Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads..

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear..

Unstriped :: Unstriped (a.) Not striped.

Unstriped :: Unstriped (a.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers..

Upstream :: Upstream (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

Upstreet :: Upstreet (adv.) Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet..

Upstroke :: Upstroke (n.) An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made..

Urogastric :: Urogastric (a.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (a.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

Vestries :: Vestries (pl. ) of Vestr.

Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary..

Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.

Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns..

Vestryman :: Vestryman (n.) A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry..

Vestrymen :: Vestrymen (pl. ) of Vestryma.

Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Any waste thing or substanc.

Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Waste land or common land.

Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) A profligate.

Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab.

Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc..

Windlestrae :: Windlestrae (n.) Alt. of Windlestra.

Windlestraw :: Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis..

Wonderstruck :: Wonderstruck (a.) Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise..

Xiphiplastra :: Xiphiplastra (pl. ) of Xiphiplastro.

Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..

Yestreen :: Yestreen (n.) Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.

Zarathustrian :: Zarathustrian (a.) Alt. of Zarathustri.

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