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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNGRACED</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="ungraced"> ungraced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not graced; not favored; not honored. Ex. Ungraced, without authority or mark (Ben Jonson). </DL> <A NAME="ungraceful"> ungraceful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not graceful; not elegant orbeautiful; clumsy; awkward. adv. ungracefully. noun ungracefulness. </DL> <A NAME="ungracious"> ungracious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not polite; discourteous; rude. Ex. an ungracious remark. <DD> 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) ungraceful. adv. ungraciously. noun ungraciousness. </DL> <A NAME="ungraded"> ungraded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not graded; not arranged in grades or classes. Ex. an ungraded school. </DL> <A NAME="ungrammatical"> ungrammatical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not in accordance with, or not observing, the rules of grammar or standard usage. adv. ungrammatically. </DL> <A NAME="ungraspable"> ungraspable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be grasped or fully understood. Ex. How ungraspable is the fact that real men ever did fight in real armour (Mark Twain). </DL> <A NAME="ungrateful"> ungrateful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not grateful; not thankful. Ex. an ungrateful person. <DD> 2. displaying lack of gratitude. Ex. an ungrateful silence. <DD> 3. unpleasant; disagreeable; distasteful. Ex. an ungrateful task. adv. ungratefully. noun ungratefulness. </DL> <A NAME="ungratified"> ungratified, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not gratified; not satisfied; not indulged. </DL> <A NAME="ungrounded"> ungrounded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without foundation; without reasons; unfounded. </DL> <A NAME="ungrudging"> ungrudging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not grudging; willing; hearty; liberal. adv. ungrudgingly. </DL> <A NAME="ungual"> ungual, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a nail, claw, or hoof. <DD> 2. shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof. <DD> 3. having a nail, claw, or hoof. </DL> <A NAME="unguard"> unguard, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to deprive of a guard or guards; lay open to attack. <DD> 2. (in card games) to leave (a possible winning card) unprotected by playing a lower card of the same suit. </DL> <A NAME="unguarded"> unguarded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. without a guard or guards; not protected. Ex. an unguarded camp. <DD> 2. not properly thoughtful or cautious; careless. Ex. In an unguarded moment, she gave away the secret. adv. unguardedly. noun unguardedness. </DL> <A NAME="unguent"> unguent, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a healing ointment for sores, burns, and scrapes; salve. </DL> <A NAME="unguentary"> unguentary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with unguents. <DD> 2. suitable for unguents. <DD> 3. like unguents. </DL> <A NAME="ungues"> ungues, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of unguis. </DL> <A NAME="unguessed"> unguessed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not arrived at or attained by guess or conjecture; unsuspected. </DL> <A NAME="unguicular"> unguicular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a nail or claw. <DD> 2. bearing a nail or claw. </DL> <A NAME="unguiculate"> unguiculate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having nails or claws, as distinguished from hoofed animals and cetaceans. <DD> 2. (Botany.) having a clawlike base. Ex. unguiculate petals. <DD>noun a mammal that has nails or claws. </DL> <A NAME="unguiculated"> unguiculated, adjective. =unguiculate.</DL> <A NAME="unguided"> unguided, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not guided; not conducted. Ex. a stranger unguided and unfriended (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) not regulated; ungoverned. Ex. the accidental, unguided motions of blind matter (John Locke). </DL> <A NAME="unguiferous"> unguiferous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing a nail, claw, or hoof. </DL> <A NAME="unguilty"> unguilty, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not guilty; innocent. </DL> <A NAME="unguinous"> unguinous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) oily; fatty; greasy. </DL> <A NAME="unguis"> unguis, noun, pl. -gues.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a nail, claw, or hoof. <DD> 2. (Botany.) the narrow, clawlike base of certain petals, by which they are attached to the receptacle; ungula. </DL> <A NAME="ungula"> ungula, noun, pl. -lae.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a hoof. <DD> 2. a claw or nail. <DD> 3. (Botany.) an unguis (def. 2). <DD> 4. (Geometry.) a cylinder, cone, or other solid figure, the top part of which has been cut off by a plane oblique to the base. </DL> <A NAME="ungular"> ungular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a hoof, claw, or nail. </DL> <A NAME="ungulate"> ungulate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1a. having hoofs. <DD> b. hoof-shaped. <DD> 2. of or belonging to the group of mammals that have hoofs, including the ruminant animals, horses, rhinoceroses, elephants, pigs, and Old-World conies. <DD>noun a mammal that has hoofs. Horses, cows, sheep, and deer are ungulates. </DL> <A NAME="unguled"> unguled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) (of animals) having the hoofs or claws of a different tincture from the body. </DL> <A NAME="unguligrade"> unguligrade, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> walking on the tips of the digits. </DL> <A NAME="unhackneyed"> unhackneyed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not hackneyed; not trite, commonplace, or stale. <DD> 2. not habituated or experienced. Ex. one unhackneyed in the ways of intrigue (Scott). </DL> <A NAME="unhair"> unhair, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to divest of or lose the hair. <DD> 2. to remove the hair from (a hide or skin) as a preliminary to tanning. </DL> <A NAME="unhallow"> unhallow, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to deprive of a holy or sacred character. <DD> 2. to profane. </DL> <A NAME="unhallowed"> unhallowed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not made holy; not sacred. <DD> 2. wicked; sinful; evil. </DL> <A NAME="unhampered"> unhampered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not hampered; unimpeded. </DL> <A NAME="unhand"> unhand, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to let go; take the hands from; set free; release. </DL> <A NAME="unhandily"> unhandily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unhandy manner; awkwardly; clumsily. </DL> <A NAME="unhandiness"> unhandiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or character of being unhandy; want of dexterity; clumsiness. </DL> <A NAME="unhandled"> unhandled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not handled; not touched. <DD> 2. not treated or managed. <DD> 3. not accustomed to being used; not trained or broken in. Ex. youthful and unhandled colts (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="unhandsome"> unhandsome, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not good-looking; plain; ugly. <DD> 2. ungracious; discourteous; unseemly; mean. <DD> 3. not generous; meanly petty or small. adv. unhandsomely. noun unhandsomeness. </DL> <A NAME="unhandy"> unhandy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not easy to handle or manage. Ex. an unhandy tool. <DD> 2. not skillful in using the hands. Ex. an unhandy workman. </DL> <A NAME="unhanged"> unhanged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not hanged; not punished by hanging. Ex. There goes an unhanged rogue! </DL> <A NAME="unhappily"> unhappily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not happily; in an unhappy manner; miserably. Ex. to live unhappily. <DD> 2. to one's misfortune; unfortunately. Ex. Unhappily I missed seeing him. <DD> 3. in an unsuitable or inappropriate way; not aptly. </DL> <A NAME="unhappiness"> unhappiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the fact or condition of being unhappy; sadness; sorrow. Ex. We are erecting a first line of defense against personal maladjustment and unhappiness (New York Times). <DD> 2. bad luck; misfortune. Ex. It is our great unhappiness, when any calamities fall upon us, that we are uneasy and dissatisfied (William Wake). </DL> <A NAME="unhappy"> unhappy, adjective, -pier, -piest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. without gladness; sad; sorrowful. Ex. an unhappy face. <DD> 2. miserable in lot or circumstances; unlucky. Ex. an unhappy life, an unhappy accident. <DD> 3. not appropriate; not suitable to the occasion or purpose. Ex. an unhappy selection of colors. (SYN) unsuitable. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) mischievous; naughty. Ex. Beat him well, he's an unhappy boy (Beaumont and Fletcher). </DL> <A NAME="unhardened"> unhardened, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not hardened; not indurated. </DL> <A NAME="unharmed"> unharmed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not harmed; uninjured; sound; intact. </DL> <A NAME="unharmful"> unharmful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not harmful; harmless. adv. unharmfully. </DL> <A NAME="unharmonious"> unharmonious, adjective. =inharmonious.</DL> <A NAME="unharness"> unharness, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to take harness off from (a horse or other draft animal); free from harness or gear. <DD> 2a. to take armor off from (a person). <DD> b. to take (armor) off from a person. <DD>v.i. to remove harness or gear. </DL> <A NAME="unhasp"> unhasp, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to loose the hasp of. </DL> <A NAME="unhasty"> unhasty, adjective, -hastier, -hastiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> not hasty; not precipitate; not rash; deliberate; slow. </DL> <A NAME="unhat"> unhat, verb, -hatted, -hatting.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to remove the hat from. <DD>v.i. to take off one's hat, as in respect. </DL> <A NAME="unhatched"> unhatched (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a bird or egg) not hatched; undeveloped. </DL> <A HREF="unhcr.dic">NEXT</A>