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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNCIAL</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="uncial"> uncial, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an old style of writing, resembling modern capital letters but heavier and more rounded, found especially in Latin and Greek manuscripts from about the 300's to 800's A.D. <DD> 2. a letter in this style. <DD> 3. a manuscript written in this style or with such letters. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with this style or such letters. <DD> 2. written in this style or such letters. adv. uncially. </DL> <A NAME="unciform"> unciform, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. hook-shaped. <DD> 2. (Anatomy.) denoting or having to do with the hamate bone, its hooklike process, or any similar hooklike process. <DD>noun (Anatomy.) the hamate bone. </DL> <A NAME="unciformprocess"> unciform process,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) <DD> 1. the process projecting from the palmar surface of the hamate bone. <DD> 2. a hook-shaped process of the ethmoid bone. </DL> <A NAME="uncinal"> uncinal, adjective. =uncinate.</DL> <A NAME="uncinariasis"> uncinariasis, noun. =hookworm disease.</DL> <A NAME="uncinate"> uncinate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bent at the end like a hook; hooked. </DL> <A NAME="uncinated"> uncinated, adjective. =uncinate.</DL> <A NAME="uncinus"> uncinus, noun, pl. -ni.<DL COMPACT><DD> any hook-shaped part or process. </DL> <A NAME="uncio"> UNCIO (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Conference on International Organization. </DL> <A NAME="uncircumcised"> uncircumcised, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not circumcised. <DD> 2. not Jewish; Gentile. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) heathen; pagan. </DL> <A NAME="uncircumcision"> uncircumcision, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of not being circumcised (in the Bible, Romans 2:25). <DD> 2. the Gentiles (in the Bible, Romans 2:26). </DL> <A NAME="uncivil"> uncivil, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not civil; rude; impolite; discourteous. Ex. I hope it's not uncivil to say that you ... ought to be in jail (G. K. Chesterton). (SYN) unmannerly. <DD> 2. =uncivilized. (SYN) barbarian. adv. uncivilly. </DL> <A NAME="uncivilized"> uncivilized, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not civilized; barbarous; savage. Ex. The cave men of Europe were uncivilized hunters and fishermen of the Stone Age. </DL> <A NAME="unclad"> unclad (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dressed; not clothed; naked. </DL> <A NAME="unclad"> unclad (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and past participle of unclothe. </DL> <A NAME="unclaimed"> unclaimed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not claimed. </DL> <A NAME="unclarity"> unclarity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of clarity; indistinctness. </DL> <A NAME="unclasp"> unclasp, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to unfasten. <DD> 2. to release from a clasp or grasp. Ex. She clasped and unclasped her fingers while nervously waiting for the dentist. <DD>v.i. 1. to unfasten. <DD> 2. to be released from a clasp or grasp. Ex. I feel my feeble hands unclasp (Longfellow). </DL> <A NAME="unclassifiable"> unclassifiable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not classifiable. </DL> <A NAME="unclassified"> unclassified, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not classified. </DL> <A NAME="uncle"> uncle, noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the brother of one's father or mother. <DD> 2. the husband of one's aunt. <DD> 3. (Informal.) an elderly man. <DD> 4. (Slang.) a pawnbroker. <DD>interj. (Informal.) I (or we) surrender! expr. cry (holler or say) uncle, (Informal.) to admit defeat; surrender. Ex. The increasing desire of some businesses to cry uncle when the pinch is on (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="unclean"> unclean, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not clean; dirty; soiled; filthy. <DD> 2. not pure morally; evil. Ex. Woe is me! ... because I am a man of unclean lips (Isaiah 6:5). <DD> 3. not ceremonially clean. Ex. The Gentiles were no longer common or unclean (Cardinal Newman). noun uncleanness. </DL> <A NAME="uncleaned"> uncleaned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cleaned. </DL> <A NAME="uncleanliness"> uncleanliness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of cleanliness; dirtiness; filthiness; foulness. </DL> <A NAME="uncleanly"> uncleanly (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cleanly; unclean. </DL> <A NAME="uncleanly"> uncleanly (2), adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unclean manner. </DL> <A NAME="unclear"> unclear, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not clear; clouded; obscure; indistinct; uncertain. Ex. unclear words, unclear penmanship. adv. unclearly. </DL> <A NAME="uncleared"> uncleared, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cleared. </DL> <A NAME="unclench"> unclench, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to open from a clenched condition. Ex. to unclench one's fists. <DD>v.i. to become opened from a clenched condition. Ex. I saw her hands clench and unclench spasmodically (W. Somerset Maugham). </DL> <A NAME="unclesam"> Uncle Sam,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the government or people of the United States. Uncle Sam is usually drawn in pictures as a tall, thin man with white chin whiskers, wearing a top hat, a blue swallow-tailed coat, and red-and-white striped pants. Ex. Uncle Sam is rather despotic as to the disposal of my time (Hawthorne). </DL> <A NAME="uncletom"> Uncle Tom,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the central character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-52), a humble, pious, long-suffering Negro slave. <DD> 2. (U.S.) a Negro thought of as having the timid, servile attitude of a slave in his relations with whites (used in an unfriendly way). </DL> <A NAME="uncletom"> Uncle-Tom, intransitive verb, -Tommed, -Tomming.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) to act as an Uncle Tom. Also, Tom. </DL> <A NAME="uncletomism"> Uncle Tomism,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a Negro attitude of compromise, gradualism, or half-hearted interest in the struggle to obtain full civil rights and abolish racial discrimination. Ex. Negroes consider Uncle Tomism their most regressive trait (Time). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, Tomism. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="unclinch"> unclinch, transitive verb, intransitive verb. =unclench.</DL> <A NAME="unclip"> unclip, transitive verb, -clipped, -clipping.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove a clip from. <DD> 2. to unfasten. </DL> <A NAME="uncloak"> uncloak, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove the coat from; divest of a cloak. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to reveal; expose. Ex. to uncloak a scoundrel. <DD>v.i. to take off the cloak or outer garment. </DL> <A NAME="unclog"> unclog, transitive verb, -clogged, -clogging.<DL COMPACT><DD> to free from a clog or from anything that clogs. </DL> <A NAME="unclose"> unclose, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -closed, -closing. =open.</DL> <A NAME="unclosed"> unclosed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not closed. Ex. His unclosed eye yet lowering on his enemy (Byron). <DD> 2. not finished; not brought to a close. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) not balanced; not settled. Ex. I don't love to leave any Part of the Account unclos'd (Sir Richard Steele). </DL> <A NAME="unclothe"> unclothe, transitive verb, -clothed or -clad, -clothing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to strip of clothes; undress. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to lay bare; uncover. </DL> <A NAME="unclothed"> unclothed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not clothed; naked; bare. </DL> <A NAME="unclouded"> unclouded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not clouded; free from clouds; clear. noun uncloudedness. </DL> <A NAME="unclubbable"> unclubbable or unclubable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> unfit to be a member of a club;unsociable. Ex. Sir John was a most unclubable man (Samuel Johnson). </DL> <A NAME="unclutter"> unclutter, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make uncluttered; make neat. Ex. Our purpose is ... to unclutter the landscape (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="uncluttered"> uncluttered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in order; not littered; neat. Ex. Greece is of all countries the most uncluttered (Eleanor Perenyi). </DL> <A NAME="unco"> unco, adverb, adjective, noun, pl. -cos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD>adv. remarkably; very; extremely. <DD>adj. 1. unknown, strange, or unusual. Ex. It was an unco thing to bid a mother leave her ain house (Scott). <DD> 2. remarkable, extraordinary, or great. <DD> 3. uncanny. Ex. It was an unco place by night (Robert Louis Stevenson). <DD>noun 1. something novel or strange. <DD> 2. a stranger. <DD> 3. uncos, news. </DL> <A NAME="uncock"> uncock, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to let down the hammer of (a firearm) gently from the position of cock, so as not to explode the charge. </DL> <A NAME="uncoil"> uncoil, transitive verb, intransitive verb. =unwind.</DL> <A NAME="uncoined"> uncoined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not coined; not minted. </DL> <A NAME="uncollected"> uncollected, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not collected; not brought to one place; not received. Ex. uncollected taxes, debts uncollected. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) not having one's thoughts collected; not having control of one's mental faculties; not recovered from confusion, distraction, or wandering. </DL> <A NAME="uncolored"> uncolored, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not colored. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) not made to appear different from reality; open or undisguised; truthful or unbiased, as a statement or account; not influenced or affected by something. <DD> 3. plain or unadorned. </DL> <A NAME="uncombined"> uncombined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not combined; separate. </DL> <A NAME="uncomely"> uncomely, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not comely; wanting grace. Ex. an uncomely person, uncomely dress. <DD> 2. unseemly; unbecoming; unsuitable; indecent. </DL> <A HREF="uncomfor.dic">NEXT</A>