• UND
n. a wave …c1200 obs. rare
• UNDAFTINESS
n. untidiness …1555 obs.
• UNDAINTEOUS
adj. not dainty through rarity; so plentiful as to be of little value …c1449 obs.
• UNDAINTY
adj. unbecoming, improper …1911 Sc.
• UNDALA
adj. mean, despicable …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNDALI
adj. 1. mean, despicable …1825 Sc.
adj. 2. strange, queer …1908 Sc.
• UNDAMAGED GOODS
n. a virgin female …20C US sl.
• UNDAMNIFIED
adj. undamaged, unimpaired …1576 obs.
• UNDAMPED
adj. 1. of persons, their spirits, etc.: not discouraged or checked; undepressed, constant, steadfast …1742
adj. 2. loud, undiminished …1883
• UNDANGERED
adj. safe, secure …c1400
• UNDASHED
adj. not discouraged or dismayed; undaunted …1601
• UNDATION
n. a waving; an undulation, movement of waves …1656 obs. rare
• UNDAUNTED
adj. 1. of horses: not broken in, untamed …1422 obs.
adj. 2. unbridled, unrestrained …1512 obs.
adj. 3. unsubdued, unconquered …1513 obs. rare
adj. 4. undisciplined; disorderly …1533 Sc. obs.
• UNDAUNTONED
adj. not tamed or broken in; unsubdued …1609 Sc. obs.
• UNDEAD
adj. alive …a1400-50
• UNDEADLINESS
n. immortality …c1000 obs.
• UNDEADLY
adj. not subject to death; immortal …c950 obs.
• UNDEAR
adj. 1. of little value or estimation; worthless, cheap …c897 obs.
adj. 2. not beloved, not regarded with affection …1748
• UNDEBONAIRTY
n. ungraciousness, discourtesy …a1300 obs.
• UNDECEIVABLE
adj. incapable of deceiving; undeceptive; certain, sure …1534 obs.
• UNDECENNARY
adj. given, occurring, or observed every eleventh year, or once in every eleven years …a1847 rare
• UNDECENNIAL
adj. given, occurring, or observed every eleventh year, or once in every eleven years …1864
• UNDECENT
adj. indecent …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDECENTNESS
n. indecency …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDECIMAN
adj. connected with eleven o’clock …1883
• UNDECISED
adj. undecided …1528 obs.
• UNDECOCT
adj. undigested …1542 obs.
• UNDECOCTED
adj. uncooked …1542 obs.
• UNDEEDY
adj. helpless, incapable …BK1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDEEMAN
adj. great beyond belief, incredibly big, intense, etc. …1808 Sc.
• UNDEEMINT
adj. incalculable …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• UNDEEMIS
adj. extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned …1871 Sc.
• UNDEEMOUS
adj. 1. unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of weather: very rough, wild, boisterous …1898 Sc.
• UNDEEMOUSLY
adv. excessively …1844 Sc.
• UNDEEP
n. a shoal, shallow place …1513
• UNDEETED
adj. undefiled …1859 Eng. dial.
• UNDEFALCATED
adj. not curtailed or reduced; undiminished …a1745
• UNDEFAULTING
adj. unfailing …a1440 obs.
• UNDEFEASED
adj. undischarged, under obligation still …1492 Sc. obs.
• UNDEFENCED
adj. unguarded, exposed to danger …1451 obs.
• UNDEFENDED
adj. not forbidden, permitted, allowed …1399 obs.
• UNDEFENSABLE
adj. 1. unprotected, exposed to danger …c1412 obs.
adj. 2. unpreventable, inevitable …1622 obs.
• UNDEFILED
adj. undefaced, unimpaired …1432-50 obs. rare
• UNDEFOILED
adj. pure, undefiled, uncorrupted …a1325 obs. rare
• UNDEFOULED
adj. pure, undefiled, uncorrupted …a1300 obs.
• UNDEFOULINGNESS
n. purity …c1400 obs.
• UNDEFRAYED
adj. not paid …1611
• UNDEGRATE
adj. ungrateful …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• UNDELATED
adj. not mentioned …1597
• UNDELAYED
adj. undiluted; not weakened by dilution …1600 obs.
• UNDELIBERATED
adj. of actions: careless, thoughtless …a1674
• UNDELICIOUS
adj. 1. not dainty or delicate; coarse, rough …a1618 obs.
adj. 2. not pleasant or agreeable …1829
• UNDELIVERED
adj. unconsidered; unwise …c1425 obs.
• UNDEMIT
adj. uncensured …1802 Sc. obs.
• UNDEMNIFIED
adj. uninjured, unhurt …1576 obs. rare
• UNDENIABLE
adj. excellent, first-rate…1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. very, extremely, unquestionably …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. the vagina …19C sl.
• UNDEPARTABLE
adj. inseparable; indivisible …c1374 obs.
• UNDER
adj. 1. drug-exhilarated …c1920 US sl.
adj. 2. drunk …1930s sl.
adj. 3. unconscious due to anaesthesia …20C sl.
adj. 4. dead and buried …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. sexual intercourse …1936 UK sl.
vb. to cast down, to depress …1502 obs.
• UNDER A CLOUD
adj. depressed; in a gloomy state; uncertain …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UNDERAGE
adj. in snowboarding: used to describe the not-yet-perfected performance of a trick or manoeuvre …1995 US sl.
• UNDER AND OVER
adv. frequently, over and over again …1874 Eng. dial.
n. sexual intercourse …L19 sl.
• UNDER-ARM
adj. pornographic …1979 UK sl.
• UNDER BANISTY
adv. secretly, surreptitiously …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNDERBEAR
vb. 1. to sustain, to suffer, to endure …c950 rare
vb. 2. to sustain, to support, to bear up …1382 rare
vb. 3. to introduce, to apply …1382 obs.
• UNDERBEARER
n. one who assists in carrying the coffin at a funeral …1700
• UNDERBEIT
vb. to work under …1670 obs.
• UNDER-BELONGINGS
n. the vagina …19C sl.
• UNDERBENEATHS
n. teeth …1920s US rhyming sl.
• UNDERBETHINK
vb. to remember, to recollect …BK1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERBID
vb. to value at a lower rate; to undervalue …1593 obs.
• UNDERBOARD
adj. 1. not open, dishonest …17C sl.
adj. 2. of a dead body: laid out and awaiting burial …1748 Sc.
adv. 1. under the table …a1548 obs.
adv. 2. in an underhand or secret manner; clandestinely; not openly or honestly; opposed to ‘aboveboard’ …1581 obs.
• UNDER-BOD
n. the swelling of the sea under a floating object …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNDER-BODY
n. 1. the lower part of a woman’s dress …1621 obs.
n. 2. an undergarment for a woman or child …1863 Amer. dial.
• UNDERBREATH
adj. low-toned, whispered …1853
n. 1. a low subdued tone; a whisper …1844
n. 2. whispered rumour …1880
• UNDER-BREE
n. a bright light appearing under clouds …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-BREET
n. a bright light appearing under clouds …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER BREEZE
adv. very fast …20C W. Indies sl.
• UNDER-BRIGHT
n. a bright light appearing under the clouds in the horizon …1824
• UNDERBRING
vb. to bring in surreptitiously …1382
• UNDER-BRUSHINGS
n. underwood …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER CANVAS
adj. in a tent …1864
• UNDERCARRIAGE
n. the penis …1990s sl.
• UNDERCARRY
n. the movement of water beneath the surface …1894
• UNDERCAST
vb. 1. to cast down; to make subject, to subdue …a1340 obs.
vb. 2. to consider, to reflect …1489 obs.
• UNDER-CHAP
n. the lower jaw …1607
• UNDERCHUNDERS
n. underpants …1966 Aust. sl.
• UNDERCOAT
n. a woman’s underskirt; a petticoat …1741 obs.
• UNDERCOATIE
n. a woman’s underskirt, a petticoat …1773 Sc.
• UNDER-COLD
n. a chill generally affecting the lower parts, occasioned by the wind blowing up under the clothes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCOMESTUMBLE
vb. to understand; generally used facetiously …1897 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-CONDUCT
n. a subterranean conduit …1624 obs.
• UNDERCONSTUMBLE
vb. to understand …1865 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCOT
vb. to suppurate or fester inwardly …1584 Sc. obs.
• UNDER-COVER
adj. 1. safe from the police; out of jail …1901 US criminals’ sl.
adj. 2. in hiding, secret, clandestine …1928 US criminals’ sl.
adj. 3. of a racehorse: trained in secret …1951 US sl.
n. 1. a plain-clothes detective or undercover agent …1930s sl.
n. 2. sexual intercourse …1950s African-American sl.
• UNDER-COVER MAN
n. 1. an employer’s detective spying on the employees …1931 US sl.
n. 2. an informer to the police; a policeman, a detective on a special watching job …1931 US sl.
n. 3. a male homosexual, esp. if passive …1942 US sl.
• UNDER-COVER OPERATIVE
n. a detective, esp. a Federal …1924 US police sl.
• UNDERCRACKERS
n. underpants …1997 UK sl.
• UNDERCRAFT
n. 1. hidden or secret craft or cunning …c1400 obs.
n. 2. a sly, underhand trick …1691 obs.
• UNDERCREEP
vb. 1. to creep in stealthily …1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to subvert secretly; to outdo by crafty or stealth; to undersell in trade; to overreach; to take a mean or underhand advantage of …1592 obs.
vb. 3. to evade, to escape …a1618 obs.
• UNDER-CREEPING
adj. underhand, sly, sneaking …1863 Eng. dial.
n. slyness, underhand ways …1893 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCROP
vb. to question stealthily; to sound …1596 obs.
• UNDERCUMESTUMBLE
vb. to understand …M19 sl.
• UNDERCUMFUND
vb. to understand …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCUMSTAND
vb. to understand …1824 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCUMSTUMBLE
vb. to understand …1854 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to flounder in speech …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCUT
vb. to cut down or cut off …1382 obs.
• UNDERDAKS
n. underpants …1966 Aust. sl.
• UNDER-DARK
adj. somewhat dark; darkish …1382 obs.
• UNDERDEALER
n. an underhand dealer or agent …1682 obs.
• UNDERDEALING
n. underhand or secret action …1649 obs.
• UNDERDELVE
vb. to dig under; to undermine by digging …c1000 obs.
• UNDERDIG
vb. to understand fully …2000s African-American sl.
• UNDER-DIMPLE
n. the female genitals …19C Brit. sl.
• UNDERDOLVEN
adj. dug, excavated …1382 obs.|
• UNDERDONE
adj. of the complexion: pale …L19 sl.
• UNDERDRAW
vb. to represent or depict inadequately …1865
• UNDERDRESS
n. underclothes; a set of underclothing …1785
• UNDERDRIFT
n. a hidden tendency or activity …1891
• UNDER DUBBER
n. a turnkey; an assistant jailer …1850s sl.
• UNDER DUBSMAN
n. a turnkey; an assistant jailer …1850s sl.
• UNDERDUNGERS
n. underpants …1981 NZ sl.
• UNDER-EARTHLY
adj. subterranean, underground …1598 obs.
• UNDER-ENTRANCE
n. the vagina …19C sl.
• UNDERER
n. an inferior; one of lower rank; one subject to authority …c1449 obs.
• UNDERF
adj. irresolute, weak …a1225 obs.
• UNDERFALL
n. a foot-hill slope …1857
• UNDERFEEL
vb. 1600 – to examine or pry into quietly or secretly → obs.
• UNDERFIND
vb. 1200 – to perceive, to understand → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNDER FIRE
adj. Bk1996 – exposed to severe criticism → Aust. sl.
• UNDERFO
vb. 1. c888 – to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess → obs.
vb. 2. c893 – to take in hand; to undertake → obs.
vb. 3. c1000 – to receive by way of hurt or harm; to undergo, to suffer → obs.
vb. 4. c1000 – to receive willingly; to accept → obs.
vb. 5. a1300 – to have understanding of or skill in → obs.
vb. 6. c1400 – to reprove, to rebuke → obs. rare
• UNDERFOLD
vb. to wrap up, to hide, to conceal …1612
• UNDERFONG
vb. 1. to receive a thing; to have something given to one; to come to have or possess …c1175 obs.
vb. 2. to comprehend; to conceive …a1300 obs.
vb. 3. to take in hand; to undertake …c1330 obs.
vb. 4. to receive by way of hurt or harm; to undergo, to suffer …1382 obs.
vb. 5. to surround, to enclose …1599 obs. rare
vb. 6. to seduce, to entrap, to overcome …1579 obs.
• UNDERFOOT
adj. inferior, abject, low, downtrodden, suppressed, subject to authority …1594 obs.
adv. 1. below the real or current value …1594 obs.
adv. 2. quietly, secretly …1860 rare
• UNDER FOUR EYES
adj. face to face …1990 Trinidad and Tobago
• UNDERFUG
n. an undervest; also, underpants …1924 Brit. public schools’ sl.
• UNDERFUGS
n. underpants …1910s sl.
• UNDER FULL SAIL
adj. drunk …1930s US sl.
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