UNITY
U'NITY, noun [Latin unitas.]1. The state of being one; oneness. unity may consist of a simple substance or existing being, as the soul; but usually it consists in a close juncti...
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UNIVALVE
U'NIVALVE, adjective [Latin unus, one, and valve.] Having one valve only, as a shell or pericarp.U'NIVALVE, noun A shell having one valve only. The univalves form one of the thr...
UNIVALVULAR
UNIVALV'ULAR, adjective Having one valve only; as a univalvular pericap or shell.
UNIVERSAL
UNIVERS'AL, adjective [Latin universalis; unus and versor.]1. All; extending to or comprehending the whole number, quantity or space; as universal ruin; universal good; universa...
UNIVERSALISM
UNIVERS'ALISM, noun In theology, the doctrine or belief that all men will be saved or made happy in a future life.
UNIVERSALIST
UNIVERS'ALIST, noun One who holds the doctrine that all men will be saved.
UNIVERSALITY
UNIVERSAL'ITY, noun The state of extending to the whole; as the universality of a proposition; the universality of sin; the universality of the deluge.
UNIVERSALLY
UNIVERS'ALLY, adverb With extension to the whole; in a manner to comprehend all; without exception. Air is a fluid universally diffused. God's laws are universally binding on hi...
UNIVERSALNESS
UNIVERS'ALNESS, noun Universality.
UNIVERSE
U'NIVERSE, noun [Latin universitas.]The collective name of heaven and earth, and all that belongs to them; the whole system of created things.
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERS'ITY, noun An assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning, and where degrees ...
UNIVOCAL
UNIV'OCAL, adjective [Latin unus, one, and vox, word.]1. Having one meaning only. A univocal word is opposed to an equivocal, which has two or more significations.2. Having unis...
UNIVOCALLY
UNIV'OCALLY, adverb1. In one term; in one sense.How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin?2. In one tenor. [Little used.]
UNIVOCATION
UNIVOCA'TION, noun Agreement of name and meaning.
UNIVOKE
U'NIVOKE, adjective In music, univocal concords are the octave and its recurrences, above or below.
UNIVOQUE
U'NIVOQUE,UNJOINT', verb transitive To disjoint.
UNJOINT
UNJOINT', v.t. To disjoint.
UNJOINTED
UNJOINT'ED, adjective1. Disjointed; separated.2. Having no joint or articulation; as an unjointed stem.
UNJOYOUS
UNJOY'OUS, adjective Not joyous; not gay or cheerful.
UNJUDGED
UNJUDG'ED, adjective Not judged; not judicially determined.
UNJUST
UNJUST', adjective1. Not just; acting contrary to the standard of right established by the divine law; not equitable; as an unjust man.2. Contrary to justice and right; wrongful...
UNJUSTIFIABLE
UNJUST'IFIABLE, adjective Not justifiable; that cannot be proved to be right; not to be vindicated or defended; as an unjustifiable motive or action.
UNJUSTIFIABLENESS
UNJUST'IFIABLENESS, noun The quality of not being justifiable.
UNJUSTIFIABLY
UNJUST'IFIABLY, adverb In a manner that cannot be justified or vindicated.
UNJUSTIFIED
UNJUST'IFIED, adjective1. Not justified or vindicated.2. Not pardoned.
UNJUSTLY
UNJUST'LY, adverb In an unjust manner; wrongfully.
UNKED
UNKED,UNKEM'MED,UNKEMPT', adjective Uncombed; unpolished. [Obsolete, except in poetry.]