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TRANSCURRENCE n.
A roving hither and thither.
TRANSCURSION n.
A rambling or ramble; a passage over bounds; an excursion. [Obs.] Howell.
TRICURVATE a.
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).
UNACCURATE a.
Inaccurate. Boyle.
UNACCURATENESS n.
Inaccuracy. Boyle.
UNCURABLE a.
Incurable.
UNCURABLY adv.
In an uncurable manner.
UNCURBABLE a.
Not capable of being curbed. Shak.
UNCURL v. 2 definitions
To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly. He sheaths his paw, uncurls his angry mane. Dryden.
UNCURRENT a.
Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. Shak.
UNCURSE v.
To free from a curse or an execration. Shak.
UNCURTAIN v.
To remove a curtain from; to reveal. Moore.
UNDERCURRENT n. 3 definitions
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. Totten.
UNICURSAL a.
That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coördinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter th.
UNRECURING a.
Incurable. [Obs.] "Some unrecuring wound." Shak.
UNSECURE a.
Insecure. [R.] Milton.
UPCURL v.
To curl up. [R.] Tennyson.
WATER CURE n. 2 definitions
Hydropathy.
WHEY CURE n.
Treatment with whey as a drink and in baths.
Y CURRENT n.
The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit.
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