Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 2

Ultimated (imp. & p. p.) of Ultimate

Ultimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ultimate

Ultimate (v. t. & i.) To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.

Ultimate (v. t. & i.) To come or bring into use or practice.

Ultimately (adv.) As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.

Ultimation (n.) State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum.

Ultimatums (pl. ) of Ultimatum

Ultimata (pl. ) of Ultimatum

Ultimatum (n.) A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.

Ultime (a.) Ultimate; final.

Ultimity (n.) The last stage or consequence; finality.

Ultimo () In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.

Ultion (n.) The act of taking vengeance; revenge.

Ultra- (a.) A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

Ultra (a.) Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.

Ultra (n.) One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.

Ultrage (n.) Outrage.

Ultraism (n.) The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.

Ultraist (n.) One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.

Ultramarine (a.) Situated or being beyond the sea.

Ultramarine (n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.

Ultramontane () Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

Ultramontane (n.) One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.

Ultramontane (n.) One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.

Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.

Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.

Ultramundane (a.) Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.

Ultrared (a.) Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.

Ultratropical (a.) Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

Ultraviolet (a.) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.

Ultra vires () Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.

Ultroneous (a.) Spontaneous; voluntary.

Ulula (n.) A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.

Ululant (a.) Howling; wailing.

Ululated (imp. & p. p.) of Ululate

Ululating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ululate

Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.

Ululation (n.) A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.

Ulva (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.

Umbe (prep.) About.

Umbecast (v. i.) To cast about; to consider; to ponder.

Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

Umbellar (a.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.

Umbellate (a.) Alt. of Umbellated

Umbellated (a.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

Umbellet (n.) A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.

Umbellic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.

Umbellifer (n.) A plant producing an umbel or umbels.

Umbelliferone (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin.

Umbelliferous (a.) Producing umbels.

Umbelliferous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Umbellularia (n.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Umbellule (n.) An umbellet.

Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.

Umber (n.) An umbrere.

Umber (n.) See Grayling, 1.

Umber (n.) An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.

Umber (a.) Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.

Umber (v. t.) To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face.

Umbery (a.) Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.

Umbilic (n.) The navel; the center.

Umbilic (n.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5 (b).

Umbilic (a.) See Umbilical, 1.

Umbilical (n.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

Umbilical (n.) Pertaining to the center; central.

Umbilicate (a.) Alt. of Umbilicated

Umbilicated (a.) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.

Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Umbilication (n.) A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.

Umbilicus (n.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

Umbilicus (n.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

Umbilicus (n.) The hilum.

Umbilicus (n.) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

Umbilicus (n.) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.

Umbilicus (n.) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.

Umble pie () A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble.

Umbles (n. pl.) The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.

Umbones (pl. ) of Umbo

Umbos (pl. ) of Umbo

Umbo (n.) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

Umbo (n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.

Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

Umbonate (a.) Alt. of Umbonated

Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.

Umbrae (pl. ) of Umbra

Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

Umbra (n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.

Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Umbra (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.

Umbraculiferous (a.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.

Umbraculiform (a.) Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.

Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

Umbrage (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.

Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.

Umbrageous (a.) Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure.

Umbrageous (a.) Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious.

Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.

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