<B>undress, </B>verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take the clothes off of; divest of garments; disrobe; strip. <DD><B> 2. </B>to strip of ornament. <DD><B> 3. </B>to remove the dressing from (a wound). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to take off one's clothes; strip; disrobe. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>loose, informal dress. <DD><B> 2. </B>clothes proper for ordinary, everyday wear, as distinguished from those worn on formal or ceremonial occasions. <DD><B> 3. </B>lack of clothing; nakedness. <DD><I>adj. </I> of, having to do with, or designating clothes proper for ordinary, everyday wear. <BR> <I>Ex. an undress uniform.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undressed">
<B>undressed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not dressed; unclothed. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or of the nature of suede. <BR> <I>Ex. undressed leather.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undrew">
<B>undrew, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense of <B>undraw.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undrinkable">
<B>undrinkable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not drinkable. </DL>
<A NAME="undrunk">
<B>undrunk, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not swallowed by drinking; not drunk. <BR> <I>Ex. Feeling her chagrin almost intolerable, [she] quitted the room with her tea undrunk (Frances Burney).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not intoxicated. </DL>
<A NAME="undsoweiter">
<B>und so weiter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) and so forth. (Abbr:) usw. </DL>
<A NAME="undue">
<B>undue, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not fitting; improper; inappropriate; unsuitable. <BR> <I>Ex. He made rude, undue remarks about those around him.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not right; unjustifiable; illegal. <DD><B> 3. </B>too great; too much; excessive. <BR> <I>Ex. A miser gives undue importance to money.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>not properly owing or payable. </DL>
<A NAME="undueinfluence">
<B>undue influence,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) control over another, making him do in important affairs what he would not do of his free will. </DL>
<A NAME="undulancy">
<B>undulancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> wavy state or character. </DL>
<B>undulant fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease characterized by intermittent or sometimes continuous fever, disorders of the bowels, enlarged spleen, weakness, anemia, and pain in the joints; brucellosis; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever; Rock fever. It is caused by infection with bacteria usually transmitted by contact with infected cattle, goats, and hogs, or by consumption of raw milk or milk products. </DL>
<A NAME="undulate">
<B>undulate, </B>verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move in or in the manner of waves; rise and fall or come and go with a wavelike motion. <BR> <I>Ex. undulating water. (Figurative.) Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the list'ning ear (William Cowper).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to have a wavy form or surface. <BR> <I>Ex. undulating hair, an undulating prairie.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to move in or in the manner of waves. <DD><B> 2. </B>to give a wavy form or surface to. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=wavy</B> (1). </DL>
<B>undulating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that undulates; having a wavy motion. <BR> <I>Ex. undulating hair. The undulating and tumultuous multitude (Jeremy Bentham).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a form or surface resembling a series of waves. <BR> <I>Ex. an undulating prairie. The country became more undulating (Samuel Butler).</I> adv. <B>undulatingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undulation">
<B>undulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wavelike motion; undulating. <DD><B> 2. </B>a wavy form. <DD><B> 3. </B>one of a series of wavelike bends, curves, swellings, or other patterns. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Physics.) a wavelike motion in air or other medium, as in the propagation of sound or light; vibration; wave. </DL>
<B>undulatory theory,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the theory that light is propagated in undulatory movements or waves; wave theory. </DL>
<A NAME="undulous">
<B>undulous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by undulations or waves; wavy. </DL>
<A NAME="unduly">
<B>unduly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in an undue manner; improperly. <DD><B> 2. </B>to an undue degree; too much; excessively. <BR> <I>Ex. unduly harsh, unduly optimistic.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unduplicated">
<B>unduplicated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not having a duplicate or duplicates. <BR> <I>Ex. an unduplicated set of records.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not repeated or matched. <BR> <I>Ex. an unduplicated performance.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undutiful">
<B>undutiful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dutiful; not properly obedient or submissive. adv. <B>undutifully.</B> noun <B>undutifulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undyed">
<B>undyed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dyed; of the natural color. </DL>
<A NAME="undying">
<B>undying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that never dies; deathless; immortal; eternal. <BR> <I>Ex. undying beauty, a dog's undying love for its master.</I> (SYN) perpetual, everlasting. adv. <B>undyingly.</B> noun <B>undyingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undynamic">
<B>undynamic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dynamic; not energetic, forceful, or active. <BR> <I>Ex. an undynamic personality. California was only a feeble, undynamic outpost of the Spanish Empire (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unearned">
<B>unearned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not earned by labor or service; not worked for. <BR> <I>Ex. an unearned gift of nature.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not earned by merit; not deserved; unmerited. <BR> <I>Ex. unearned punishment.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Baseball.) scored because of a defensive error or errors. <BR> <I>Ex. The Phils tallied two runs, both unearned, in the fourth (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unearnedincome">
<B>unearned income,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> income from investments as contrasted with wages. </DL>
<A NAME="unearnedincrement">
<B>unearned increment,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an increase in the value of property from natural causes, as from growth of population, rather than from the labor, improvements, or expenditures made by the owner. </DL>
<A NAME="unearth">
<B>unearth, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to dig out of the earth; exhume. <BR> <I>Ex. to unearth a skeleton.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to disclose by the removal of earth. <BR> <I>Ex. to unearth a buried city.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to force out of a hole or burrow by or as if by digging. <BR> <I>Ex. to unearth a woodchuck.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>to find out and make public; disclose; reveal. <BR> <I>Ex. to unearth a plot.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to look for and find; discover. <BR> <I>Ex. to unearth the answer to a problem.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unearthliness">
<B>unearthliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character or state of being unearthly. </DL>
<A NAME="unearthly">
<B>unearthly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not of this world; supernatural. <BR> <I>Ex. an unearthly being. In after years, when she looked back upon them a kind of glory, a radiance as of an unearthly holiness, seemed to glow about these golden hours (Lytton Strachey).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>strange; weird; ghostly. <BR> <I>Ex. the unearthly wails that sometimes come from the demons (Santha Rama Rau).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) abnormal or unnatural; extraordinary; preposterous. <BR> <I>Ex. to rise at an unearthly hour.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unease">
<B>unease, </B>noun. <B>=uneasiness.</B></DL>
<A NAME="uneasily">
<B>uneasily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an uneasy manner; restlessly; apprehensively. </DL>
<A NAME="uneasiness">
<B>uneasiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of ease or comfort; restlessness; anxiety. </DL>
<A NAME="uneasy">
<B>uneasy, </B>adjective, <B>-easier,</B> <B>-easiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>mentally uncomfortable; disturbed; anxious; apprehensive; restless. <BR> <I>Ex. to be uneasy about a decision.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>physically uncomfortable; restless. <BR> <I>Ex. uneasy sleep.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not conducive to ease or comfort; somewhat precarious. <BR> <I>Ex. an uneasy peace.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>characterized by absence of ease or comfort. <BR> <I>Ex. The benches were hard and uneasy. One or two uneasy sofas (H. G. Wells).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>not easy in manner; stiff; awkward. </DL>
<A NAME="uneatable">
<B>uneatable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not eatable; unfit to be eaten. <BR> <I>Ex. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox--the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable (Oscar Wilde).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uneaten">
<B>uneaten, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not eaten. </DL>
<A NAME="uneath">
<B>uneath, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) not easy; difficult. </DL>
<A NAME="uneconomic">
<B>uneconomic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not economic; expensive; unprofitable. <BR> <I>Ex. The railways are compelled to operate uneconomic lines (Canada Month).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uneconomical">
<B>uneconomical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not economical. adv. <B>uneconomically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uneda">
<B>UNEDA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Economic Development Administration. </DL>
<B>unedifying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not edifying; not elevating or beneficial morally. </DL>
<A NAME="unedited">
<B>unedited, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not edited; not changed in any way. <BR> <I>Ex. an unedited speech.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uneducable">
<B>uneducable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not capable of being educated; ineducable. <BR> <I>Ex. Industry finds it ... difficult to offer employment to uneducated and especially to uneducable young people (Charles S. Ryckman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uneducated">
<B>uneducated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not educated; not taught or trained. </DL>
<A NAME="uneducational">
<B>uneducational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not furthering education or the development of the mind. </DL>
<A NAME="unef">
<B>UNEF</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Emergency Force. </DL>
