Uroxanate
U‐rox″a‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of uroxanic acid.
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Uroxanic
U′rox‐an″ic (?), a. [Uric + alloxan.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uri...
Uroxanthin
U′ro‐xan″thin (?), n. [1st uro- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican.
Urrhodin
Ur‐rho″din (?), n. [1st uro- + Gr. � a rose.] (Physiol. Chem.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pat...
Urry
Ur″ry (?), n. [Cf. Gael. uir, uireach, mold, clay.] A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
Ursa
Ur″sa (?), n. [L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. Arctic.] (Astron.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.Ursa Major, the Great Bear,...
Ursal
Ur″sal (?), n.(Zoöl.) The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
Ursiform
Ur″si‐form (?), a. [L. ursus, ursa, a bear + -form.] Having the shape of a bear.
Ursine
Ur″sine (?), a. [L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See Ursa.] Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.Ursine baboon. (Zoöl.) See Chacma. — Ursine dasyure(Zoöl.), the Tasmania...
Urson
Ur″son (?), n. [Cf. Urchin.] (Zoöl.) The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
Ursuk
Ur″suk (?), n.(Zoöl.) The bearded seal.
Ursula
Ur″su‐la (?), n.(Zoöl.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, orLimenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also r...
Ursuline
Ur″su‐line (?), n. [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula,...
Ursuline (2)
Ur″su‐line, a. Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
Ursus
‖Ur″sus (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Urtica
‖Ur‐ti″ca (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
Urticaceous
Ur′ti‐ca″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, ...
Urtical
Ur″tic‐al (?), a. Resembling nettles; — said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
Urticaria
‖Ur′ti‐ca″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Urtica.] (Med.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stin...
Urticate
Ur″ti‐cate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Urticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Urticating.] To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala.
Urtication
Ur′ti‐ca″tion (?), n.(Med.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; — sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
Urubu
U‐ru‐bu″ (?), n. [Cf. Pg. urubú a certain Brazilian bird.] (Zoöl.) The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
Urus
‖U″rus (?), n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zoöl.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus orprimigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It ...
Urva
Ur″va (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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...
Us
Us (?), pron. [OE. us, AS. �s; akin to OFries. & OS. �s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. � we, Skr. nas us. ����. Cf. Nostrum, Our.] The ...
Usable
Us″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being used.
Usage
Us″age (?), n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See Use.]1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usag...