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Uncurtain

To remove a curtain from; to reveal.

Uncustomed

Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs.

Uncut

Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.

Uncuth

Unknown; strange. A stranger.

Uncypher

alternate spelling of Uncipher; same as decipher.

Undam

To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction.

Undated

Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter.

Undauntable

Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.

Undaunted

Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.

Unde

Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines.

Undeaf

To free from deafness; to cause to hear.

Undecagon

A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.

Undecane

A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule.

Undeceive

To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake.

Undecennary

Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.

Undecennial

Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival.

Undecide

To reverse or recant, as a previous decision.

Undecolic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance.

Undecyl

The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid.

Undecylenic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.

Undecylic

Related to, derived from, or containing, the undecyl radical; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H21.CO2H.

Undeeded

Not deeded or transferred by deed; as, undeeded land.

Undefine

To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.

Undeify

To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.

Undeniable

Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.

Under

Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.

Under-age

Not having arrived at adult age; hence, incapable legally of performing certain acts restricted to adults.

Under-arm

Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.

Underact

To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

Underaction

Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

underage

Shortage or deficiency in amount; shortfall.

Underback

A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.

Underbearer

One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the corpse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

Underbelly

The lower ventral part of the abdomen of an animal, especially one that walks on four feet.

Underbid

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a lower price than.

Underboard

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

Underbrace

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.

Underbred

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

Underbrush

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

Underbuy

To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.

Undercharge

A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.

Underclay

A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

Undercliff

A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.

Underclothes

Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth; underwear.

Undercoat

A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

Underconsumption

Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.

Undercraft

A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.

Undercroft

A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.

Underdealing

Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery.

Underdig

To dig under or beneath; to undermine.

Underditch

To dig an underground ditch or ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.

Underdo

To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

Underdose

To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.

Underdrain

To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.

Underfeed

To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.

Underfilling

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building.

Underfong

To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.

Underfringe

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

Underfurnish

To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.

Underfurrow

To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.

Underget

To get under or beneath; also, to understand.

Undergird

To bind below; to gird round the bottom.

Underglaze

Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.

Undergo

To go or move below or under.

Undergod

A lower or inferior god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.

Undergown

A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Undergraduate

Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.

Undergrove

A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

Undergrown

Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.

Undergrowth

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

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