<B>uncrate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-crated,</B> <B>-crating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to remove from a crate; unpack. </DL>
<A NAME="uncreate">
<B>uncreate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to undo the creation of; deprive of existence. </DL>
<A NAME="uncreated">
<B>uncreated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not created; not brought into existence. <DD><B> 2. </B>existing without having been created. </DL>
<A NAME="uncritical">
<B>uncritical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not critical; not able or wanting to criticize. <DD><B> 2. </B>wanting in acuteness of judgment or critical analysis. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncritical essay.</I> adv. <B>uncritically.</B> noun <B>uncriticalness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncropped">
<B>uncropped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not cropped or plucked. <DD><B> 2. </B>not cropped or cut, as ears of a dog. </DL>
<A NAME="uncross">
<B>uncross, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to change from a crossed position. </DL>
<A NAME="uncrossed">
<B>uncrossed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not thwarted; not opposed. <DD><B> 2. </B>not limited as regards cashability or negotiability by crossing. <DD><B> 3. </B>not crossed; not canceled. </DL>
<A NAME="uncrown">
<B>uncrown, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to take the crown from; lower from high rank. </DL>
<A NAME="uncrowned">
<B>uncrowned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown. <DD><B> 2. </B>having royal power without being king or queen. </DL>
<A NAME="uncsat">
<B>UNCSAT</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Conference on Science and Technology. </DL>
<A NAME="unctad">
<B>UNCTAD</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. </DL>
<A NAME="unction">
<B>unction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of anointing with oil, ointment, or the like, for medical purposes or as a religious rite. <BR> <I>Ex. The priest gave the dying man extreme unction.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the oil, ointment, or the like, used for anointing. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>something soothing or comforting. <BR> <I>Ex. the unction of flattery.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a soothing, sympathetic, and persuasive quality in speaking. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>fervor, especially religious fervor; earnestness. <DD><B> b. </B>affected earnestness or sentiment; smoothness and oiliness, as of language or manner. <DD><B> 5a. </B>a divine or spiritual influence acting upon a person (in the Bible, I John 2:20). <DD><B> b. </B>the flowing of this influence. </DL>
<A NAME="unctuosity">
<B>unctuosity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality of being unctuous. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=unction.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unctuous">
<B>unctuous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like an oil or ointment in texture; oily; greasy. <BR> <I>Ex. Oak, now black with time and unctuous with kitchen smoke (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) soothing, sympathetic, and persuasive; blandly ingratiating: <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>too smooth and oily. <BR> <I>Ex. the hypocrite's unctuous manner, an offensively unctuous speech.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>tending to or gushing with religious fervor or emotion, especially false or affected emotion; fervid in a shallow, sentimental way. <DD><B> 4. </B>soft and clinging, but easily worked; rich in decayed organic matter, and containing more clay than sand. <DD><B> 5. </B>(of clay) very plastic; somewhat fat, as bentonite. adv. <B>unctuously.</B> noun <B>unctuousness.</B> </DL>
<B>uncultivable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be tilled or cultivated. </DL>
<A NAME="uncultivated">
<B>uncultivated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cultivated; wild; undeveloped. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) an uncultivated mind.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncultured">
<B>uncultured, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cultured. </DL>
<A NAME="uncumbered">
<B>uncumbered, </B>adjective. =unencumbered.</DL>
<A NAME="uncurable">
<B>uncurable, </B>adjective. =incurable.</DL>
<A NAME="uncurbable">
<B>uncurbable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be curbed or checked. </DL>
<A NAME="uncurbed">
<B>uncurbed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not curbed. <BR> <I>Ex. uncurbed ambition.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncurious">
<B>uncurious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not curious or inquisitive; lacking curiosity; incurious. <DD><B> 2. </B>not curious, odd, or strange. </DL>
<A NAME="uncurl">
<B>uncurl, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to straighten out. </DL>
<A NAME="uncus">
<B>uncus, </B>noun, pl. <B>unci.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a hooklike part or process. </DL>
<A NAME="uncustomed">
<B>uncustomed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not passed through customs; with duty unpaid. <BR> <I>Ex. The police find him ... ninety dollars for having uncustomed goods in his possession (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncut">
<B>uncut, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not cut, gashed, or wounded with a sharp-edged instrument; not having received a cut. <DD><B> 2. </B>not cut down, mown, or clipped. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncut forest, uncut grass, an uncut hedge.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not fashioned or shaped by cutting. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncut diamond.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) not curtailed or shortened, as by editing. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncut novel or movie, an uncut performance of "Hamlet."</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>not having the leaves cut open or the margins cut down. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncut book.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undamaged">
<B>undamaged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not damaged. </DL>
<A NAME="undamped">
<B>undamped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not damped; not moistened. <DD><B> 2. </B>not deadened; not checked or retarded in action. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) not depressed or discouraged. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Physics.) not damped; not reduced gradually in amplitude. </DL>
<A NAME="undated">
<B>undated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not dated; not marked with a date, as a letter. </DL>
<A NAME="undaunted">
<B>undaunted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not afraid; not dismayed or discouraged; fearless; intrepid. <BR> <I>Ex. The captain was an undaunted leader.</I> adv. <B>undauntedly.</B> noun <B>undauntedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unde">
<B>unde</B> or <B>undee, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) having the form of a wave or waves; wavy. </DL>
<A NAME="undecagon">
<B>undecagon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) a polygon, especially a plane polygon, having eleven angles and eleven sides. </DL>
<A NAME="undeceivable">
<B>undeceivable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that cannot be deceived; not subject to deception. <DD><B> 2. </B>incapable of deceiving. </DL>
<A NAME="undeceive">
<B>undeceive, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ceived,</B> <B>-ceiving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to free (a person) from error, mistake, or deception; deliver from an erroneous conception. </DL>
<A NAME="undecennary">
<B>undecennary, </B>adjective. =undecennial.</DL>
<A NAME="undecennial">
<B>undecennial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a period of eleven years. <DD><B> 2. </B>occurring or observed every eleven years. </DL>
<A NAME="undecent">
<B>undecent, </B>adjective. =indecent.</DL>
<A NAME="undecided">
<B>undecided, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not decided; not settled. <BR> <I>Ex. an undecided contest.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not having one's mind made up. <BR> <I>Ex. I am undecided about which movie to see.</I> (SYN) irresolute, wavering. adv. <B>undecidedly.</B> noun <B>undecidedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undecillion">
<B>undecillion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in the U.S., Canada, and France) 10 followed by 36 zeros. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in Great Britain and Germany) 10 followed by 66 zeros. </DL>
<B>undecked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not decked; not adorned. <DD><B> 2. </B>not having a deck. <BR> <I>Ex. an undecked vessel or barge.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undeclinable">
<B>undeclinable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Grammar.) indeclinable. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) not to be declined or avoided. </DL>
<A NAME="undeclined">
<B>undeclined, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Grammar.) not having cases marked by different terminations. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) not deviating; not turned from the right way. </DL>
<A NAME="undecomposable">
<B>undecomposable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not admitting of decomposition; that cannot be decomposed. </DL>
<A NAME="undefaced">
<B>undefaced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not defaced; not deprived of its form; not disfigured. </DL>
<A NAME="undefended">
<B>undefended, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not defended; unprotected. <DD><B> 2. </B>not assisted by legal defense, as a prisoner. <DD><B> 3. </B>not contested, as a lawsuit. </DL>
<A NAME="undefiled">
<B>undefiled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not defiled or polluted; pure or natural. </DL>
<A NAME="undefinable">
<B>undefinable, </B>adjective. =indefinable.</DL>
<A NAME="undefined">
<B>undefined, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not defined or explained. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=indefinite.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="undelegated">
<B>undelegated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not delegated; not deputed; not granted. <BR> <I>Ex. your assumption of undelegated power.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undelete">
<B>undelete</B> or <B>un-delete, </B>verb, <B>-leted,</B> <B>-leting,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to restore data previously taken out of a computer field or file; reinsert. <BR> <I>Ex. To move a block of text, you actually have to delete the block and then "undelete" it in the new location (M.S. Zachmann).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> restored or able to be restored. <BR> <I>Ex. A good editor [program] will have some sort of "undelete" operation (Byte).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undemanding">
<B>undemanding, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> demanding nothing or very little. <BR> <I>Ex. an undemanding job.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="undemocratic">
<B>undemocratic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not democratic; not in accordance with the principles of democracy. adv. <B>undemocratically.</B> </DL>
