(Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
surfacemen
surfacemen
noun
plural of surfaceman
surfactant
surfactant
noun
(biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
(chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
unaffected
unaffected
adj
Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
Not affected or changed.
noun
Someone not affected, as by a disease.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unaffect
unchaffing
uncheerful
uncheerful
adj
Not cheerful.
unciferous
unciferous
adj
(biology) Bearing a hook or hook-like structure.
unclassify
unclassify
verb
To declassify.
uncodified
uncodified
adj
Not codified, not part of the code of law, not stated as part of a systematic statement of principles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncodify
uncoffined
uncoffined
adj
Not placed in a coffin.
unconfided
unconfided
adj
Not having been confided.
unconfined
unconfined
adj
Not confined; free from physical restraint.
unconfound
unconfound
verb
(transitive) To free from a state of confusion.
unconfused
unconfused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unconfuse
unconfuted
unconfuted
adj
Not confuted.
uncraftily
uncraftily
adv
In an uncrafty manner.
underchief
underchief
noun
A subordinate chief.
undercliff
undercliff
noun
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
underclift
undercraft
undercraft
noun
(obsolete) A sly trick.
undercroft
undercroft
noun
A cellar or vaulted storage room.
A ground-level car park that occupies the base of a building.
underfaced
underfrock
underfrock
noun
An underslip worn beneath a dress.
uneffected
uneffected
adj
Not effected; not put into practice.
unenchafed
unenforced
unenforced
adj
Not enforced.
unfaceable
unfaceable
adj
Unable to be faced or confronted.
unfacilely
unfactious
unfactious
adj
Not factious.
unfactored
unfactored
adj
Not factored (in any sense)
unfalcated
unfalcated
adj
Having no deductions; not curtailed or shortened.
Not falcated, or hooked.
unfanciful
unfanciful
adj
Not fanciful
unfarcical
unfarcical
adj
Not farcical.
unfasciate
unfauceted
unfetching
unfetching
adj
Not fetching; unattractive; ugly.
unfiducial
unfiercely
unfinanced
unfinanced
adj
Not financed; having no available financing.
unfiscally
unfletched
unfletched
adj
Not fletched or feathered.
unflitched
unflounced
unflounced
adj
Not decorated with flounces.
unfocusing
unfocusing
verb
present participle of unfocus
unfocussed
unfocussed
adj
Alternative spelling of unfocused
unforcedly
unforcedly
adv
In an unforced manner; naturally, voluntarily.
unforceful
unforceful
Adjective
Not forceful.
unforcible
unforcible
adj
(archaic) Without strength.
unforcibly
unforecast
unforecast
adj
Not having been forecast.
unforensic
unforensic
adj
Not forensic.
unfreckled
unfreckled
adj
Not freckled; without freckles.
unfrocking
unfrocking
noun
The act of somebody being unfrocked.
verb
present participle of unfrock
unfrounced
unfructify
ungraceful
ungraceful
adj
(colloquial, nonstandard) Not graceful; lacking grace.
unhandcuff
unhandcuff
verb
(transitive) To remove handcuffs from.
unificator
unificator
noun
One who unifies or unites.
uninfected
uninfected
adj
Not infected.
unmerciful
unmerciful
adj
not showing mercy
unofficial
unofficial
adj
(pharmacology) Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority.
Not acting with official authority.
Not officially established.
unpacified
unpacified
adj
not pacified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpacify
unpacifist
unpacifist
adj
Not pacifist.
unpeaceful
unpeaceful
adj
Not peaceful, the opposite of peaceful.
unprefaced
unprefaced
adj
Not prefaced; without a preface.
unprolific
unprolific
adj
Not prolific.
unsanctify
unsanctify
verb
(transitive) To reduce from a holy condition; to make profane.
unscoffing
unscoffing
adj
Not scoffing; not subjecting to ridicule.
unscornful
unscornful
adj
Not scornful.
unscottify
unspecific
unspecific
adj
Not specific: nonspecific.
unsufficed
unsufficed
adj
Not adequately provided for.
unsurfaced
unsurfaced
adj
(paper) Rough, absorbent, without a glaze or finish.
(roads) Not having a tar macadam (asphalt) surface.
(submarines) Below the surface.
unterrific
unterrific
adj
Unexceptional, ordinary.
Unterrifying; not causing or involving terror.
unvoiceful
unvoiceful
adj
Not voiceful.
unwatchful
unwatchful
adj
Not watchful
veneficous
veneficous
adj
veneficial
vulnifical
windcuffer
windcuffer
noun
(UK dialectal, originally Orkney, rare) The common kestrel.