In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.

Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.

An umbrere.

See Umbra, 2.

Shady; umbrageous.

The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.

An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus or Rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.

The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.

Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

To act as umpire or arbitrator.

Umpirage; arbitrament.

Female umpire.

An indefinite number, usu. more than ten and less than one hundred; a lot. Often used hyperbolically, and usually expressing the notion of more than the usual number or more than I would like.

Ordinal of umpteen, with corresponding signification; as, for the umpteenth time, I'm telling you to stop.

Some time ago; formerly. Former.

An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseless.

Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

Not subjected to Roman arms or customs.

Inability.

Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent; weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.

Disabled.

Inability.

Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.

Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.

The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.

Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.

Inaccessible.

Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.

The state of being unaccomplished.

The quality or state of being unaccountable.

Not accountable or responsible; free from control.

Inaccurate.

Inaccuracy.

Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- with to.

The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.

Not acquainted.

Unacquaintance.

To render inactive or listless.

Inactivity.

Inadmissible.

Not adulterated; pure.

Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.

Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised.

Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced.

Undefiled.

Disagreeable.

Incapable of being aided.

Inalienable; as, unalienable rights.

An ecclesiastic who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist.

Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, unallied species or genera.

Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.

Not having received alms.

Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.

The absence of ambition.

The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.

Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.

To loose from the anchor, as a ship.

Not aneled; not having received extreme unction.

Unanimous.

Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.

The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.

Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he gave an unanswerable argument.

Not answered; not replied to; as, an unanswered letter.

Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted.

To divest of clothing; to strip.

Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.

Inapplicable.

Inapplicable.

To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly.

Not specially appropriate; having no special application.

Not approved.

Inapt; slow; dull.

Unrequited.

Not argued or debated.

To put off, or lay down, one's arms or armor.

Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.

Ignorant of the arts.

Lacking art or skill; artless.

Inartistic.

Not descried.

Not served.

Not assented; -- said specif. of stocks or bonds the holders of which refuse to deposit them by way of assent to an agreement altering their status, as in a readjustment.

Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.

Not assured; not bold or confident.

Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable.

Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

Inattentive; careless.

To divest of attire; to undress.

The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of South America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.

Not given an audience; not received or heard.

Inauspicious.

To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

Not avoided or shunned.

Unawares.

Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.

Never mounted by a rider; unbroken.

To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.

Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.

Not ballasted.

Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

Wanting a band or string; unfastened.

To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.

To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate.

Not shaven.

To cause to disembark; to land.

To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

To unbolt; to unbar; to open.

Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets.

Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless.

To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

To cause not to be; to cause to be another.

To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.

To misbecome.

Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.

To raise or rouse from bed.

Not filled with din.

To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.