U
U is the twenty first letter and the fifth vowel in the English Alphabet. The sound seems to be nearly that of eu, shortened and blended. This sound however is not precisely tha...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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UBEROUS
U'BEROUS, adjective [Latin uber.] Fruitful; copious. [Little used.]
UBERTY
U'BERTY, noun [Latin ubertas, from uber, fruitful or copious.] Abundance; fruitfulness. [Little used.]
UBICATION
UBICA'TION,UBI'ETY, noun [Latin ubi, where.] The state of being in a place; local relation. [Not much used.]
UBIETY
UBI'ETY, n. [L. ubi, where.] The state of being in a place; local relation. [Not much used.]
UBIQUITARINESS
UBIQ'UITARINESS, noun Existence every where. [Little used.]
UBIQUITARY
UBIQ'UITARY, adjective [Latin ubique, from ubi. where.]Existing every where, or in all places.UBIQ'UITARY, noun [supra.] One that exists every where.
UBIQUITY
UBIQ'UITY, noun [Latin ubique, every where.] Existence in all places or every where at the same time; omnipresence. The ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his ex...
UDDER
UD'DER, noun [Gr.]The breast of a female; but the word is applied chiefly or wholly to the glandular organ of female breasts, in which the milk is secreted and retained for the ...
UDDERED
UD'DERED, adjective Furnished with udders.
UGLILY
UG'LILY, adverb In an ugly manner; with deformity.
UGLINESS
UG'LINESS, noun [from ugly.]1. Total want of beauty; deformity of person; as old age and ugliness2. Turpitude of mind; moral depravity; lothesomeness.Their dull ribaldry must be...
UGLY
UG'LY, adjective [See Hack.[Deformed; offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; hateful; as an ugly person; an ugly face.O I have pass'd a miserable night, so full of ugly sig...
UKASE
UKA'SE, noun In Russia, a proclamation or imperial order published.
ULCER
UL'CER, noun [Latin ulcus; Gr.]A sore; a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, attend with a secretion of pus or some kind of discharge. Ulcers on the lun...
ULCERATE
UL'CERATE, verb intransitive To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.UL'CERATE, verb transitive [Latin ulcero.] To affect with an ulcer or with ulcers.
ULCERATED
UL'CERATED, participle passive Affected with ulcers.
ULCERATING
UL'CERATING, participle present tense Turning to an ulcer; generating ulcers.
ULCERATION
ULCERA'TION, noun [Latin ulceratio.]1. The process of forming into an ulcer, or the process of becoming ulcerous.2. An ulcer; a morbid sore that discharges pus or other fluid.
ULCERED
UL'CERED, adjective Having become an ulcer.
ULCEROUS
UL'CEROUS, adjective1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.2. Affected with an ulcer or with ulcers.
ULCEROUSNESS
UL'CEROUSNESS, noun The state of being ulcerous.
ULCUSLE
UL'CUSLE, noun [Latin ulcusculum, from ulcus.] A little ulcer.
ULE
FORM'ULA, 'ULE, noun [Latin]1. A prescribed form; a rule or model.2. In medicine, a prescription.3. In church affairs, a confession of faith.4. In mathematics, a general express...
ULE-TREE
U'LE-TREE, noun In botany the Castilla, a genus of trees, whose milky juice yields that king of elastic gum, called by the Mexicans ule.
ULENCY
VIR'ULENCE, 'ULENCY, noun [from virulent.]
ULIGINOUS
ULIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin uliginosus, from uligo, ooziness.]Muddy; oozy; slimy.