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Uroscopy

The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine.

Urosome

The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.

Urostege

One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.

Urosteon

A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Urosternite

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

Urostyle

A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.

Uroxanic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.

Urrhodin

Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.

Urry

A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.

Ursa

Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.

Ursal

The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.

Ursine

Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.

Urson

The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.

Ursula

A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax syn. Limenitis astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.

Ursuline

Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.

Ursus

A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.

Urtica

A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.

Urticaceous

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

Urtical

Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.

Urticaria

The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.

Urticate

To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.

Urtication

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

Urubu

The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.

Urus

A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.

Urva

The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.

Us

The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.

Usager

One who has the use of anything in trust for another.

Usbeks Usbegs

A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.

Use

To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between /use to,/ and /used to./

Useful

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.

Usefulness

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

Useless

Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.

Usher

To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.

Usherance

The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in.

Usherdom

The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively.

Usnea

A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.

Usnic

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).

Ustion

The act of burning, or the state of being burned.

Usual

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

Usucaption

The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

Usufruct

The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.

Usufructuary

Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.

Usurp

To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.

Usurper

One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

Ut

The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.

Utensil

That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.

Uterogestation

Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.

Uterus

The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

Utes

An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.

Utia

Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.

Utica

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.

Utilitarian

One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism

The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.

Utilizable

Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.

Utilization

The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

Utilize

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

Utmost

The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.

Utopian

An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.

Utopianism

The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.

Utraquist

One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.

Utricularia

A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,

Utriculate

Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.

Utriculoid

Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.

Utriculus

A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.

Utterance

The last extremity; the end; death; outrance.

Utterly

In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.

Uttermost

The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.

Utterness

The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.

Uva

A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

Uvate

A conserve made of grapes.

Uvea

The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

Uvic

Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

Uvitic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.

Uvitonic

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.

Uvula

The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

Uvular

Of or pertaining to a uvula.

Uvulatome

An instrument for removing the uvula.

Uvulatomy

The operation of removing the uvula.

Uxorial

Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.

Uxoricidal

Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.

Uxorious

Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.

Uzema

A Burman measure of twelve miles.

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