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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: uncover - undelegated</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="uncover"> uncover, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove the cover or covers from. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to make known; reveal; expose. <DD> 3. to remove the hat, cap, or other head covering, of. <DD>v.i. 1. to remove one's hat or cap in respect. Ex. The men uncovered as the flag passed by. <DD> 2. to remove a cover or covers. </DL> <A NAME="uncovered"> uncovered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. without a cover. Ex. an uncovered pot of soup, an uncovered head. <DD> 2. not protected by collateral or other security. Ex. an uncovered note. </DL> <A NAME="uncrate"> uncrate, transitive verb, -crated, -crating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove from a crate; unpack. </DL> <A NAME="uncreate"> uncreate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to undo the creation of; deprive of existence. </DL> <A NAME="uncreated"> uncreated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not created; not brought into existence. <DD> 2. existing without having been created. </DL> <A NAME="uncritical"> uncritical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not critical; not able or wanting to criticize. <DD> 2. wanting in acuteness of judgment or critical analysis. Ex. an uncritical essay. adv. uncritically. noun uncriticalness. </DL> <A NAME="uncropped"> uncropped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not cropped or plucked. <DD> 2. not cropped or cut, as ears of a dog. </DL> <A NAME="uncross"> uncross, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to change from a crossed position. </DL> <A NAME="uncrossed"> uncrossed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not thwarted; not opposed. <DD> 2. not limited as regards cashability or negotiability by crossing. <DD> 3. not crossed; not canceled. </DL> <A NAME="uncrown"> uncrown, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to take the crown from; lower from high rank. </DL> <A NAME="uncrowned"> uncrowned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown. <DD> 2. having royal power without being king or queen. </DL> <A NAME="uncsat"> UNCSAT (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Conference on Science and Technology. </DL> <A NAME="unctad"> UNCTAD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. </DL> <A NAME="unction"> unction, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the action of anointing with oil, ointment, or the like, for medical purposes or as a religious rite. Ex. The priest gave the dying man extreme unction. <DD> 2. the oil, ointment, or the like, used for anointing. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) <DD> a. something soothing or comforting. Ex. the unction of flattery. <DD> b. a soothing, sympathetic, and persuasive quality in speaking. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) <DD> a. fervor, especially religious fervor; earnestness. <DD> b. affected earnestness or sentiment; smoothness and oiliness, as of language or manner. <DD> 5a. a divine or spiritual influence acting upon a person (in the Bible, I John 2:20). <DD> b. the flowing of this influence. </DL> <A NAME="unctuosity"> unctuosity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the quality of being unctuous. <DD> 2. =unction. </DL> <A NAME="unctuous"> unctuous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like an oil or ointment in texture; oily; greasy. Ex. Oak, now black with time and unctuous with kitchen smoke (Hawthorne). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) soothing, sympathetic, and persuasive; blandly ingratiating: <DD> 3. (Figurative.) <DD> a. too smooth and oily. Ex. the hypocrite's unctuous manner, an offensively unctuous speech. <DD> b. tending to or gushing with religious fervor or emotion, especially false or affected emotion; fervid in a shallow, sentimental way. <DD> 4. soft and clinging, but easily worked; rich in decayed organic matter, and containing more clay than sand. <DD> 5. (of clay) very plastic; somewhat fat, as bentonite. adv. unctuously. noun unctuousness. </DL> <A NAME="unculled"> unculled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not gathered. <DD> 2. not separated; not selected. </DL> <A NAME="uncultivable"> uncultivable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be tilled or cultivated. </DL> <A NAME="uncultivated"> uncultivated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cultivated; wild; undeveloped. Ex. (Figurative.) an uncultivated mind. </DL> <A NAME="uncultured"> uncultured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cultured. </DL> <A NAME="uncumbered"> uncumbered, adjective. =unencumbered.</DL> <A NAME="uncurable"> uncurable, adjective. =incurable.</DL> <A NAME="uncurbable"> uncurbable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be curbed or checked. </DL> <A NAME="uncurbed"> uncurbed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not curbed. Ex. uncurbed ambition. </DL> <A NAME="uncurious"> uncurious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not curious or inquisitive; lacking curiosity; incurious. <DD> 2. not curious, odd, or strange. </DL> <A NAME="uncurl"> uncurl, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to straighten out. </DL> <A NAME="uncus"> uncus, noun, pl. unci.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a hooklike part or process. </DL> <A NAME="uncustomed"> uncustomed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not passed through customs; with duty unpaid. Ex. The police find him ... ninety dollars for having uncustomed goods in his possession (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="uncut"> uncut, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not cut, gashed, or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; not having received a cut. <DD> 2. not cut down, mown, or clipped. Ex. an uncut forest, uncut grass, an uncut hedge. <DD> 3. not fashioned or shaped by cutting. Ex. an uncut diamond. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) not curtailed or shortened, as by editing. Ex. an uncut novel or movie, an uncut performance of "Hamlet." <DD> 5. not having the leaves cut open or the margins cut down. Ex. an uncut book. </DL> <A NAME="undamaged"> undamaged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not damaged. </DL> <A NAME="undamped"> undamped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not damped; not moistened. <DD> 2. not deadened; not checked or retarded in action. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) not depressed or discouraged. <DD> 4. (Physics.) not damped; not reduced gradually in amplitude. </DL> <A NAME="undated"> undated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dated; not marked with a date, as a letter. </DL> <A NAME="undaunted"> undaunted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not afraid; not dismayed or discouraged; fearless; intrepid. Ex. The captain was an undaunted leader. adv. undauntedly. noun undauntedness. </DL> <A NAME="unde"> unde or undee, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) having the form of a wave or waves; wavy. </DL> <A NAME="undecagon"> undecagon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) a polygon, especially a plane polygon, having eleven angles and eleven sides. </DL> <A NAME="undeceivable"> undeceivable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be deceived; not subject to deception. <DD> 2. incapable of deceiving. </DL> <A NAME="undeceive"> undeceive, transitive verb, -ceived, -ceiving.<DL COMPACT><DD> to free (a person) from error, mistake, or deception; deliver from an erroneous conception. </DL> <A NAME="undecennary"> undecennary, adjective. =undecennial.</DL> <A NAME="undecennial"> undecennial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a period of eleven years. <DD> 2. occurring or observed every eleven years. </DL> <A NAME="undecent"> undecent, adjective. =indecent.</DL> <A NAME="undecided"> undecided, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not decided; not settled. Ex. an undecided contest. <DD> 2. not having one's mind made up. Ex. I am undecided about which movie to see. (SYN) irresolute, wavering. adv. undecidedly. noun undecidedness. </DL> <A NAME="undecillion"> undecillion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (in the U.S., Canada, and France) 10 followed by 36 zeros. <DD> 2. (in Great Britain and Germany) 10 followed by 66 zeros. </DL> <A NAME="undecipherable"> undecipherable, adjective. =indecipherable.</DL> <A NAME="undecked"> undecked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not decked; not adorned. <DD> 2. not having a deck. Ex. an undecked vessel or barge. </DL> <A NAME="undeclinable"> undeclinable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Grammar.) indeclinable. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) not to be declined or avoided. </DL> <A NAME="undeclined"> undeclined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Grammar.) not having cases marked by different terminations. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) not deviating; not turned from the right way. </DL> <A NAME="undecomposable"> undecomposable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not admitting of decomposition; that cannot be decomposed. </DL> <A NAME="undefaced"> undefaced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not defaced; not deprived of its form; not disfigured. </DL> <A NAME="undefended"> undefended, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not defended; unprotected. <DD> 2. not assisted by legal defense, as a prisoner. <DD> 3. not contested, as a lawsuit. </DL> <A NAME="undefiled"> undefiled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not defiled or polluted; pure or natural. </DL> <A NAME="undefinable"> undefinable, adjective. =indefinable.</DL> <A NAME="undefined"> undefined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not defined or explained. <DD> 2. =indefinite. </DL> <A NAME="undelegated"> undelegated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not delegated; not deputed; not granted. Ex. your assumption of undelegated power. </DL> <A HREF="undelete.dic">NEXT</A>