Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 6
Unburiable (a.) Not ready or not proper to be buried. -- Tennyson.
Unburnt (a.) (Also unburned) 未燃的；未燒過的；欠火 Not damaged or destroyed by fire.
// The remains of a campfire with unburnt wood and dry ashes.
Unburnt (a.) (Especially of bricks) Not exposed to heat in a kiln.
Unburrow (v. t.) To force from a burrow; to unearth.
Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Unbury (v. t.) To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
Unbusied (a.) Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. [R.]
These unbusied persons can continue in this playing idleness till it become a toil. -- Bp. Rainbow
Unbutton (v. t.) 解開……的鈕扣；打開；表露；吐露 To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
Unbutton (v.) Undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt" [ant: button].
Unbuxom (a.) Disobedient. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. -- Un*bux"om*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*bux"om*ness, n. [Obs.]
Uncage (v. t.) 從籠中放出；解放 To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
Uncalled-for (a.) 不必要的；不適宜的；沒有理由的 Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
Uncalled-for (a.) Not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions."
Uncalled-for (a.) Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" [syn: gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for].
Uncalm (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet. -- Dryden.
Uncamp (v. t.) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp. [R.]
If they could but now uncamp their enemies. -- Milton.
Uncanny (a.) 奇怪的；怪異的；可怕的；神奇的，不可思議的；不尋常的 Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. -- Sir W. Scott. -- Un*can"ni*ness, n. -- G. Eliot.
Uncanny (a.) Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures" -- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din" -- Henry Kingsley [syn: eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly].
Uncanny (a.) Surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" -- George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction" [syn: preternatural, uncanny].
Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.
Uncanonize (v. t.) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.
Uncap (v. t.) 脫掉帽子；打開瓶蓋 To remove a cap or cover from.
Uncapable (a.) Incapable. [Obs.] "Uncapable of conviction." -- Locke.
Compare: Incapable
Incapable (n.) (pl. -s) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
Incapable (a.) Not capable (of doing something); unable., Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
Incapable (a.) 不能勝任的；不會的；不能的 [F] [（+of）]；無能的；不能正常行動的 Lacking in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.
Incapable (a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
Incapable (a.) Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.
Incapable (a.) (Law) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.
Incapable (a.) (Mil.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.
Note: Incapable is often used elliptically.
Is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairs? -- Shak.
Syn: Incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate; deficient; disqualified. See Incompetent.
Incapable (a.) (Followed by `of') Lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work" [ant: capable].
Incapable (a.) Not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of'); "incapable of solution."
Incapable (a.) (Followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; "simply incapable of lying" [ant: capable].
Incapable (a.) Not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him" [syn: incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)].
Uncape (v. t.) To remove a cap or cape from. [Obs.]
Uncapper (n.) An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell.
Uncardinal (v. t.) To degrade from the cardinalship.
Uncared (a.) Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for.
Uncarnate (a.) Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Uncarnate (v. t.) To divest of flesh.
Uncart (v. t.) 從車上卸下 To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.
Uncase (v. t.) 從盒子（或套子等）中取出；使露出 To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover. -- L'Estrange.
Uncase (v. t.) To strip; to flay. [Obs.]
Uncase (v. t.) (Mil.) To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.
Uncase (v.) Get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog].
Uncastle (v. t.) To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
Uncaused (a.) 沒有原因的；獨立自存的 Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. -- A. Baxter.
Uncaused (a.) Having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times" [syn: causeless, fortuitous, uncaused].
Uncautelous (a.) Incautious. [Obs.]
Uncautious (a.) Incautious.
Uncautiously (adv.) Incautiously.
Unce (n.) A claw. [Obs.]
Unce (n.) An ounce; a small portion. [Obs.] "By unces hung his locks." -- Chaucer.
Unceasable (a.) Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]
Uncensored (a.) 未經審查的，無保留的 Not subject to censorship; "uncensored news reports" [ant: {censored}].
Uncenter (v. t.) Alt. of Uncentre.
Uncentre (v. t.) To throw from its center. [R.]
It has first to uncentury itself. -- H. Drummond.
Uncentury (v. t.) To remove from its actual century. [R.]
It has first to uncentury itself. -- H. Drummond.
Unceremonious, () See ceremonious.
Unceremonious (a.) 不拘儀式的，隨便的，無禮貌的 Without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech" [syn: {unceremonious}, {unceremonial}].
Unceremonious (a.) Without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office."
Uncertain (a.) 不明確的；含糊的；不確定的；（人對……）不能確信，不確知 [Z] [F] [（+of/ about）] [+wh-]；無常的，易變的，靠不住的；不可預測的 Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. -- Chaucer.
Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. -- Tillotson.
Uncertain (a.) Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please! -- Sir W. Scott.
Uncertain (a.) Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "The fashion of uncertain evils." -- Milton.
From certain dangers to uncertain praise. -- Dryden.
Uncertain (a.) Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. -- Dryden.
Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. -- Gay.
Syn: See {Precarious}.
Uncertain (v. t.) To make uncertain. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Uncertain (a.) Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers" [syn: {uncertain}, {unsure}, {incertain}] [ant: {certain(p)}, {sure}].
Uncertain (a.) Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain" [ant: {certain(p)}].
Uncertain (a.) Not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed" [syn: {unsealed}, {uncertain}] [ant: {certain}, {sealed}].
Uncertain (a.) Not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" [ant: {certain}, {sure}].
Uncertain (a.) Subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other" [syn: {changeable}, {uncertain}, {unsettled}].
Uncertain (a.) Not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger."
Uncertain (a.) Ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms."
Uncertain, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 150
Housing Units (2000): 137
Land area (2000): 0.509950 sq. miles (1.320765 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001216 sq. miles (0.003150 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.511166 sq. miles (1.323915 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74240
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.710040 N, 94.121893 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Uncertain, TX
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Uncertain (a.) (B2) 拿不定主意的，猶豫的 Not knowing what to do or believe, or not able to decide about something.
// [ + Question word ] She's uncertain whether to go to New Zealand or not.
// Ariana was uncertain about meeting him.
Uncertain (a.) (B2) 未知的；不確定的；不完全確定的 Not known or fixed, or not completely certain.
// These refugees face an uncertain future.
// The political outlook is still uncertain.
Uncertainly (adv.) 猶豫不決地；沒把握地；遲疑地 In an uncertain manner.
Uncertainly (adv.) In an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs" [syn: unsteadily, falteringly, uncertainly] [ant: steadily, steady].
Uncertainly (adv.) Showing lack of certainty; "he paused uncertainly."
Uncertainties (n. pl. ) of Uncertainty.
Uncertainty (n.) 不確定；不確信；易變；不可靠 [U]；不確定的事物；難以預料的事物 [C] [P1] The quality or state of being uncertain.
Uncertainty (n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. -- L'Estrange.
Uncertainty (n.) Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income" [syn: uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness] [ant: certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thing].
Uncertainty (n.) The state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness] [ant: certainty].
Uncertainty. () That which is unknown or vague. Vide Certainty.
Uncessant (a.) Incessant. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More. -- Un*ces"sant*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Unchain (v. t.) 解開……的鎖鏈；使自由 To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. -- Prior.
Unchain (v.) Remove the chains from [ant: chain].
Unchain (v.) Make free.
Unchancy (a.) 【蘇格蘭】運氣不好的；危險的 Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient. -- A. Trollope.
Unchancy (a.) Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Unchancy (a.) Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
Unchaplain (v. t.) To remove from a chaplaincy.
Uncharge (v. t.) 從……卸下貨物 To free from a charge or load; to unload. -- Wyclif.
Uncharge (v. t.) 宣判……無罪 To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit. -- Shak.
Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot. -- Pope.
Uncharitable (a.) 不仁慈的，不寬恕的；嚴厲的，苛刻的 Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal. -- Addison. -- Un*char"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Un*char"i*ta*bly, adv.
Uncharitable (a.) Lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds" -- Charles Reade [ant: charitable].
Uncharity (n.) Uncharitableness. -- Tennyson.
'T were much uncharity in you. -- J. Webster.
Uncharm (v. t.) To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. -- Beau. & Fl.
Uncharneled (imp. & p. p.) of Uncharnel.
Uncharneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Uncharnel.
Uncharnel (v. t.) To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. -- Byron.
Unchaste (a.) 不貞節的；淫蕩的；不正派的；低級庸俗的 Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- Un*chaste"ly, adv. -- Un*chaste"ness, n.
Unchaste (a.) Not chaste; "unchaste conduct" [ant: chaste].
Unchastity (n.) 不貞；淫蕩；不純潔；不樸素 The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.
Uncheckable (a.) Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]
Uncheckable (a.) Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Unchild (v. t.) To bereave of children; to make childless. -- Shak.
Unchild (v. t.) To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. -- Bp. Hall.
Unchristen (v. t.) To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] -- Milton.
Unchristened (a.) Not christened; as, an unchristened child.
Unchristian (a.) 不信奉基督教的；異教的；【口】野蠻的；不文明的；不親切的；未開發的 Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
Unchristian (a.) Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
Unchristian (v. t.) To make unchristian. [Obs.] -- South.
Unchristian (a.) Not of a Christian faith [ant: {christian}].
Unchristian (a.) 違反基督教禮俗常規的；殘忍的；無仁慈心的 Not good, kind, or showing any care for other people; not showing the qualities expected of a Christian.
// He said that it would be unchristian to refuse to help the refugees.
Unchristianize (v. t.) To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.
Unchristianly (a.) Unchristian. -- Milton.
Unchristianly (adv.) In an unchristian manner.
Unchristianly (a.) Not becoming to or like a Christian; "ashamed to have to recognize how unchristianly his assumptions and motives are" [syn: {unchristianly}, {unchristlike}].
Unchristianness (n.) The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] -- Eikon Basilike.
Unchurch (v. t.) 剝奪（某教派）教會資格；將某人（某教派）逐出教會 To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate. -- Sir M. Hale.
Unchurch (v. t.) To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. -- South.
Unchurch (v.) Exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" [syn: excommunicate, unchurch, curse] [ant: communicate].
Unciae (n. pl. ) of Uncia.
Uncia (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
Uncia (n.) (Alg.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.]
Uncial (a.) 安色爾字體的；用安色爾字體寫出來的 Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial (n.) 安色爾字體（四至八世紀希臘和拉丁手稿中常用的一種大圓字體）；安色爾字體的字母 An uncial letter.
Uncial (a.) Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals); "uncial letters."
Uncial (n.) A style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries.
Unciatim (adv.) [L.] Ounce by ounce.
Unciform (a.) 鉤形的；【解】鉤骨的 Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
Unciform bone (Anat.), A bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Unciform (n.) (Anat.) 【解】鉤骨 The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Uncinata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
Uncinate (a.) 鉤狀的 Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process.
Uncinatum (n.) (Anat.) The unciform bone.
Uncini (n. pl. ) of Uncinus.
Uncinus (n.) (Zool.) 鉤狀物；（滴蟲類動物之）纖毛 One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Uncipher (v. t.) To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Temple.
Uncircumcised, () See circumcised.
Uncircumcised (a.) 【宗】不受割禮的；未割包皮（或陰蒂）的；非猶太人的；異邦人的 Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." -- 1 Sam. xvii. 26.
Uncircumcision (n.) 未受割禮；（聖經）不受割禮的人們；非猶太人 The absence or want of circumcision.
Uncircumcision (n.) (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
Uncircumstandtial (a.) Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.
Uncircumstandtial (a.) Not important; not pertinent; trivial. [Obs.]
Uncity (v. t.) To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]
Uncivil (a.) 不文明的；野蠻的；無禮的；失禮的 Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together. -- Burke.
Uncivil (a.) Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
Uncivil (a.) Lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue" -- Willa Cather [syn: uncivil, rude] [ant: civil, polite].
Uncivility (n.) Incivility. [Obs.]
Compare: Incivility
Incivility (n.; pl. Incivilities.) 不文明，無禮貌 The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. -- Shak. Tillotson.
Incivility (n. ) Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. -- Jer. Taylor.
Incivility (n. ) Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Syn: Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
Incivility (n.) Deliberate discourtesy [ant: civility].