Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 16

Unguiculate (n.) One of the Unguiculata.

Unguiculate (a.) Alt. of Unguiculated

Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.

Unguiferous (a.) Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.

Unguiform (a.) Having the form of a claw or claws.

Unguinous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous.

Ungues (pl. ) of Unguis

Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.

Unguis (n.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

Ungulae (pl. ) of Ungula

Ungula (n.) A hoof, claw, or talon.

Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.

Ungula (n.) Same as Unguis, 3.

Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.

Ungulata (n. pl.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.

Ungulate (a.) Shaped like a hoof.

Ungulate (a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Ungulate (n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.

Unguled (a.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.

Unguligrade (a.) Having, or walking on, hoofs.

Ungulous (a.) Same as Ungulate.

Unhair (v. t.) To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.

Unhallow (v. t.) To profane; to desecrate.

Unhallowed (a.) Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

Unhand (v. t.) To loose from the hand; to let go.

Unhandsome (a.) Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.

Unhandsome (a.) Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.

Unhandsome (a.) Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.

Unhandy (a.) Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.

Unhang (v. t.) To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.

Unhang (v. t.) To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.

Unhap (n.) Ill luck; misfortune.

Unhappied (a.) Made unhappy.

Unhappy (a.) Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

Unhappy (a.) In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

Unhappy (a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.

Unhappy (a.) Mischievous; wanton; wicked.

Unharbor (v. t.) To drive from harbor or shelter.

Unharbored (a.) Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.

Unharmonious (a.) Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.

Unharness (v. t.) To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen.

Unharness (v. t.) To disarm; to divest of armor.

Unhasp (v. t.) To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.

Unhat (v. t. & i.) To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.

Unhead (v. t.) To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.

Unhead (v. t.) To decapitate; to behead.

Unheal (n.) Misfortune; calamity; sickness.

Unheal (v. t.) To uncover. See Unhele.

Unhealth (n.) Unsoundness; disease.

Unheard (a.) Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present.

Unheard (a.) Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard.

Unheard (a.) Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.

Unheard-of (a.) New; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Unheart (v. t.) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.

Unheedy (a.) Incautious; precipitate; heedless.

Unheired (a.) Destitute of an heir.

Unhele (n.) Same as Unheal, n.

Unhele (v. t.) To uncover.

Unhelm (v. t.) To deprive of the helm or helmet.

Unhelmed (a.) Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.

Unhelmed (a.) Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.

Unhelmet (v. t.) To deprive of the helmet.

Unhide (v. t.) To bring out from concealment; to discover.

Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

Unhinge (v. t.) To displace; to unfix by violence.

Unhinge (v. t.) To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.

Unhingement (n.) The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

Unhitch (v. t.) To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

Unhive (v. t. v. t.) To drive or remove from a hive.

Unhive (v. t. v. t.) To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.

Unhoard (v. t.) To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.

Unhold (v. t.) To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.

Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

Unhonest (a.) Dishonest; dishonorable.

Unhood (v. t.) To remove a hood or disguise from.

Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

Unhoop (v. t.) To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

Unhoped (a.) Not hoped or expected.

Unhoped-for (a.) Unhoped; unexpected.

Unhorse (v. t.) To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.

Unhosed (a.) Without hose.

Unhospitable (a.) Inhospitable.

Unhouse (v. t.) To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.

Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.

Unhouseled (a.) Not having received the sacrament.

Unhuman (a.) Not human; inhuman.

Unhumanize (v. t.) To render inhuman or barbarous.

Unhusked (a.) Not husked; having the husk on.

Unhusked (a.) Having the husk removed; without husk.

Uni- () A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular.

Uniat (n.) Alt. of Uniate

Uniate (n.) A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.

Uniaxal (a.) Uniaxial.

Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

Uniaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.

Uniaxially (adv.) In a uniaxial manner.

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