Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 26

Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.

Unswayable (a.) Not capable of being swayed.

Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.

Unswear (v. i.) To recall an oath.

Unsweat (v. t.) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.

Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

Unsymmetrical (a.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.

Unsymmetrically (adv.) Not symmetrically.

Unsympathy (n.) Absence or lack of sympathy.

Untack (v. t.) To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.

Untackle (v. t.) To unbitch; to unharness.

Untalked (a.) Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of.

Untangibility (n.) Intangibility.

Untangible (a.) Intangible.

Untangibly (adv.) Intangibly.

Untangle (v. t.) To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

Untappice (v. i.) to come out of concealment.

Untaste (v. t.) To deprive of a taste for a thing.

Unteach (v. t.) To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.

Unteach (v. t.) To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned.

Unteam (v. t.) To unyoke a team from.

Untemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft.

Untemperate (a.) Intemperate.

Untemperately (adv.) Intemperately.

Untempter (n.) One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter.

Untenant (v. t.) To remove a tenant from.

Untent (v. t.) To bring out of a tent.

Untented (a.) Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field.

Untented (a.) Not tended; not dressed. See 4th Tent.

Unthank (n.) No thanks; ill will; misfortune.

Unthink (v. t.) To recall or take back, as something thought.

Unthinker (n.) A person who does not think, or does not think wisely.

Unthinking (a.) Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

Unthinking (a.) Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.

Unthread (v. t.) To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.

Unthread (v. t.) To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.

Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.

Untrift (n.) Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.

Untrift (n.) An unthrifty.

Unthrift (a.) Unthrifty.

Unthriftfully (adv.) Not thriftily.

Unthriftihead (n.) Alt. of Unthriftihood

Unthriftihood (n.) Untriftiness.

Unthriftily (adv.) Not thriftily.

Unthriftily (adv.) Improperly; unbecomingly.

Unthriftiness (n.) The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness.

Unthrifty (a.) Not thrifty; profuse.

Unthrone (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone.

Untidy (a.) Unseasonable; untimely.

Untidy (a.) Not tidy or neat; slovenly.

Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

Untie (v. t.) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Untie (v. t.) To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

Untie (v. i.) To become untied or loosed.

Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

Until (prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.

Until (prep.) To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.

Until (conj.) As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.

Untile (v. t.) To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.

Untime (n.) An unseasonable time.

Untimeliness (n.) Unseasonableness.

Untimely (a.) Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.

Untimely (adv.) Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.

Untimeous (a.) Untimely.

Untimeously (adv.) Untimely; unseasonably.

Untithed (a.) Not subjected tithes.

Untitled (a.) Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction.

Untitled (a.) Being without title or right; not entitled.

Unto (prep.) To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.

Unto (prep.) Until; till.

Unto (conj.) Until; till.

Untold (a.) Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.

Untold (a.) Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.

Untolerable (a.) Intolerable.

Untomb (v. t.) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.

Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.

Untooth (v. t.) To take out the teeth of.

Untoward (prep.) Toward.

Untoward (a.) Froward; perverse.

Untoward (a.) Awkward; ungraceful.

Untoward (a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.

Untowardly (a.) Perverse; froward; untoward.

Untraded (a.) Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.

Untraded (a.) Unpracticed; inexperienced.

Untraded (a.) Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common.

Untrained (a.) Not trained.

Untrained (a.) Not trainable; indocile.

Untrammeled (a.) Not hampered or impeded; free.

Untraveled (a.) Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

Untraveled (a.) Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman.

Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.

Untreasure (v. t.) To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured.

Untreasured (a.) Deprived of treasure.

Untreasured (a.) Not treasured; not kept as treasure.

Untreatable (a.) Incapable of being treated; not practicable.

Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.

Untressed (a.) Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair.

Untrowable (a.) Incredible.

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