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Uglify
To disfigure; to make ugly.

Ulterior
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with .

Ultimation
State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum.

Umbellularia
A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Umble pie
A pie made of umbles. See , under .

Umbrosity
The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.

Unactive
To render inactive or listless.

Unallied
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; .

Unattached
Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

Unballast
Not ballasted.

Unbeget
To deprive of existence.

Unbethink
To change the mind of (one's self).

Unbridle
To free from the bridle; to set loose.

Uncharitable
Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; .

Uncoil
To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.

Uncouple
To roam at liberty.

Uncreate
Uncreated; self-existent.

Uncreditable
Discreditable.

Uncuth
Unknown; strange.

Undated
Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; .

Undecreed
Not decreed.

Undercut
Cut away below.

Undergown
A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Undergraduateship
The position or condition of an undergraduate.

Underhung
Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.

Underkind
An inferior kind.

Underkingdom
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.

Underminer
One who undermines.

Undermirth
Suppressed or concealed mirth.

Undermost
Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.

Underput
To put or send under.

Undersphere
A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite.

Understate
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

Undone
of .

Undulate
Same as .

Undulate
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; .

Unease
Want of ease; uneasiness.

Unexpertly
In an unexpert manner.

Unfestlich
Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn.

Ungrateful
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.

Unguent
A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.

Unhand
To loose from the hand; to let go.

unholy
Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

Unhumanize
To render inhuman or barbarous.

Unicity
The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Unimitable
Inimitable.

Unimplicate
Not implicated.

Uniseriate
Having one line or series; uniserial.

Unitize
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.

Unked
Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.

Unknowledged
Not acknowledged or recognized.

Unlawful
Not lawful; contrary to law.

Unlocated
Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.

Unpacker
One who unpacks.

Unpitousty
Impiety.

Unpity
Want of piety.

Unplained
Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented.

Unpossess
To be without, or to resign, possession of.

Unpracticable
Impracticable; not feasible.

Unsad
Unsteady; fickle.

Unsecure
Insecure.

Unset
Not set; not fixed or appointed.

Unsoot
Not sweet.

Unstick
To release, as one thing stuck to another.

Unsurmountable
Insurmountable.

Untune
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

Unvitiated
Not vitiated; pure.

Unwarily
In an unwary manner.

Unwayed
Not used to travel; .

Unwroken
Not revenged; unavenged.

Upbraid
The act of reproaching; contumely.

Upcurl
To curl up.

Upgush
To gush upward.

Upridged
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; .

Upset
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; .

Upsway
To sway or swing aloft; .

Uptake
To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

Urali
See .

Uranometria
A uranometry.

Ureameter
An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.

Urgently
In an urgent manner.

Urinometry
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.

Urochs
See .

Usher
To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by or ; .

Ut
The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by . See .

Utopical
Utopian; ideal.

Utricularia
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See ,

Utriculate
Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.