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ULLORXA - lustful persons (a puzzling word to all editors)

UMBER - brown pigment

UMBERED - darkened, as with umber

UMBRAGE - shadow

UNABLE - weak, impotent

UNACCOMMODATED - not furnished with what is necessary

UNANELED - not having received extreme unction

UNAVOIDED - unavoidable

UNBACKED - unridden

UNBANDED - without a hatband

UNBARBED - unarmed

UNBATED - unabated, undiminished

UNBEND - to relax; make slack

UNBID - unwelcome

UNBITTED - unbridled

UNBOLT - to disclose

UNBOLTED - unsifted, unrefined

UNBOOKISH - unskilled

UNBORN - non-existent

UNBRACED - unbuttoned

UNBRAIDED - not soiled or faded

UNBREATHED - unpractised

UNCAPE - to throw off the hounds

UNCHARGED - undefended, applied to the gates of a city

UNCLEW - to unravel, unwind

UNCOINED - unfeigned, natural

UNDERGO - to undertake

UNDERTAKER - one who takes up another’s quarrel

UNDER-WROUGHT - undermined

UNEATH - hardly

UNEXPRESSIVE - inexpressible

UNFAIR - to deprive of beauty

UNHAPPILY - censoriously

UNHAPPY - mischievous

UNHATCHED - undisclosed

UNHOUSELED - without receiving the sacrament

UNIMPROVED - unreproved

UNION - a pearl

UNJUST - dishonest

UNKIND - unnatural

UNLIVED - bereft of life

UNMANNED - untamed, applied to a hawk

UNOWED - unowned

UNPREGNANT - stupid

UNPROPER - common to all

UNQUESTIONABLE - not inquisitive

UNREADY - undressed

UNRESPECTIVE - inconsiderate

UNSISTING - unresting

UNSTANCHED - incontinent

UNTEMPERING - unsoftening

UNTENTED - unsearchable

UNTRADED - unused, uncommon

UNTRIMMED - spoiled of grace or ornament

UNTRUE - untruth

UNVALUED - invaluable

UPSPRING REEL - a boisterous dance

URCHIN - the hedge-hog

USANCE - usury

USE - interest

UTIS - from “huit”, “eight” in French - signifies the eighth day after any festival

UTTER - to expel, put forth

UTTERANCE - extremity