Webster's Dictionary 1913

2296

Uranate

U″ra‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of uranic acid.

2297

Urania

U‐ra″ni‐a (?), n.1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.2. (Zoöl.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of...

2298

Uranian

U‐ra″ni‐an (?), a.(Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.

2299

Uranic

U‐ran″ic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.On I know not what telluric or uranic principles. Carlyle.2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, resembling, or c...

2300

Uranin

U″ra‐nin (?), n.(Chem.) An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; — so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence...

2301

Uraninite

U‐ran″i‐nite (?), n.(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; p...

2302

Uraniscoplasty

U′ra‐nis″co‐plas′ty (?), n. [Gr. � top of a tent, plate (fr. � sky) + -plasty.] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial palate.

2303

Uraniscoraphy

{ U′ra‐nis‐cor″a‐phy, U′ra‐nis‐cor″rha‐phy } (?), n.(Surg.) Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.

2304

Uranite

U″ra‐nite (?), n. [Cf. G. uranit, F. uranite.] (Min.) A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.

2305

Uranitic

U′ra‐nit″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.

2306

Uranium

U‐ra″ni‐um (?), n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See Uranus.] (Chem.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduce...

2307

Uranographic

{ U′ra‐no‐graph″ic (?), U′ra‐no‐graph″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.

2308

Uranographist

U′ra‐nog″ra‐phist (?), n. One practiced in uranography.

2309

Uranography

U′ra‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.

2310

Uranolite

U‐ran″o‐lite (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -lite.] A meteorite or aërolite. Hutton.

2311

Uranology

U′ra‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -logy.] A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

2312

Uranometria

‖U′ra‐nom′e‐tri″a (?), n. A uranometry.

2313

Uranometry

U′ra‐nom″e‐try (?), n. [Gr. � heaven + -metry.] (Astron.) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.

2314

Uranoplasty

U″ra‐no‐plas′ty (?), n. [See Uraniscoplasty.] (Surg.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

2315

Uranoscopy

U′ra‐nos″co‐py (?), n. [Gr. � + -scopy.] Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.

2316

Uranoso-

U′ra‐no″so– (�), a.(Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; — used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.

2317

Uranous

U″ra‐nous (ū″rȧ‐nŭs), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.

2318

Uranus

U″ra‐nus (–nŭs), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. Ουρανὄσ Uranus, ουρανὄσ heaven, sky. Cf. Uranium.]1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Tit...

2319

Uranyl

U″ra‐nyl (?), n. [Uranium + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.

2320

Urao

U‐ra″o (?), n.(Min.) See Trona.

2321

Urare

{ U‐ra″re (?), U‐ra″ri }, n. See Curare.

2322

Urate

U″rate (?), n. [Cf. F. urate.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.