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Uglify

To disfigure; to make ugly.

Uglily

In an ugly manner; with deformity.

Ugliness

The quality or state of being ugly.

Ugrian

A Mongolian race, ancestors of the Finns.

Ugsome

Ugly; offensive; loathsome.

Uhlan

One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.

Uintatherium

An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.

Ukase

In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.

Ularburong

A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous.

Ulcerate

To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers.

Ulcerated

Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.

Ulceration

The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

Ulcerative

Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.

Ulcerous

Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

Ule

A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and Castilloa Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.

Ulema

A college or body composed of the hierarchy (the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice). That of Turkey alone now has political power; its head is the sheik ul Islam.

Ulexite

A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.

ullage

The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.

ullet

A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.

Ullmannite

A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.

Ulmaceous

Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.

Ulmic

Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

Ulmin

A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin.

Ulmus

A genus of trees including the elm.

Ulna

The postaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.

Ulnage

Measurement by the ell; alnage.

Ulnar

Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.

Ulnare

One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.

Uloid

Resembling a scar; scarlike.

Ulonata

A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.

Ulotrichan

Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi. One of the Ulotrichi.

Ulotrichi

The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

Ulotrichous

Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.

Ulster

A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland.

Ultima

The last syllable of a word.

Ultimate

To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end.

Ultimately

As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.

Ultimation

State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum.

Ultimatum

A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms that a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.

Ultimity

The last stage or consequence; finality.

Ultion

The act of taking vengeance; revenge.

Ultra

One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.

Ultra-

A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

Ultragaseous

Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under this condition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, is sometimes called radiant matter.

Ultraism

The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.

Ultraist

One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.

Ultramarine

A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.

Ultramontane

One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.

Ultramontanism

The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.

Ultramundane

Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.

Ultrared

Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.

Ultratropical

Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

Ultraviolet

Lying outside the visible spectrum at its blue-violet end; -- said of light more refrangible (i. e. having a shorter wavelength) than the extreme violet rays of the visible spectrum. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than those of ultrviolet light are not usually considered as light waves, but are classified differently. The ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum is generally considered as comprising those electromagnetic emissions with wavelengths lying between those of visible light and those of X-rays, i. e. between 4000 Angstroms and 100 Angstroms.

Ultrazodiacal

Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

Ulula

A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.

Ululate

To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.

Ululation

A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.

Ulva

A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.

Umbecast

To cast about; to consider; to ponder.

Umbel

A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

Umbellar

Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.

Umbellated Umbellate

Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

Umbellet

A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.

Umbellic

Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.

Umbelliferone

A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in analytical biochemistry, as, for example, to detect phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.

Umbelliferous

Producing umbels. Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Umbellularia

A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Umber

To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.

Umbery

Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.

Umbilical

Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

Umbilicated Umbilicate

Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle. Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Umbilication

A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.

Umbilicus

The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel; the belly button, in humans.

Umbles

The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.

Umbo

The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

Umbra

The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra. The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot. The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Umbraculiform

Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.

Umbrage

Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

umbrageous

Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.

Umbrate

To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.

Umbratical Umbratic

Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.

Umbratious

Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage.

Umbrella

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.

Umbriere Umbrere

In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.

Umbrosity

The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.

umhofo

An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus or Rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.

umlaut

The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.

Umlauted

Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.

Umpirage

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

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