The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Israel Gollancz William Shakespeare [3651]
UNBEND - to relax; make slack
UNBID - unwelcome
UNBITTED - unbridled
UNBOLT - to disclose
UNBOLTED - unsifted, unrefined
UNBOOKISH - unskilled
UNBORN - non-existent
UNBRACED - unbuttoned
UNBRAIDED - not soiled or faded
UNBREATHED - unpractised
UNCAPE - to throw off the hounds
UNCHARGED - undefended, applied to the gates of a city
UNCLEW - to unravel, unwind
UNCOINED - unfeigned, natural
UNDERGO - to undertake
UNDERTAKER - one who takes up another's quarrel
UNDER-WROUGHT - undermined
UNEATH - hardly
UNEXPRESSIVE - inexpressible
UNFAIR - to deprive of beauty
UNHAPPILY - censoriously
UNHAPPY - mischievous
UNHATCHED - undisclosed
UNHOUSELED - without receiving the sacrament
UNIMPROVED - unreproved
UNION - a pearl
UNJUST - dishonest
UNKIND - unnatural
UNLIVED - bereft of life
UNMANNED - untamed, applied to a hawk
UNOWED - unowned
UNPREGNANT - stupid
UNPROPER - common to all
UNQUESTIONABLE - not inquisitive
UNREADY - undressed
UNRESPECTIVE - inconsiderate
UNSISTING - unresting
UNSTANCHED - incontinent
UNTEMPERING - unsoftening
UNTENTED - unsearchable
UNTRADED - unused, uncommon
UNTRIMMED - spoiled of grace or ornament
UNTRUE - untruth
UNVALUED - invaluable
UPSPRING REEL - a boisterous dance
URCHIN - the hedge-hog
USANCE - usury
USE - interest
UTIS - from "huit", "eight" in French - signifies the eighth day after any festival
UTTER - to expel, put forth
UTTERANCE - extremity
V
VACANCY - empty space; unoccupied time
VACANT - devoid of
VADE - to fade
VAGABOND - moving to and fro
VAGROM - vagrant
VAIL (1) - going down
VAIL (2) - to let fall, lower; to pay homage
VAILFUL - advantageous
VAILING - lowering
VAIN - foolish; false; for nothing
VAINNESS - vanity
VALANCED - hidden in a beard
VALIDITY - value; strength
VANTAGE - advantage
VANTBRACE - armour for the front of the arm
VARLET - a servant, valet
VASSAL - base, wretched fellow
VASSALAGE - vassals (collective)
VAST - properly a waste-place, metaphorically, the dead
VASTIDITY - immensity
VASTLY - far and wide
VASTY - vast, waste
VAUNT - the van, that which precedes
VAUNT-COURIERS - forerunners
VAWARD - vanguard
VEGETIVES - vegetables
VEIN - disposition, humor; lifestyle
VELURE - velvet
VELVET-GUARDS - wearers of velvet trimmings
VENEW - a thrust in fencing
VENEY - a thrust in fencing
VENGE - to avenge
VENTAGES - vent-holes in a flute
VERBAL - wordy
VERBATIM - by word of mouth
VERY - true, real; complete
VEX - to annoy, disturbe, agitate
VIAL - bottle or flask
VICE (1) - to screw
VICE (2) - sinful act
VICEGERENT - deputy
VIE - to challenge; to compete
VIEWLESS - invisible
VILLAIN - a serf, servant; evil person
VINEWED - mouldy
VIOL-DE-GAMBOYS - a bass viol
VIRGINALLING - playing as on the virginals (from harp family)
VIRTUE - bravery, merit; essence, essential part
VIRTUOUS - excellent; essential
VIZAMENT - advisement
VOIDING-LOBBY - waiting-room
VOLABLE - quick-witted
VOLUBLE - fickle
VOLUNTARY - volunteer
VOTARIST - votary, one who has taken a vow
VULGAR (1) - common people; vulgar tongue
VULGAR (2) - of the common people
VULGARLY - publicly
W
WAFT - to wave, beckon; to turn away
WAFTAGE - passage by water
WAFTURE - wave
WAGE - to renumerate; to lay as a wager; to venture, hazard
WAGGISH - roguish
WAGGON - chariot, carriage
WAGGONER - charioteer
WAGTAIL - an obsequious person
WAINROPE - cart-rope
WAILFUL - lamentable
WAIST - girdle; the middle of a ship
WAIT - to be expecting something; to be in attendance
WALK - a person's way or course; a tract of garden or park; to withdraw
WALL-EYED - glaring, fierce-looking
WALL-NEWT - small lizard
WAN - to turn pale
WAN'D - withered
WANNION - with a vengeance
WAPPENED - withered, stale
WARD - to guard
WARDEN - a large pear used for baking
WARDER - staff held by one presiding over a combat
WARM - well off, comfortable
WARN - to summon
WASP-STUNG - irritable
WASSAIL - revelry
WAT - a common word for a hare
WATCH (1) - clock
WATCH (2) - being constantly awake
WATCH (3) - to be or