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Unhappy

Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

Unharbor

To drive from harbor or shelter.

Unharbored

Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

Unharmonious

Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.

Unharness

To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen.

Unhasp

To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.

Unhat

To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.

Unheard

Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present.

Unheart

To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.

Unheedy

Incautious; precipitate; heedless.

Unhelm

To deprive of the helm or helmet.

Unhelmed

Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.

Unhide

To bring out from concealment; to discover.

Unhingement

The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

unhitch

To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

unhoard

To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.

unhold

To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.

unholy

Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

unhood

To remove a hood or disguise from.

Unhook

To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

Unhoop

To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

Unhorse

To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.

Unhouse

To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.

Unhoused

Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

Uniate Uniat

A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.

Uniaxial

Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

Unicameral

Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.

Unicellular

Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.

Unicity

The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Unicorn

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

Unicornous

Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.

Unicostate

Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Unicursal

That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.

Unideaed

Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous.

Unideal

Not ideal; real; unimaginative.

Unifacial

Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.

Unific

Making one or unity; unifying.

Unification

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

Unifier

One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena.

Unifilar

Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.

Uniflagellate

Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.

Uniflorous

Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.

Unifollilate

Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.

Uniform

To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

Uniformism

The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.

Uniformitarian

One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.

Uniformity

The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.

Uniformly

In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.

Unifromness

The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.

Unify

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

Unigenous

Being of one kind; being of the same genus.

Unijugate

Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Unilabiate

Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.

Unilateral

Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

Uniliteral

Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.

Unilocular

Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.

Unimpeachable

Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony.

Unimproved

Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

Unimuscular

Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.

Uninfringible

That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

Uninterested

Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

Uninucleated

Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.

Unio

Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.

Uniocular

Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.

Union

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Unionism

The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.

Unionist

One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.

Unionistic

Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.

Unipara

A woman who has borne one child.

Uniparous

Producing but one egg or young at a time.

Unipolar

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

Unique

A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.

Uniquity

The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness.

Uniseptate

Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.

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