| DISINGENUOUS | • disingenuous adj. Not honourable; unworthy of honour. • disingenuous adj. Not ingenuous; not frank or open. • disingenuous adj. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception. |
| DOUGHNUTTING | • doughnutting n. (UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey. • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| DUMBFOUNDING | • dumbfounding v. Present participle of dumbfound. • DUMBFOUND v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
| SUBINFEUDING | • SUBINFEUD v. to grant by feudal tenant to a further tenant, also SUBFEU, SUBINFEUDATE. |
| SURROUNDINGS | • surroundings n. Plural of surrounding. • surroundings n. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity;… • surroundings n. (Physics) All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest. |
| UNDERBUDDING | • UNDERBUD v. to bud from beneath. |
| UNDERBUSHING | • underbushing v. Present participle of underbush. • UNDERBUSH v. to clear of underbrush. |
| UNDERCUTTING | • undercutting v. Present participle of undercut. • undercutting n. An undercut; a cut in the lower part. • UNDERCUT v. to cut under. |
| UNDERFUNDING | • underfunding v. Present participle of underfund. • underfunding n. The condition of being underfunded. • UNDERFUNDING n. a deficiency in funding. |
| UNDERQUOTING | • underquoting v. Present participle of underquote. • UNDERQUOTE v. to offer at a price lower than. |
| UNDERRUNNING | • underrunning v. Present participle of underrun. • underrunning n. A method of trawling in which the hooks are cleared and again baited in the same operation. • UNDERRUNNING n. the act of underrunning. |
| UNDERVALUING | • undervaluing v. Present participle of undervalue. • undervaluing n. An undervaluation. • UNDERVALUE v. to value below the real worth. |
| UNDISTURBING | • undisturbing adj. Not disturbing. • UNDISTURBING adj. not disturbing. |
| UNDOUBTINGLY | • undoubtingly adv. Without doubting. • UNDOUBTING adv. not doubting. |
| UNDULATINGLY | • undulatingly adv. In an undulating manner. • UNDULATING adv. UNDULATE, to move with a wavelike motion. |
| UNGRUDGINGLY | • ungrudgingly adv. Without a grudge. • UNGRUDGING adv. being without envy or reluctance. |
| UPTHUNDERING | • upthundering v. Present participle of upthunder. • UPTHUNDER v. to send up a noise like thunder. |