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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNSCATHE</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="unscathed"> unscathed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not harmed; uninjured. Ex. He escaped unscathed from the car wreck. </DL> <A NAME="unscholarly"> unscholarly, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not scholarly; lacking scholarly qualities or attainments. <DD> 2. unbefitting a scholar. noun unscholarliness. </DL> <A NAME="unschooled"> unschooled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not schooled; not taught; not disciplined. </DL> <A NAME="unscientific"> unscientific, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not in accordance with the facts or principles of science. Ex. an unscientific notion. This assumption is unscientific (Samuel Butler). <DD> 2. not acting in accordance with the facts or principles of science. Ex. an unscientific farmer. adv. unscientifically. </DL> <A NAME="unscoured"> unscoured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not scoured; not cleaned by rubbing. Ex. an unscoured sink. </DL> <A NAME="unscramble"> unscramble, transitive verb, -bled, -bling.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to reduce from confusion to order; bring out of a scrambled condition. Ex. to unscramble one's neglected affairs. After the wind died down, he picked up and unscrambled the papers that had blown on the floor. <DD> 2. to restore to the original condition; make no longer scrambled. Ex. to unscramble a coded radio message. </DL> <A NAME="unscrambler"> unscrambler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that unscrambles. Ex. They were also, however, expert unscramblers (Harper's). <DD> 2. a device which unscrambles special broadcasts. Ex. Its figure did not include about $80 for the cost of installation of an unscrambler for subscription TV receivers (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="unscratched"> unscratched, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not scratched; not torn. </DL> <A NAME="unscreened"> unscreened, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not screened; not covered; not sheltered; not protected. <DD> 2. not passed through a screen; not sifted. Ex. unscreened coal. <DD> 3. not made into, or adapted for, a motion picture. Ex. The story is as yet unscreened. </DL> <A NAME="unscrew"> unscrew, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to take out the screw or screws from. <DD> 2. to detach or remove by doing this. Ex. to unscrew a bracket from the wall. <DD> 3. to loosen or take off by turning; untwist. Ex. to unscrew an electric bulb. <DD>v.i. to be able to be or become unscrewed. Ex. This light bulb won't unscrew. </DL> <A NAME="unscripted"> unscripted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) delivered or presented without a script. </DL> <A NAME="unscriptural"> unscriptural, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not scriptural; not in accordance with the Scriptures. adv. unscripturally. </DL> <A NAME="unscrupulous"> unscrupulous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not careful about right or wrong; without principles or conscience. Ex. The unscrupulous boy cheated on the test. adv. unscrupulously. noun unscrupulousness. </DL> <A NAME="unsculptured"> unsculptured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not sculptured; not covered with sculpture or markings. <DD> 2. (Zoology.) without elevated or impressed marks on the surface; smooth. </DL> <A NAME="unseal"> unseal, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to break or remove the seal of. Ex. to unseal a letter or a jar. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to cause to open in speech. Ex. The threat of punishment unsealed her lips. </DL> <A NAME="unseam"> unseam, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to undo the seam or seams of. <DD> 2. to rip lengthwise. Ex. (Figurative.) Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chops (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="unsearchable"> unsearchable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not to be searched into; that cannot be understood by searching; mysterious. Ex. the unsearchable and secret aims Of nature (Robert Bridges). (SYN) inscrutable. </DL> <A NAME="unsearchably"> unsearchably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unsearchable manner; inscrutably. </DL> <A NAME="unsearched"> unsearched, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not searched. </DL> <A NAME="unseasonable"> unseasonable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not suitable to or characteristic of the season. Ex. an unseasonable snowstorm. <DD> 2. coming at the wrong time; not timely. Ex. an unseasonable suggestion. (SYN) inopportune, untimely. noun unseasonableness. </DL> <A NAME="unseasonably"> unseasonably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unseasonable manner; at an inappropriate or awkward time. </DL> <A NAME="unseasonally"> unseasonally, adverb. =unseasonably.</DL> <A NAME="unseasoned"> unseasoned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not matured, dried, hardened, or prepared by due seasoning. Ex. unseasoned lumber. <DD> 2. not inured to a climate, service, work, or mode of life; inexperienced. <DD> 3. not tested and approved by time. Ex. unseasoned securities. <DD> 4. not flavored with seasoning. Ex. unseasoned food. <DD> 5. (Obsolete.) unseasonable. </DL> <A NAME="unseat"> unseat, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove from office. Ex. to unseat a congressman, to unseat a government. <DD> 2a. to displace from a seat. <DD> b. to dislodge from its base. Ex. to unseat a boiler. <DD> 3. to throw (a rider) from the saddle. </DL> <A NAME="unseaworthiness"> unseaworthiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being unseaworthy. </DL> <A NAME="unseaworthy"> unseaworthy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not seaworthy. </DL> <A NAME="unsectarian"> unsectarian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sectarian; not confined to or dominated by any particular sect; free from sectarian character or aims. </DL> <A NAME="unsectarianism"> unsectarianism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being unsectarian; freedom from sectarianism; unprejudiced attitude in religious matters. </DL> <A NAME="unsecular"> unsecular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not secular or worldly. </DL> <A NAME="unsecured"> unsecured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not secured. <DD> 2. not insured against loss, as by a bond or pledge. Ex. unsecured debts. </DL> <A NAME="unseeable"> unseeable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be seen; invisible. Ex. To see things unseeable, as St. Paul heard things unutterable (Daniel Defoe). </DL> <A NAME="unseeded"> unseeded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not seeded; not sown. <DD> 2. not having or bearing seed. Ex. an unseeded plant. <DD> 3. not ranked in a tournament. Ex. an unseeded player. </DL> <A NAME="unseeing"> unseeing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not perceiving; unobservant. Ex. We drive to work along a familiar route unseeing and lost in thought (Scientific American). <DD> 2. =blind. adv. unseeingly. </DL> <A NAME="unseemliness"> unseemliness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being unseemly; uncomeliness; indecency; indecorum; impropriety. </DL> <A NAME="unseemly"> unseemly, adjective, -lier, -liest, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. not seemly; not proper; not suitable. Ex. to flee with unseemly haste, a joke of a rather unseemly nature. Laughing out loud in church is unseemly. (SYN) unbecoming, unfit, improper. <DD>adv. improperly; unsuitably. </DL> <A NAME="unseen"> unseen, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not seen; overlooked by the eye; unnoticed. Ex. an unseen error. (SYN) unobserved. <DD> 2. not able to be seen; invisible. Ex. an unseen spirit. </DL> <A NAME="unsegmented"> unsegmented, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not segmented. </DL> <A NAME="unseized"> unseized, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not seized; not apprehended; not taken. <DD> 2. (Law.) not possessed; not put in possession. </DL> <A NAME="unselfconscious"> unself-conscious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not self-conscious; uninhibited; natural; spontaneous. Ex. Children and animals make the best movie actors ... because they are unself-conscious and unable to fake (Harper's). adv. unself-consciously. noun unself-consciousness. </DL> <A NAME="unselfish"> unselfish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not selfish; caring for others; generous. (SYN) charitable, liberal. adv. unselfishly. noun unselfishness. </DL> <A NAME="unsell"> unsell, transitive verb, -sold, -selling.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to talk out of; persuade not to buy, accept, or undertake something. Ex. Dad unsold me on the idea of going to Seattle this summer. </DL> <A NAME="unsellable"> unsellable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that no one will buy; that cannot be sold; unsalable. Ex. The house which was to provide the mainstay of the trust ... was proving unsellable (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="unsent"> unsent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sent; not dispatched; not transmitted. Ex. an unsent letter. </DL> <A NAME="unsentfor"> unsent-for, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not summoned or ordered. Ex. unsent-for guests. </DL> <A NAME="unsentimental"> unsentimental, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sentimental; hard-headed; practical; matter-of-fact. adv. unsentimentally. noun unsentimentalness. </DL> <A NAME="unserious"> unserious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not serious. Ex. But however serious or unserious the latest warning may be ... there is no doubt that the Chinese wish it to be seriously regarded (Manchester Guardian Weekly). adv. unseriously. </DL> <A NAME="unserviceable"> unserviceable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not serviceable; not satisfactory for service or use; not durable. noun unserviceableness. </DL> <A HREF="unset.dic">NEXT</A>