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Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.
- Undernime
To receive; to perceive. - UNDERAGE
Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster. - Underbuilder
A subordinate or assistant builder. - Underpraise
To praise below desert. - Undercreep
To creep secretly or privily. - Undersay
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. - Underestimate
To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth. - Undershrub
Partly shrublike. - Underglaze
Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting. - Understair
Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial. - Undergrub
To undermine. - Understratum
The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil. - Underkingdom
A subordinate or dependent kingdom. - Undertime
The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. - Illustrative
Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate. - Undermanned
Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed. - Underworked
of Underwork - Underaction
Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. - Underactor
A subordinate actor. - Underofficer
A subordinate officer.
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