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5,066 words match “UNDER”

UNDERMINER n.
One who undermines.
UNDERMINISTER v.
To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.] Wyclif.
UNDERMINISTRY n.
A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor.
UNDERMIRTH n.
Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] The Coronation.
UNDERMONEYED a.
Bribed. [R.] Fuller.
UNDERMOST a.
Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. Addison.
UNDERN n.
o, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won. R. of Brunne. In a bed of worts still he lay Till it was past undern of the day. Chaucer.
UNDERNEATH adv. 2 definitions
Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton.
UNDERNICENESS n.
A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
UNDERNIME v. 2 definitions
To receive; to perceive. [Obs.] He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer.
UNDEROFFICER n.
A subordinate officer.
UNDERPART n.
A subordinate part. It should be lightened with underparts of mirth. Dryden.
UNDERPAY v.
To pay inadequately.
UNDERPEEP v.
To peep under. "The flame . . . would underpeep her lids." [R.] Shak.
UNDERPEER v.
To peer under. [R.]
UNDERPEOPLED a.
Not fully peopled.
UNDERPIGHT n.
imp. of Underpitch.
UNDERPIN v. 2 definitions
To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
UNDERPINNING n. 3 definitions
The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
UNDERPITCH v.
To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer.
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