Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Uvulatome

U″vu‐la‐tome (?), n. [Uvula + Gr. � to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for removing the uvula.

2567

Uvulatomy

U′vu‐lat″o‐my (?), n.(Surg.) The operation of removing the uvula.

2568

Uvulitis

‖U′vu‐li″tis (?), n. [NL. See Uvula, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the uvula.

2569

Uwarowite

U‐wa″ro‐wite (?), n.(Min.) Ouvarovite.

2570

Uxorial

Ux‐o″ri‐al (?), a. [See Uxorious.] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.The speech is not a speech of repr...

2571

Uxoricidal

Ux‐or″i‐ci′dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.

2572

Uxoricide

Ux‐or″i‐cide (?), n. [L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]1. The murder of a wife by her husband.2. One who murders his wife.

2573

Uxorious

Ux‐o″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. “Uxorious magistrates.” Milton.How wouldst thou insu...

2574

Uzema

‖U″ze‐ma (?), n. A Burman measure of twelve miles.