Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 17

Unibranchiate (a.) Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.

Unicameral (a.) Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.

Unicapsular () Having but one capsule to each flower.

Unicarinated (a.) Having one ridge or keel.

Unicelled (a.) Unicellular.

Unicellular (a.) Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.

Unicentral (a.) Having a single center of growth.

Unicity (n.) The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Uniclinal (a.) See Nonoclinal.

Unicolorous (a.) Having the surface of a uniform color.

Unicorn (n.) A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

Unicorn (n.) A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

Unicorn (n.) The larva of a unicorn moth.

Unicorn (n.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

Unicorn (n.) A howitzer.

Unicornous (a.) Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.

Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Unicursal (a.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.

Unideaed (a.) Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous.

Unideal (a.) Not ideal; real; unimaginative.

Unideal (a.) Unideaed.

Unidimensional (a.) Having but one dimension. See Dimension.

Unifacial (a.) Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.

Unific (a.) Making one or unity; unifying.

Unification (n.) The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

Unifier (n.) One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena.

Unifilar (a.) Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.

Uniflagellate (a.) Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.

Uniflorous (a.) Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.

Unifolliate (a.) Having only one leaf.

Unifollilate (a.) Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.

Uniform (a.) Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.

Uniform (a.) Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.

Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.

Uniform (v. t.) To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

Uniform (v. t.) To make conformable.

Uniformal (a.) Uniform.

Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.

Uniformitarian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.

Uniformitarian (n.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.

Uniformitarianism (n.) The uniformitarian doctrine.

Uniformity (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.

Uniformity (n.) Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.

Uniformity (n.) Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.

Uniformity (n.) Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

Uniformity (n.) Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.

Uniformly (adv.) In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.

Unifromness (n.) The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.

Unified (imp. & p. p.) of Unify

Unifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unify

Unify (v. t.) To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

Unigeniture (n.) The state of being the only begotten.

Unigenous (a.) Being of one kind; being of the same genus.

Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Unilabiate (a.) Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.

Unilateral (a.) Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

Unilateral (a.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.

Uniliteral (a.) Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.

Unilobar (a.) Consisting of a single lobe.

Unilocular (a.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.

Unimitable (a.) Inimitable.

Unimpairable (a.) That can not be impaired.

Unimpeachable (a.) Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony.

Unimplicate (a.) Not implicated.

Unimportance (n.) Want of importance; triviality.

Unimproved (a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

Unimproved (a.) Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.

Unimproved (a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.

Unimuscular (a.) Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.

Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.

Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.

Uninfringible (a.) That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

Unintelligence (n.) Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance.

Uninteressed (a.) Uninterested; unaffected.

Uninterested (a.) Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

Uninterested (a.) Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.

Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.

Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.

Unio (n.) Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.

Uniocular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.

Union (n.) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Union (n.) Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

Union (n.) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.

Union (n.) A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

Union (n.) A large, fine pearl.

Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.

Union (n.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.

Union (n.) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

Unionism (n.) The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.

Unionism (n.) The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

Unionist (n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.

Unionist (n.) A member or supporter of a trades union.

Unionistic (a.) Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.

Uniovulate (a.) Containing but one ovule.

Unipara (n.) A woman who has borne one child.

Uniparous (a.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.

Uniparous (a.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.

Uniped (a.) Having only one foot.

Unipersonal (a.) Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.

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