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To spend less than.

To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.

The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.

A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. Milton.

To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.

h mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory.

of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140º, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140º (Fig. 2). -- Universal umbel (Bot.), a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound u…

Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.

To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.

Not practical; impractical. "Unpractical questions." H. James. I like him none the less for being unpractical. Lowell.

To make less tight or tense; to loosen.

To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements. As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a…

er strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. -- Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are prope…

yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.

ates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.

um valve, a safety valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, in order to prevent collapse. -- Torricellian vacuum. See under Torricellian.

The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. Rush.

Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.