Umbratic (a.) Alt. of Umbratical
Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Umbratile (a.) Umbratic.
Umbratious (a.) Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage.
Umbre (n.) See Umber.
Umbrel (n.) An umbrella.
Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
Umbrella (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
Umbrella (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
Umbrere (n.) Alt. of Umbriere
Umbriere (n.) In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.
Umbrette (n.) See Umber, 4.
Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Umbril (n.) A umbrere.
Umbrine (n.) See Umbra, 2.
Umbrose (a.) Shady; umbrageous.
Umbrosity (n.) The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.
Umhofo (n.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, / Rhinoceros, simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.
Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
Umlauted (a.) Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.
Umpirage (n.) The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.
Umpirage (n.) The act of umpiring; arbitrament.
Umpire (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
Umpire (n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
Umpired (imp. & p. p.) of Umpire
Umpiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Umpire
Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
Umpire (v. t.) To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.
Umpire (v. i.) To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Umpireship (n.) Umpirage; arbitrament.
Umpress (n.) Female umpire.
Umquhile (adv.) Some time ago; formerly.
Umquhile (a.) Former.
Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.
Un- (adv.) An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseless.
Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively.
Un- (adv.) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective
Un- (adv.) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them
Un- (adv.) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, - ---- and the like.
Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like.
Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like.
Un- (adv.) Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like.
Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.
Unability (n.) Inability.
Unable (a.) Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
Unabled (a.) Disabled.
Unableness (n.) Inability.
Una boat () The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
Unabridged (a.) Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.
Unabsorbable (a.) Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.
Unacceptability (n.) The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.
Unacceptable (a.) Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.
Unaccessible (a.) Inaccessible.
Unaccomplished (a.) Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.
Unaccomplishment (n.) The state of being unaccomplished.
Unaccountability (n.) The quality or state of being unaccountable.
Unaccountable (a.) Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
Unaccountable (a.) Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious.
Unaccurate (a.) Inaccurate.
Unaccurateness (n.) Inaccuracy.
Unaccustomed (a.) Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to.
Unaccustomed (a.) Not usual; uncommon; strange; new.
Unacquaintance (n.) The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.
Unacquainted (a.) Not acquainted.
Unacquainted (a.) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Unacquaintedness (n.) Unacquaintance.
Unactive (a.) Inactive; listless.
Unactive (v. t.) To render inactive or listless.
Unactiveness (n.) Inactivity.
Unadmissible (a.) Alt. of Unadmittable
Unadmittable (a.) Inadmissible.
Unadulterate (a.) Alt. of Unadulterated
Unadulterated (a.) Not adulterated; pure.
Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
Unadvised (a.) Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised.
Unadvised (a.) Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding.
Unaffected (a.) Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced.
Unaffected (a.) Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow.
Unafiled (a.) Undefiled.
Unagreeable (a.) Disagreeable.
Unagreeable (a.) Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable.
Unaidable (a.) Incapable of being aided.
Unalienable (a.) Inalienable; as, unalienable rights.
Unalist (n.) An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist.
Unallied (a.) Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera.
Unalloyed (a.) Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.
Unalmsed (a.) Not having received alms.
Unambiguity (n.) Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.
Unambition (n.) The absence of ambition.
Unamiability (n.) The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.
Unamiable (a.) Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.
Unanchor (v. t.) To loose from the anchor, as a ship.
Unaneled (a.) Not aneled; not having received extreme unction.
Unanimate (a.) Unanimous.
Unanimity (n.) The quality or state of being unanimous.
Unanimous (a.) Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.
Unanimous (a.) Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote.
Unanswerability (n.) The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.
Unanswerable (a.) Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument.
Unanswered (a.) Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.