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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNDERWRI</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="underworld"> underworld, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the lower, degraded, or criminal part of human society; world of crime and vice. <DD> 2. the lower world; Hades. Ex. The lord of the dark underworld, the king of the multitudinous dead, carried her [Persephone] off when ... she strayed too far from her companions (Edith Hamilton). <DD> 3. (Archaic.) the earth as distinguished from heaven. <DD> 4. the opposite side of the earth; antipodes. </DL> <A NAME="underworldling"> underworldling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a racketeer; gangster. </DL> <A NAME="underwrite"> underwrite, verb, -wrote, -written, -writing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1a. to insure (property) against loss. <DD> b. to sign one's name to (an insurance policy), thereby accepting the risk of insuring the person or thing specified against loss. <DD> c. to assume liability for (a certain amount or risk) by way of insurance. <DD> 2. to write under (other written matter);sign one's name to (a document or written statement); be a signatory to. <DD> 3a. to agree to buy (all the stocks or bonds of a certain issue that are not bought by the public). Ex. The bankers underwrote the steel company's bonds. <DD> b. to agree to buy (an entire issue of stocks or bonds). <DD> 4. to agree to meet the expense of. Ex. to underwrite a person's education. <DD>v.i. to carry on the business of insurance; be an underwriter. </DL> <A NAME="underwriter"> underwriter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who underwrites an insurance policy or carries on an insurance business; insurer. <DD> 2. an official of an insurance company who determines the risks to be accepted, the premiums to be paid, and other conditions of an insurance agreement. <DD> 3. a person who underwrites (usually with others) an issue or issues of bonds, stocks, or other securities. (Abbr:) u/w (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="underwritten"> underwritten, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past participle of underwrite. </DL> <A NAME="underwrote"> underwrote, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense of underwrite. </DL> <A NAME="underwrought"> underwrought, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> underworked; a past tense and a past participle of underwork. </DL> <A NAME="undescribed"> undescribed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not described; not depicted, defined, or delineated. Ex. an undescribed species. </DL> <A NAME="undeserved"> undeserved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not deserved or merited. Ex. an undeserved reputation for wit (Eden Phillpotts). </DL> <A NAME="undeservedly"> undeservedly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> without desert, either good or evil; contrary to desert or what is merited. Ex. athletic brutes whom undeservedly we call heroes (John Dryden). </DL> <A NAME="undeserver"> undeserver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an undeserving person; an unworthy person. </DL> <A NAME="undeserving"> undeserving, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not deserving or meriting. adv. undeservingly. </DL> <A NAME="undesigned"> undesigned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not designed; unintentional. </DL> <A NAME="undesignedly"> undesignedly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an undesigned manner; without design or intention. </DL> <A NAME="undesigning"> undesigning, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having no selfish or ulterior designs; free from designing motives; disinterested. <DD> 2. simple and straightforward; not crafty. </DL> <A NAME="undesirability"> undesirability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being undesirable. </DL> <A NAME="undesirable"> undesirable, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. objectionable; disagreeable. Ex. The drug was taken off the market because it had undesirable side effects on persons who used it. <DD> 2. offensive to or subversive of the moral or social standards of an individual or group. Ex. a gathering of criminals and other undesirable persons. <DD>noun an undesirable person or thing. noun undesirableness. </DL> <A NAME="undesirably"> undesirably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an undesirable manner; contrary to what is desirable. </DL> <A NAME="undesired"> undesired, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not desired; unwelcome. </DL> <A NAME="undetectable"> undetectable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be detected. </DL> <A NAME="undetected"> undetected, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not detected; unperceived. </DL> <A NAME="undeterminable"> undeterminable, adjective. =indeterminable.</DL> <A NAME="undetermined"> undetermined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> indefinite; indeterminate. </DL> <A NAME="undeterred"> undeterred, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not deterred. </DL> <A NAME="undevelopable"> undevelopable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be developed. Ex. He's scheduled to take an embassy in an underdeveloped (and probably undevelopable) country (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="undeveloped"> undeveloped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not fully grown; immature. <DD> 2. not put to full use. Ex. the underdeveloped natural resources of a country. </DL> <A NAME="undeviating"> undeviating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not deviating; not departing from a line of procedure; unvarying; uniform. Ex. a course of undeviating rectitude (Oliver Goldsmith). adv. undeviatingly. </DL> <A NAME="undevout"> undevout, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not devout; having no devotion. </DL> <A NAME="undid"> undid, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense of undo. Ex. He undid his shoes. The fire in the artist's studio undid many years of work. </DL> <A NAME="undies"> undies, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) articles of women's underclothing. </DL> <A NAME="undifferentiated"> undifferentiated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not differentiated; without clear qualities or distinctive characteristics. Ex. undifferentiated growth of cells. They discovered that both wheat and cotton cloth were "undifferentiated" products--that is, each grain of wheat, each bolt of calico, was like any other grain or bolt (Wall Street Journal). The typical student completes his college program with ... a hodgepodge of undifferentiated knowledge (Carroll V. Newsom). </DL> <A NAME="undigested"> undigested, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not digested in the stomach or intestines. Ex. undigested food. <DD> 2. not brought to a mature or proper condition by natural physical change. Ex. undigested metals, undigested blood. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) not understood or absorbed mentally. Ex. undigested facts and figures (Science News). <DD> 4. not properly arranged or regulated; chaotic; confused. Ex. A crude and undigested mass of useless rubbish (Manchester Examiner). The whole was published in an undigested, incoherent, and sometimes self-contradictory paragraph (Henry Hallam). </DL> <A NAME="undigestible"> undigestible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not digestible; indigestible. </DL> <A NAME="undignified"> undignified, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dignified; lacking in dignity. adv. undignifiedly. </DL> <A NAME="undignify"> undignify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of dignity; make undignified. </DL> <A NAME="undiluted"> undiluted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not diluted or weakened. </DL> <A NAME="undilution"> undilution, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an undiluted state. </DL> <A NAME="undiminishable"> undiminishable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not diminishable; not subject to lessening or decrease. Ex. Character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness (Emerson). </DL> <A NAME="undiminished"> undiminished, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not diminished or lessened; of full size, amount, strength, or intensity; unabated. </DL> <A NAME="undiminishing"> undiminishing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not diminishing. </DL> <A NAME="undimmed"> undimmed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dimmed, as a light or the eyes. </DL> <A NAME="undinal"> undinal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with an undine. <DD> 2. of or having to do with the belief in undines. </DL> <A NAME="undine"> undine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female water spirit, who, according to legend, might acquire a soul by marrying a mortal and bearing a child. Ex. She looks, in her moments of ... loveliness, like an undine sighing in the Seine (Time). </DL> <A NAME="undiplomatic"> undiplomatic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not tactful. Ex. an undiplomatic question, undiplomatic behavior. </DL> <A NAME="undiplomatically"> undiplomatically, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an undiplomatic manner; tactlessly. </DL> <A NAME="undirected"> undirected, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not directed toward some end or on some course; lacking guidance. Ex. undirected energies, undirected children. <DD> 2. not directed to some person or place; lacking an address. Ex. an undirected letter. </DL> <A NAME="undiscerned"> undiscerned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not discerned; unperceived. </DL> <A NAME="undiscernible"> undiscernible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> indiscernible; imperceptible. </DL> <A NAME="undiscerning"> undiscerning, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not discerning; lacking discernment. adv. undiscerningly. </DL> <A NAME="undischarged"> undischarged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not dismissed; not freed from obligation. Ex. Hold still in readiness and undischarged (Ben Jonson). <DD> 2. not fulfilled; not carried out; unexecuted. Ex. an undischarged duty. </DL> <A NAME="undisciplinable"> undisciplinable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be disciplined. Ex. a thin, nervous colonel in the undisciplined and seemingly undisciplinable Congolese Army (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="undisciplined"> undisciplined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not disciplined; without proper control; untrained. (SYN) wild, uncontrolled. </DL> <A NAME="undiscoverable"> undiscoverable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not discoverable; not to be discovered, learned, or found out. adv. undiscoverably. </DL> <A HREF="undiscri.dic">NEXT</A>