Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 19

Universology (n.) The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.

Univocacy (n.) The quality or state of being univocal.

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 (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

Univocal (n.) Unequivocal; indubitable.

Univocal (n.) 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.

Univocally (adv.) In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.

Univocation (n.) Agreement of name and meaning.

Unjoin (v. t.) To disjoin.

Unjoint (v. t.) To disjoint.

Unjointed (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent.

Unjointed (a.) Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.

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.

Unjustice (n.) Want of justice; injustice.

Unkard (a.) See Unked.

Unke (n.) 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.

Unked (a.) Lonely; dreary; unkard.

Unkemmed (a.) Unkempt.

Unkempt (a.) Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

Unkempt (a.) Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

Unkennel (v. t.) To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.

Unkennel (v. t.) Fig.: To discover; to disclose.

Unkent (a.) Unknown; strange.

Unketh (a.) Uncouth.

Unkind (a.) Having no race or kindred; childless.

Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural.

Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.

Unkindliness (n.) Unkindness.

Unkindly (a.) Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

Unkindly (a.) Unnatural; contrary to nature.

Unkindly (a.) Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.

Unkindred (a.) Not kindred; not of the same kin.

Unking (v. t.) To cause to cease to be a king.

Unkingship (n.) The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy.

Unkiss (v. t.) To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.

Unkle (n.) See Uncle.

Unknight (v. t.) To deprive of knighthood.

Unknit (v. t.) To undo or unravel what is knitted together.

Unknot (v. t.) To free from knots; to untie.

Unknow (v. t.) To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of.

Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.

Unknow (a.) Unknown.

Unknowledged (a.) Not acknowledged or recognized.

Unknown (a.) Not known; not apprehended.

Unlabored (a.) Not produced by labor or toil.

Unlabored (a.) Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.

Unlabored (a.) Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work.

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.

Unlace (v. t.) 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.

Unlade (v. t.) To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.

Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.

Unlaid (a.) Not laid or placed; not fixed.

Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.

Unlaid (a.) Not laid out, as a corpse.

Unland (v. t.) To deprive of lands.

Unlap (v. t.) To unfold.

Unlash (v. t.) To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.

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.

Unlaw (v. t.) To deprive of the authority or character of law.

Unlaw (v. t.) To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw.

Unlaw (v. t.) To impose a fine upon; to fine.

Unlaw (n.) Any transgression or offense against the law.

Unlaw (n.) 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.) Not lawful; contrary to law.

Unlawlike (a.) Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful.

Unlay (v. t.) 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.

Unlearn (v. t.) To fail to learn.

Unlearned (a.) Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

Unlearned (a.) Not gained by study; not known.

Unlearned (a.) Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.

Unleash (v. t.) To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.

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.

Unlicked (a.) Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v.

Unlike (a.) Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.

Unlike (a.) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

Unlikelihood (n.) Absence of likelihood.

Unlikeliness (n.) The quality or state of being unlikely.

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.

Unlikely (a.) Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.

Unlikely (adv.) In an unlikely manner.

Unliken (v. t.) To make unlike; to dissimilate.

Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.

Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.

Unlimitable (a.) Illimitable.

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.

Unlimited (a.) Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.

Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse.

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