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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNTRACED</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="untraced"> untraced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not traced; not followed. <DD> 2. not marked by footsteps. <DD> 3. not marked out. </DL> <A NAME="untracked"> untracked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not tracked; not marked by footsteps; pathless. Ex. an untracked wilderness. <DD> 2. not followed by tracking. </DL> <A NAME="untractable"> untractable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not tractable; intractable. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) difficult; rough. </DL> <A NAME="untrained"> untrained, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not trained; without discipline or education. Ex. Babies have untrained minds. </DL> <A NAME="untrammeled"> untrammeled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not hindered; not restrained; free. (SYN) unimpeded. </DL> <A NAME="untransferable"> untransferable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be transferred or passed from one to another. </DL> <A NAME="untranslatable"> untranslatable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be translated. <DD> 2. not fit to be translated. adv. untranslatably. </DL> <A NAME="untranslated"> untranslated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not translated. </DL> <A NAME="untraveled"> untraveled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not having traveled, especially to distant places; not having gained experience by travel. <DD> 2. not traveled through or over; not frequented by travelers. Ex. an untraveled road. </DL> <A NAME="untraversable"> untraversable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not traversable. </DL> <A NAME="untraversed"> untraversed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not traversed. </DL> <A NAME="untread"> untread, transitive verb, -trod, -trodden or -trod, -treading.<DL COMPACT><DD> to retrace (one's steps). </DL> <A NAME="untreatable"> untreatable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be treated; unsuitable for treatment. Ex. Difficult to detect, the condition used to be untreatable, and usually caused death before age 20 (Time). </DL> <A NAME="untried"> untried, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not tried or proven by use; not tested. Ex. an untried plan. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? (Abraham Lincoln). <DD> 2. without being given, or not yet given, a trial in court. Ex. to condemn a man untried, an untried case. </DL> <A NAME="untrim"> untrim, transitive verb, -trimmed, -trimming.<DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of trimming. </DL> <A NAME="untrimmed"> untrimmed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not trimmed; not decorated with trimming. <DD> 2. not clipped or pruned. Ex. his ... untrimmed hair and beard (Scott). </DL> <A NAME="untrod"> untrod, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. not trodden. <DD>verb the past tense and a past participle of untread. </DL> <A NAME="untrodden"> untrodden, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. not trodden. Ex. an untrodden forest. (Figurative.) Some untrodden region of my mind (Keats). <DD>verb a past participle of untread. </DL> <A NAME="untroubled"> untroubled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not troubled; undisturbed; tranquil; calm. </DL> <A NAME="untroublesome"> untroublesome, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not troublesome; giving no trouble. Ex. The progress of industry is gradually affording other modes of investment almost as safe anduntroublesome (John Stuart Mill). </DL> <A NAME="untrue"> untrue, adjective, -truer, -truest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not true to the facts; false; incorrect. Ex. She attributes qualities and characteristics to them that are often obviously untrue (Saturday Review). <DD> 2. not faithful; faithless; disloyal. <DD> 3. not true to a standard or rule; not exact; inaccurate. Ex. Whose hand is feeble or his aim untrue (William Cowper). (SYN) inexact. noun untrueness. </DL> <A NAME="untruly"> untruly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in an untrue manner; incorrectly; falsely. <DD> 2. inexactly; not in a true course. </DL> <A NAME="untruss"> untruss, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to unfasten; loose from a truss. <DD> 2. =undress. </DL> <A NAME="untrustful"> untrustful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not trustworthy. <DD> 2. not trustful. </DL> <A NAME="untrustworthy"> untrustworthy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not trustworthy; unreliable. Ex. He was both skillfully smooth and totally untrustworthy (Newsweek). noun untrustworthiness. </DL> <A NAME="untrusty"> untrusty, adjective, -trustier, -trustiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> not trusty; not worthy of confidence; unfaithful. </DL> <A NAME="untruth"> untruth, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of truth; falsity. <DD> 2. a lie; falsehood. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) lack of loyalty; faithlessness. </DL> <A NAME="untruthful"> untruthful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not truthful; contrary to the truth; untrue. Ex. an untruthful rumor. <DD> 2. not telling the truth. Ex. an untruthful child. adv. untruthfully. noun untruthfulness. </DL> <A NAME="untuck"> untuck, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to undo or free from being tucked up, under, or in. </DL> <A NAME="untufted"> untufted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without tufts or projecting bunches, as of scales or hairs. </DL> <A NAME="untunable"> untunable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be tuned or brought to the proper pitch. <DD> 2. not harmonious; discordant; not musical. </DL> <A NAME="untune"> untune, transitive verb, -tuned, -tuning.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make no longer in tune; render inharmonious. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to disorder; upset; discompose. </DL> <A NAME="untuned"> untuned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not tuned. </DL> <A NAME="unturned"> unturned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not turned. </DL> <A NAME="untutored"> untutored, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not tutored; not educated; untaught. Ex. the untutored many (Jeremy Bentham). </DL> <A NAME="untwine"> untwine, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -twined, -twining. =untwist.</DL> <A NAME="untwist"> untwist, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to undo or loosen (something twisted); unravel. Ex. He untwisted the tangled strands of the rope. <DD>v.i. to become untwisted. </DL> <A NAME="unurged"> unurged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not urged; of one's own accord; unsolicited; voluntary. </DL> <A NAME="unused"> unused, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not being used; not in use. Ex. unused space, an unused room. <DD> 2. never having been used; still new or clean. Ex. unused drinking cups, an unused car. <DD> 3. not accustomed. Ex. The doctor's hands were unused to labor. </DL> <A NAME="unusual"> unusual, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not usual; beyond the ordinary; not in common use; uncommon; rare. (SYN) strange, singular. noun unusualness. </DL> <A NAME="unusually"> unusually, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unusual manner; uncommonly; rarely. </DL> <A NAME="unutterable"> unutterable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that cannot be expressed in words; unspeakable; indescribable. Ex. General nuclear war, apparently, signals unutterable destruction (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). <DD> 2. that cannot be pronounced; unpronounceable. </DL> <A NAME="unutterably"> unutterably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a way or to a degree that cannot be expressed or described in words; unspeakably. </DL> <A NAME="unuttered"> unuttered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not uttered. </DL> <A NAME="unvaccinated"> unvaccinated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not vaccinated. <DD> 2. having never been successfully vaccinated. </DL> <A NAME="unvalued"> unvalued, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not valued; not appraised. <DD> 2. not esteemed or prized. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) that cannot be valued; of inestimable value. Ex. thy unvalued book (Milton). </DL> <A NAME="unvanquished"> unvanquished, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not conquered; not overcome. </DL> <A NAME="unvaried"> unvaried, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not varied; not diversified; not changed or altered. </DL> <A NAME="unvarnished"> unvarnished, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not varnished. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) plain; unadorned. Ex. the unvarnished truth. </DL> <A NAME="unvarying"> unvarying, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not varying or changing; steady; constant; uniform. adv. unvaryingly. </DL> <A NAME="unveil"> unveil, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to remove a veil from. <DD> 2. to remove any covering from; uncover. Ex. to unveil a statue. The sun broke through the mist and unveiled the mountains. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to disclose; reveal. Ex. to unveil a secret. <DD>v.i. to become unveiled; take off one's veil; reveal oneself. Ex. The princess unveiled. </DL> <A NAME="unveiling"> unveiling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or fact of uncovering or revealing; disclosure. Ex. the unveiling of a secret, the unveiling of a new work of art. <DD> 2. the act or ceremony of removing the covering from a statue or monument. Ex. So heavy and persistent was the downpour that the unveiling had to be put off for an hour (Manchester Guardian). <DD> 3. the removal of a veil. </DL> <A NAME="unvented"> unvented, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not vented; not uttered; not opened for utterance or emission. </DL> <A NAME="unventilated"> unventilated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not ventilated. </DL> <A NAME="unveracious"> unveracious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not veracious; untruthful. </DL> <A NAME="unveracity"> unveracity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of veracity; untruth; falsehood. </DL> <A NAME="unverifiable"> unverifiable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not verifiable. </DL> <A NAME="unverified"> unverified, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not verified. </DL> <A NAME="unversed"> unversed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not versed; unskilled. </DL> <A HREF="unvexed.dic">NEXT</A>