Uncus
‖Un″cus (?), n.; pl.Unci (#). (Zoöl.) A hook or claw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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‖Un″cus (?), n.; pl.Unci (#). (Zoöl.) A hook or claw.
Un‐cus″tom‐a‐ble (?), a. Not customable, or subject to customs duties.
Un‐cus″tomed (?), a. Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs. Smollett.
Un‐cut″ (?), a. 1. 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 t...
Un‐cut″ vel″vet. A fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops of the warp threads uncut.
Un‐cuth″ (?), a. Unknown; strange. — n. A stranger.
Un‐cy″pher (?), v. t. See Uncipher.
Un‐dam″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + dam.] To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction. Dryden.
Un‐damp″ned (?), a. Uncondemned. Wyclif (Acts xvi. 37).
Un″da‐ted (ŭn″dā̍‐tĕd), a. [L. undatus, p. p. of undare to rise in waves, to wave, to undulate, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.] (Bot.) Rising and falling in waves toward the mar...
Un‐dat″ed (ŭn‐dāt″ĕd), a. [Pref. un- not + dated.] Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter.
Un‐daunt″a‐ble (ŭn‐dänt″ȧ‐b'l), a. Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.
Un‐daunt″ed (?), a. Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. Shak.Syn. — Bold; fearless; brave; courageous; intrepid.— Un‐daunt″ed‐ly, adv. — Un‐daunt″ed‐ness, n.
Un″dé (?), a. [F. ondé.] (Her.) Waving or wavy; — applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
Un‐dead″ly (?), a. Not subject to death; immortal. — Un‐dead″li‐ness, n.Wyclif.
Un‐deaf″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + deaf.] To free from deafness; to cause to hear. Shak.
Un‐dec″a‐gon (?), n. [L. undecim eleven + Gr. � an angle.] (Geom.) A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.
Un″de‐cane (?), n. [L. undecim eleven.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; — so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in t...
Un′de‐ceive″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + deceive.] To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.
Un‐de″cen‐cy (?), n. Indecency. “Decency and undecency.” Jer. Taylor.
Un′de‐cen″na‐ry (?), a. [L. undecim eleven (unus one + decem ten) + -ennary as in decennary. Cf. Undecennial.] Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.An und...
Un′de‐cen″ni‐al (?), a. [See Undecennary, and cf. Decennial.] Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, ...
Un‐de″cent (?), a. Indecent.
Un′de‐cide″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + decide.] To reverse or recant, as a previous decision.
Un′de‐ci″sive (?), a. Indecisive. Glanvill.
Un‐deck″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + deck.] To divest of ornaments. Shak.
Un‐decked (?), a. 1. Not decked; unadorned.undecked, save with herself, more lovely fair Than wood nymph. Milton.2. Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel.