Dictionary: UN-COWL' – UNC'TU-OUS

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UN-COWL', v.t.

To deprive of a cowl.

UN-COWL'ED, pp.

Deprived of a cowl.

UN-CRAMP'ED, a.

Not cramped; not confined or fettered; free from constraint. Ed. Rev.

UN-CRE-ATE', v.t.

To annihilate; to deprive of existence. Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know. Milton.

UN-CRE-A'TED, pp.

  1. Reduced to nothing; deprived of existence.
  2. adj. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton.
  3. Not produced by creation. God is an uncreated being. Locke.

UN-CRE-A'TING, ppr.

Depriving of existence.

UN-CRED'I-BLE, a.

Not to be believed; not entitled to credit. [For this, incredible is used.]

UN-CRED'IT-A-BLE, a.

  1. Not in good credit or reputation; not reputable. Hammond.
  2. Not for the credit or reputation. Mitford.

UN-CRED'IT-A-BLE-NESS, n.

  1. Want of reputation. Decay of Piety.
  2. The quality of being disreputable.

UN-CRED'IT-ED, a.

Not believed. Warner.

UN-CRIT'IC-AL, a.

  1. Not critical.
  2. Not according to the just rules of criticism. M. Stuart.

UN-CRIT'IC-AL-LY, adv.

Not critically.

UN-CROP'PED, a.

Not cropped; not gathered. Milton.

UN-CROSS'ED, a.

  1. Not crossed; not canceled. Shak.
  2. Not thwarted; not opposed.

UN-CROWD'ED, a.

Not crowded; not compressed; not straitened for want of room.

UN-CROWN', v.t.

  1. To deprive of a crown; to dethrone.
  2. To pull off the crown. Dryden.

UN-CROWN'ED, pp.

  1. Deprived of a crown.
  2. adj. Not crowned; having no crown.

UN-CROWN'ING, ppr.

Depriving of a crown.

UN-CRUSH'ED, a.

Not crushed.

UN-CRYS'TAL-INE, a.

Not consisting of or resembling crystal.

UN-CRYS'TAL-IZ-A-BLE, a.

Not susceptible of crystalization. Ure.

UN-CRYS'TAL-IZ-ED, a.

Not crystalized.

UNC'TION, n. [Fr. onction; L. unctio, from ungo, to anoint.]

  1. The act of anointing. Hooker.
  2. Unguent; ointment. [Unusual.] Dryden.
  3. The act of anointing medically; as, mercurial unction. Arbuthnot.
  4. Any thing softening or lenitive. Shak.
  5. That which excites piety and devotion. Johnson.
  6. Richness of gracious affections.
  7. Divine or sanctifying grace. 1 John i. Extreme unction, the rite of anointing in the last hours; or the application of sacred oil to the parts where the five senses reside. Cyc.

UNC-TU-OS'I-TY, n.

Oiliness; fatness; the quality of being greasy. Brown.

UNC'TU-OUS, a.

  1. Fat; oily; greasy. Milton. Dryden.
  2. Having a resemblance to oil; as, the unctuous feel of a stone.