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- TWICETwo times.
- TWIFOLDTwofold.
- TWINKTo twinkle; to sparkle.
- TWINKLETo shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
- TWINKLEROne who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
- TWIRETo glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
- TWIRLA movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
- TWISTEROne who twists. One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- TWITCHA brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
- TWOFOLDDouble; duplicate; multiplied by two.
- TWOFOLDSDouble; duplicate; multiplied by two.
- TWOSOMEBeing or constituting a pair; two.
- TYKEA mongrel dog.
- TYREThe ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
- UDALAllodial, inalienable.
- UGLILYIn an ugly manner.
- UGLYDispleasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- UGSOMEUgly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent.
- UITLANDERA foreigner; outlander.
- ULEXITEA white mineral with triclinic crystals, NaCaB5O9·8H2O, noted for its fibers which transmit light by internal reflection, such that a piece with flat faces perpendicular to the fib
- ULTIMOOn the last day (of a specified month).
- UMLAUTAn assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
- UMWHILEErstwhile; late; former.
- UNABLENot able; lacking a certain ability.
- UNALIKEOf an unlike kind; different
- UNANSWEREDThat has not been answered or addressed.
- UNAPTNot apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
- UNASKEDNot having been asked; unspoken, as a question.
- UNAVOIDABLEImpossible to avoid; bound to happen.
- UNBAPTISEDAlternative spelling of unbaptized.
- UNBAPTIZEDNot baptized.
- UNBARTo unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar.
- UNBELIEFAn absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.
- UNBELTTo remove a belt
- UNBINDTo take bindings off.
- UNBISHOPEDsimple past and past participle of unbishop
- UNBUCKLEto unfasten
- UNBUILTNot built.
- UNBURYTo dig up, to remove from the ground.
- UNBUSYNot busy.
- UNBUTTONTo open (something) by undoing its buttons.
- UNCERTAINNot certain; unsure.
- UNCERTAINTYDoubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- UNCHASTENot chaste; not continent
- UNCHASTELYIn an unchaste manner.
- UNCLEARAmbiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
- UNCLIPPEDNot clipped.
- UNCLOSETo open; to unclench.
- UNCLOTHETo strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
- UNCOStrange, weird.
- UNCOESStrange, weird.
- UNCOMELYHomely; unattractive.
- UNCOSStrange, weird.
- UNCOUPLETo disconnect or detach one thing from another.
- UNCOUTHUnfamiliar, strange, foreign.
- UNCOVERTo remove a cover from.
- UNCREDIBLENot credible; that cannot be believed.
- UNCURABLEincurable
- UNCUTNot cut.
- UNDAUNTEDShowing courage and resolution.
- UNDERBLOWTo fail to blow with sufficient force or energy
- UNDERCASTAn unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.
- UNDERCUTA cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
- UNDERFOOTSituated under one's foot or feet.
- UNDERGOTo experience; to pass through a phase.
- UNDERLAYsimple past of underlie
- UNDERLIETo lie in a position directly beneath something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- UNDERSETTo set under or beneath.
- UNDERSTANDTo know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
- UNDERTAKETo take upon oneself; to start, to embark on.
- UNDERWAYIn motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
- UNDERWRITETo write below or under; subscribe.
- UNDESIREDNot desired; unwanted.
- UNDOTo reverse the effects of an action.
- UNDOERAgent noun of undo; one who undoes.
- UNDRESSTo remove one's clothing.
- UNEASETrouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern.
- UNEASYNot easy; difficult.
- UNEATHNot easy; hard.
- UNEQUALNot the same.
- UNFAIRNot fair. Not just.
- UNFAITHFULNot having religious faith.
- UNFAMOUSNot famous
- UNFAVOREDNot favoured.
- UNFEDNot fed.
- UNFOLDTo undo a folding.
- UNFREENot free; lacking freedom, especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
- UNFREEDOMThe condition of being unfree.
- UNFRIENDOne who is not a friend; an enemy.
- UNGATHEREDNot gathered or picked.
- UNGETThe opposite action of get (in various senses) To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of
- UNGIRDTo loosen or remove the girdle or band of.
- UNGLADNot glad; unhappy, joyless.
- UNGLOSSEDLacking a gloss (explanatory note).
- UNGLOVETo remove a glove or gloves (from).
- UNGODLYOf a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.
- UNGRACIOUSNot gracious; unkind or cold-hearted.
- UNGUILTYNot guilty.
- UNHAIRTo remove hair from (something), especially from hide.
- UNHALLOWEDNot hallowed or blessed; unholy.