Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 7
Uncivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]
Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
Uncivilized (a.) Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] -- Addison.
Uncivilized (a.) Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient" -- Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild].
Uncivilly (adv.) 無禮地 In an uncivil manner; "he treats his former wife uncivilly" [ant: civilly].
Uncivilty (adv.) In an uncivil manner.
Unclasp (v. t.) To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.
Unclasp (v.) Release from a clasp; "She clasped and unclasped her hands" [ant: clasp].
Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.
Uncle (n.) A pawnbroker. [Slang] -- Thackeray.
Uncle (n.) An eldery man; -- used chiefly as a kindly or familiar appellation, esp. (Southern U. S.) for a worthy old negro; as, "Uncle Remus." [Colloq.]
Plain old uncle as he [Socrates] was, with his great ears, -- an immense talker. -- Emerson.
My uncle, A pawnbroker. [Slang]
Uncle Sam, A humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Uncle (n.) The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt [ant: aunt, auntie, aunty].
Uncle (n.) A source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students".
UNCLE, () Unix Net for Computer security in Law Enforcement (org., USA, Unix), "U.N.C.L.E."
Unclean (a.) 不潔淨的，不純潔的，行為不檢的 Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
Unclean (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. -- Num. xix. 11.
Unclean (a.) Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections." -- Perkins. -- Un*clean"ly, adv. -- Un*clean"ness, n.
Unclean animals (Script.), Those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food.
Unclean spirit (Script.), A wicked spirit; a demon. -- Mark i. 27.
Unclean (a.) Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: {dirty}, {soiled}, {unclean}] [ant: {clean}].
Unclean (a.) Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: {unclean}, {impure}] [ant: {clean}].
Uncleansable (a.) Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.
Unclench (v. t.) Same as Unclinch.
Unclinch (v. t.) [1st pref. un- + clinch.] To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist. [Written also unclench.]
Uncleship (n.) The office or position of an uncle. -- Lamb.
Unclew (v. t.) To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin. -- Shak.
Unclinch (v. t.) To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist. [Written also unclench.]
Uncling (v. i.) To cease from clinging or adhering. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Uncloak (v. t.) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
Uncloak (v. i.) To remove, or take off, one's cloak.
Uncloak (v.) Reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" [syn: unmask, uncloak].
Uncloak (v.) Remove a cloak from.
Unclog (v. t.) To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty. --Shak.
Unclog (v.) Become or cause to become unobstructed; "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it" [ant: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul].
Uncloister (v. t.) To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.
Unclose, () See close.
Unclose (v. t. & i.) To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes.
Unclose (v. t. & i.) To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
Unclosed (a.) Not separated by inclosures; open. -- Clarendon.
Unclosed (a.) Not finished; not concluded. [R.] -- Madison.
Unclosed (a.) Not closed; not sealed; open. -- Byron.
Unclothe (v. t.) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. -- I. Watts.
[We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon. -- 2 Cor. v. 4.
Unclothe (v.) Strip; "unclothe your heart of envy".
Unclothe (v.) Take the covers off; "She unclothed her innermost feelings".
Unclothe (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].
Unclothed (a.) [Properly p. p. of unclothe.] Divested or stripped of clothing. -- Byron.
Unclothed (a.) [Pref. un- not + clothed.] Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked. -- Un*cloth"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Unclothed (a.) Not wearing clothing [ant: clad, clothed].
Uncloud (v. t.) To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. -- Beau. & Fl.
Unclubbable, () See clubbable.
Unclubbable (a.) Havig or showing a disinclination for social activity : unsociable.
Unclue (v. t.) To unwind; to untangle.
Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut. "Unclutch his griping hand." -- Dr. H. More.
Unclutch (v. t.) (Mech.) To disengage, as a clutch.
Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [Scot.]
Unco (adv.) In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Unco (n.) A strange thing or person. [Scot.]
Unco (adv.) To a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall" [syn: unusually, remarkably, outstandingly, unco] [ant: commonly, normally, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually].
Uncoach (v. t.) To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Uncock (v. t.) To let down the cock of, as a firearm.
Uncock (v. t.) To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc.
Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
Uncoffle (v. t.) To release from a coffle.
Uncoif (v. t.) To deprive of the coif or cap. -- Young.
Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. -- Derham.
Uncoil (v.) Unwind or untwist [ant: coil, curl, loop].
Uncoined (a.) Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver. -- Locke.
Uncoined (a.) Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural. "Plain and uncoined constancy." -- Shak.
Uncolt (v. t.) To unhorse. [Obs. & R.] -- Shak.
Uncombine (v. t.) To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] -- Daniel.
Uncomeatable (a.) Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible. [Colloq.] -- Addison.
My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. -- Congreve.
Uncomely (a.) Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. -- 1 Cor. vii. 36.
Uncomely (a.) Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward].
Uncomfortable (a.) Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.
Uncomfortable (a.) Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation.
The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. -- Addison. -- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*com"fort*a*bly, adv.
Uncomfortable (a.) Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable" [ant: comfortable].
Uncomfortable (a.) Providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" [ant: comfortable, comfy].
Uncomfortable (a.) (B1) 不舒服的；令人難受的 Not feeling comfortable and pleasant, or not making you feel comfortable and pleasant.
// I've eaten so much, I actually feel uncomfortable.
// These shoes are really uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable (a.) (C1) 有點兒尷尬的；令人不自在的 Slightly embarrassed, or making you feel slightly embarrassed.
// An uncomfortable silence.
Uncommon (a.) Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.
Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
Uncommon (a.) Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability" [ant: common].
Uncommon (a.) Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June" -- J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: rare, uncommon].
Uncomplete (a.) Incomplete. -- Pope.
Uncomplete (a.) Not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" [syn: incomplete, uncomplete] [ant: complete].
Uncomprehend (v. t.) To fail to comprehend. [R.] -- Daniel.
Uncomprehensive (a.) Unable to comprehend.
Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. -- South.
Uncomprehensive (a.) Incomprehensible. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Uncompromising (a.) Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. --
Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly, adv.
Uncompromising (a.) Not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" [syn: uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible] [ant: compromising, conciliatory, flexible].
Unconceivable (a.) Inconceivable. [Obs.] -- Locke. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Unconcern (n.) Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. -- Thomson.
Unconcern (n.) The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference].
Unconcern (n.) A feeling of lack of concern [ant: concern].
Unconcerned (a.) Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n.
Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. -- Dryden.
Unconcerned (a.) Lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight" [ant: concerned].
Unconcerned (a.) Easy in mind; not worried; "the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination".
Unconcerned (a.) Not occupied or engaged with; "readers unconcerned with style".
Unconcerning (a.) Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. [Obs.] -- Addison.
Unconcernment (n.) The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. [Obs.] -- South. Unconcludent
Unconcludent (a.) Alt. of Unconcluding
Unconcluding (a.) Inconclusive. [Obs.] -- Locke. -- Un`con*clud"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Unconclusive (a.) Inconclusive. [Obs.]
Unconditional (a.) Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.
O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. -- Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
Unconditional (a.) Not conditional; "unconditional surrender" [syn: unconditional, unconditioned] [ant: conditional].
Unconditional (a.) Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional].
Unconditional (a.) Not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else.
Unconditioned (a.) Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
Unconditioned (a.) (Metaph.) Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations.
Unconditioned (a.) Not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate, unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned].
Unconditioned (a.) Not conditional; "unconditional surrender" [syn: unconditional, unconditioned] [ant: conditional].
Unconfidence (n.) Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
Uncoform (a.) Unlike. [Obs.]
Not unconform to other shining globes. -- Milton.
Unconformability (n.) The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness.
Uncoformability (n.) (Geol.) Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.
Unconformable (a.) Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.
Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty]. -- I. Watts.
Unconformable (a.) (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. -- Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*form"a*bly, adv.
Unconformist (n.) A nonconformist. [Obs.]
Unconformity (n.) Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. --South.
Unconformity (n.) (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
Note: With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like.
Unconfound (v. t.) To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded. -- Milton.
Unconfounded (a.) Not confounded. -- Bp. Warburton.
Uncongeal (v. i.) To thaw; to become liquid again. -- Tennyson.
Unconning (a.) Not knowing; ignorant. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Unconning (n.) Ignorance. [Obs.]
Unconquerable, () See conquerable.
Unconquerable (a.) 不可征服的，不可戰勝的；不能克服的；壓抑不住的 Not conquerable; indomitable. -- {Un*con"quer*a*bly}, adv.
Unconquerable (a.) Not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome; "a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will" -- R.E.Danielson; "faced unconquerable difficulties" [ant: {conquerable}].
Unconquerable (a.) Incapable of being surmounted or excelled; "insuperable odds"; "insuperable heroes" [syn: {insuperable}, {unconquerable}].
Unconscionable (a.) 無理的；荒謬的；【律】不公正的；不知恥的；沒良心的 Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.
Which use of reason, most reasonless and unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever pretended. -- Milton.
His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking with less unconscionable strides. -- Milton.
Unconscionable (a.) Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience; that cannot be done in good conscience; as, unconscionable profits.
Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices. --South. -- {Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*con"scion*a*bly}, adv.
Unconscionable (a.) Lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar" [syn: {conscienceless}, {unconscionable}].
Unconscionable (a.) Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: {exorbitant}, {extortionate}, {outrageous}, {steep}, {unconscionable}, {usurious}].
Unconscious (a.) 不省人事的，失去知覺的；不知道的，未發覺的 [F] [（+of）]；無意識的，不知不覺的 Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man. -- Cowper
Unconscious (a.) Not known or apprehended by consciousness; resulting from neural activity of which a person is not aware; as, an unconscious movement; unconscious cerebration. "Unconscious causes." -- Blackmore.
Unconscious (a.) Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. -- Pope.
Unconscious (a.) Unintentional; as, an unconscious insult. -- Un*con"scious*ly, adv. -- Un*con"scious*ness, n.
Unconscious (n.) (Psychoanalysis) Usually
The unconscious; That part of the mind in which mental processes occur that are not accesible to the awareness, but may significantly influence behavior.
Unconscious (a.) Not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor" [ant: conscious].
Unconscious (a.) Without conscious volition.
Unconscious (a.) (Followed by `of') Not knowing or perceiving; "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home" -- Charles Dickens.
Unconscious (n.) 【心】無意識 [the S] That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware [syn: unconscious mind, unconscious].
Unconsciousness (n.) [U] 無意識；失去知覺；神志不清 A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment [ant: {consciousness}].
Unconsecrate, () See consecrate.
Unconsecrate (v. t.) To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate. [Obs.] -- South.
Unconsequential (a.) Inconsequential. -- Johnson.
Unconsiderate (a.) Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] -- Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Hales.
Unconsidered (a.) Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling.
A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. -- Shak.
Unconsonant (a.) Incongruous; inconsistent. "A thing unconsonant." -- Hooker.
Unconspicuous (a.) Inconspicuous. [R.] -- Ed. Rev.
Unconstancy (n.) Inconstancy. [Obs.] "The unconstancy of the foundation." -- Fuller.
Unconstant (a.) Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable. [Obs.] -- Shak. -- Un*con"stant*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*con"stant*ness, n. [Obs.]
Unconstitutional (a.) Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer. --Burke. -- Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al"i*ty, n. --
Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al-ly, adv.
Unconstraint (n.) Freedom from constraint; ease. -- Felton.
Unconsummate (a.) Not consummated; not accomplished. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Uncontestable (a.) Incontestable.
Uncontinent (a.) Not continent; incontinent. -- Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3).