Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.

Unlocated (a.) Lacking a particular location.

Unlock (v. t.) To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

Unlock (v. t.) To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.

Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. -- Pope.

[Lord] unlock the spell of sin. -- J. H. Newman.

Unlock (v.) Open the lock of; "unlock the door" [ant: lock].

Unlock (v.) Set free or release.

Unlock (v.) Become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" [ant: lock].

Unlodge (v. t.) To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. -- Carew.

Unlook (v. t.) To recall or retract, as a look. [R.] -- Richardson.

Unlooked (a.) Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for. "Unlooked success." -- Denham.

She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. -- Pope.

Unlooked-for (a.) Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.

Unlooked-for (a.) Not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development" -- H. W. Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)].

Unloose (v. t.) To make loose; to loosen; to set free. -- Shak.

Unloose (v. i.) To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.

Unloose (v.) Grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain].

Unloose (v.) Loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers" [syn: unloose, unloosen].

Unloosen (v. t.) To loosen; to unloose.

Unloosen (v.) Grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain].

Unloosen (v.) Loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers" [syn: unloose, unloosen].

Unlord (v. t.) To deprive of the rank or position of a lord. -- Milton.

Unlorded (a.) Deprived of the rank of a lord.

Unlorded (a.) Not raised to the rank of a lord. -- Milton.

Unlove (v. t.) To cease to love; to hate. [Obs.]

Unlovely (a.) Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant. -- Un*love"li*ness, n.

Unlovely (a.) Without beauty or charm [syn: unlovelyunpicturesque].

Unluckily (adv.) In an unlucky manner.

Unluckily (adv.) 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].

Unluckiness (n.) Quality or state of being unlucky.

Unlucky (a.) Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort.

Unlucky (a.) Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.

Haunt me not with that unlucky face. -- Dryden.

Unlucky (a.) Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]

Unlucky (a.) Having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date" [syn: unlucky, luckless] [ant: lucky].

Unlucky (a.) Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky].

Unlust (n.) Listlessness; disinclination. [Obs.] "Idleness and unlust." -- Chaucer.

Unlute (v. t.) To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from. -- Boyle.

Unmade (a.) Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave. -- Shak.

Unmade (a.) Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.

Unmade (a.) (Of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets" [ant: made].

Unmagistrate (v. t.) To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Unmaiden (v. t.) To ravish; to deflower. [Obs.]

Unmake (v. t.) To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.

God does not make or unmake things to try experiments. -- T. Burnet.

Unmake (v.) Deprive of certain characteristics [syn: unmake, undo] [ant: do, make].

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like. [R.] -- South.

Unman (v. t.) To emasculate; to deprive of virility.

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Let's not unman each other. -- Byron.

Unman (v. t.) To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.

Unman (v.) Cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience".

Unmanacle (v. t.) To free from manacles.

Unmanhood (n.) Absence or lack of manhood.

Unmanned (a.) Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.

Unmanned (a.) Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.

Unmanned (a.) Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship.

Unmannerly (a.) 無禮貌的(地);粗魯的(地) Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. Uncivilly; rudely. -- Un*man"ner*li*ness, n.

Unmannerly (a.) Socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly].

Unmannerly (adv.) Uncivilly; rudely.

Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Unmarry (v. t.) To annul the marriage of; to divorce.

Unmartyr (v. t.) To degrade from the rank of a martyr.

Unmasculate (v. t.) To emasculate.

Unmask (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) 撕下……假面具;揭露 To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

Unmask (v. i.) To put off a mask. -- Shak.

Unmask (v.) Reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" [syn: unmask, uncloak].

Unmask (v.) Take the mask off; "unmask the imposter" [ant: mask].

Unmasterable (a.) Incapable of being mastered or subdued.

Unmaterial (a.) Not material; immaterial.

Unmeaning (a.) Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.

Unmeaning (a.) Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.

Unmeant (a.) 不是故意的 Not meant or intended; unintentional.

Unmeasurable (a.) 不可測的 Immeasurable. -- Swift. -- Un*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*meas"ur*a*bly, adv.

Unmeasurable (a.) Impossible to measure; "unmeasurable reaches of outer space" [syn: immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured] [ant: measurable, mensurable].

Unmeasured (a.) 未測定的;不可測量的;無界限的,無邊無際的 Not having been measured.

Unmeasured risk factors.

Unmeasured (a.)  (Literary)  Immense; limitless.

He is regarded by his congregation with unmeasured adoration.

Unmechanize (v. t.) To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure. [Obs.] -- Sterne.

Unmechanized (a.) Not mechanized. -- Paley.

Unmechanized (a.) Not mechanized; "production of furniture remained largely unmechanized" -- Gordon Russell [syn: unmechanized, unmechanised].

Unmeet, () See meet.

Unmeet (a.) Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for. "Unmeet for a wife." --Tennyson.

And all unmeet our carpet floors. -- Emerson. -- Un*meet"ly, adv. -- Un*meet"ness, n.

Unmember (v. t.) To deprive of membership, as in a church.

Unmentionables (n. pl.) Breeches; trousers;; underwear generally, especially women's; -- now usually referred to as unmentionables. [Colloq. Or Slang] -- Ld. Lytton.

Unmentionables (n. pl.) The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]

Unmerchantable (a.) (Com.) Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable. --McElrath.

Unmerchantable (a.) Not fit for sale [syn: unmarketable, unmerchantable, unvendible].

Unmercied (a.) Unmerciful; merciless. [Obs.] -- Drayton.

Unmerciful (a.) Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ness, n.

Unmerciful (a.) Having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" [syn: merciless, unmerciful] [ant: merciful].

Unmerciless (a.) Utterly merciless. [Obs.] -- Joye.

Unmew (v. t.) To release from confinement or restraint. -- Keats.

Unmingle (v. t.) To separate, as things mixed. -- Bacon.

Unmistakable (a.) Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.

Unmiter

Unmistakable (a.) Clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable".

Unmistakable (a.) Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable].

Unmiter (v. t.) Alt. of Unmitre.

Unmitre (v. t.) To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. -- Milton. Unmold

Unmold (v. t.) Alt. of Unmould.

Unmould (v. t.) To change the form of; to reduce from any form. "Unmolding reason's mintage." -- Milton.

Unmoneyed (a.) Destitute of money; not rich. [Written also unmonied.] -- Shenstone.

Unmonopolize (v. t.) To recover or release from the state of being monopolized. [R.]

Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry. -- Milton.

Unmoor (v. t.) (Naut.) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.

Unmoor (v. t.) (Naut.) To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.

Unmoor (v. i.) To weigh anchor. --Sir W. Scott.

Unmoral (a.) Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral. -- Un`mo*ral"i*ty, n.

Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality. -- Norris.

Unmorrised (a.) Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.

Unmortise (v. t.) To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together. -- Tennyson.

Un-Mosaic (a.) Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic. -- Milton.

Unmothered () Deprived of a mother; motherless.

Unmovable (a.) Immovable. "Steadfast, unmovable." -- 1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke.

Unmovable (a.) Not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" [syn: immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable].

Unmovably (adv.) Immovably. [R.] -- J. Ellis.

Unmoved (a.) Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic. -- Un*mov"ed*ly, adv.

Unmoved (a.) Emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable" [syn: unmoved(p), unaffected, untouched] [ant: affected, moved(p), stirred, touched].

Unmoved (a.) Being in the original position; not having been moved; "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ"; "an in-situ investigator" [syn: in-situ, unmoved].

Unmuffle (v. t.) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.

Unmuffle (v. t.) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.

Unmutable (a.) Immutable. [Obs.]

Unmuzzle (v. t.) To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.

Unmyelinated (a.) Anatomy 【解】無髓鞘的 Pertaining to nerve fibers that are not covered with a myelin sheath.

Unmyelinated (a.) (Of neurons) Not myelinated [ant: medullated, myelinated].

Unnail (v. t.) To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.

Unnapped (a.) Finished without a nap.

I did not attempt her with a threadbare name,

Unnapped with meritorious actions.       -- Beau. & Fl.

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