English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
UNCE'RTAINTY, _s._ want of certainty; inaccuracy
UNCHA'NGEABLE, _a._ not subject to variation
UNCO'MFORTABLE, _a._ affording no comfort; gloomy
UNCU'LTIVATED, _a._ not instructed; uncivilised
UNDAU'NTED, _a._ unsubdued by fear; not depressed
UNDERGO', _v.a._ suffer; sustain; support
UNDERMI'NE, _v.a._ to excavate under
UNDIMI'NISHED, _a._ not to be lessened; incapable of being lessened
UNDISCO'VERED, _a._ not seen; not found out
UNDISTI'NGUISHABLE, _a._ not to be distinguished
UNFO'RTUNATE, _a._ unsuccessful; unprosperous
U'NIFORM, _a._ conforming to one rule; similar to itself
UNIFO'RMITY, _s._ conforming to one pattern
UNINHA'BITABLE, _a._ unfit to be inhabited
UNINI'TIATED, _part._ ignorant of; not conversant with
UNIVE'RSAL, _s._ the whole
U'NIVERSE, _s._ the general system of things
UNJU'STIFIABLE, _a._ not to be defended
UNMO'ULTED, _part._ unchanged in feather
UNPA'LATEABLE, _a._ nauseous, disgusting
UNRETA'LIATED, _part._ unreturned, applied to injuries
UNSA'Y, _v.a._ retract; deny what has been said
UNSUCCE'SSFUL, _a._ not having the wished event
UNSWA'THE, _v.a._ unbandage
UNVI'TIATED, _part._ pure; not defiled
UNWIE'LDY, _a._ unmanageable; not easily moving, or moved
URGE, _v.a._ press; incite; provoke; solicit
U'SHER, _s._ an under-teacher; one whose business it is to introduce
strangers, or walk before a person of high rank
UTE'NSIL, _s._ an instrument for any use, such as the vessels of the
kitchen, or tools of a trade
VALE'RIAN, _s._ a plant
VA'LLEY, _s._ low ground; a hollow between two hills
VA'LUABLE, _a._ precious; worthy
VA'LUE, _s._ price; worth; rate
VAN, _s._ the front of an army; the first line
VANI'LLA, _s._ a plant, the fruit of which is used to scent chocolate
VA'NISH, _v.n._ lose perceptible existence; disappear; be lost; pass
away
VA'RIANCE, _s._ discord; disagreement
VA'RIEGATE, _v.a._ diversify; stain with different colours
VA'RIOUS, _a._ different; several; diversified
VA'RY, _v.a._ change; change to something else
VA'TICAN, _s._ the palace of the Pope at Rome
VEGETA'TION, _s._ the power of producing the growth of plants
VEGETA'TIVE, _a._ having the power to produce growth in plants
VE'HICLE, _s._ a conveyance
VE'NERABLE, _a._ old; to be treated with reverence
VE'NISON, _s._ game; the flesh of deer
VENTILA'TION, _s._ the act of fanning
VENTILA'TOR, _s._ an instrument contrived to supply close places with
fresh air
VE'NTURE, _v.n._ dare; run hazard; engage in
VE'RIFY, _v.n._ justify against the charge of falsehood; confirm; to
prove true
VE'RILY, _ad._ in truth; certainly
VE'SSEL, _s._ any capacity; anything containing; the containing parts of
an animal body
VESU'VIUS, _s._ a burning mountain near Naples
VICI'NITY, _s._ nearness; state of being near
VICI'SSITUDE, _s._ regular change; revolution
VI'CTIM, _s._ sacrifice; something destroyed
VI'CTORY, _s._ conquest; triumph
VI'GIL, _s._ watch; a fast kept before a holiday
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