Uro- () A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.
Uro- () A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity.
Urobilin (n.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.
Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Urocerata (n. pl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.
Urochord (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
Urochorda (n. pl.) Same as Tunicata.
Urochordal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
Urochrome (n.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.
Urochs (n.) See Aurochs.
Urocord (n.) See Urochord.
Urocyst (n.) The urinary bladder.
Urodela (n. pl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
Urodele (n.) One of the Urodela.
Urodelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Urodela.
Urodelian (n.) One of the Urodela.
Uroerythrin (n.) A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
Urogastric (a.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.
Urogenital (a.) Same as Urinogenital.
Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.
Urohaematin (n.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.
Urohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.
Urohyal (n.) A urohyal bone or cartilage.
Urology (n.) See Uronology.
Uromere (n.) Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.
Uronology (n.) That part of medicine which treats of urine.
Uropod (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
Uropodal (a.) Of or pertaining to a uropod.
Uropoetic (a.) Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
Uropoetic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.
Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds.
Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.
Urosacral (a.) Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds.
Uroscopy (n.) The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine.
Urosome (n.) The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.
Urostege (n.) One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.
Urostea (pl. ) of Urosteon
Urosteons (pl. ) of Urosteon
Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Urosternite (n.) The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.
Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
Urox (n.) The aurochs.
Uroxanate (n.) A salt of uroxanic acid.
Uroxanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
Uroxanthin (n.) Same as Indican.
Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.
Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
Ursa (n.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
Ursal (n.) The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
Ursiform (a.) Having the shape of a bear.
Ursine (a.) Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.
Urson (n.) The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
Ursuk (n.) The bearded seal.
Ursula (n.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
Ursuline (n.) 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, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
Ursuline (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
Ursus (n.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Urtica (n.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
Urticaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
Urtical (a.) Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
Urticaria (n.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
Urticated (imp. & p. p.) of Urticate
Urticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urticate
Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
Urtication (n.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
Urubu (n.) The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
Urus (n.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
Urva (n.) 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 the mouth to the shoulder.
Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
Usable (a.) Capable of being used.
Usage (n.) The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.
Usage (n.) Manners; conduct; behavior.
Usage (n.) Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
Usage (n.) Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
Usage (n.) Experience.
Usager (n.) One who has the use of anything in trust for another.
Usance (v. t.) Use; usage; employment.
Usance (v. t.) Custom; practice; usage.
Usance (v. t.) Interest paid for money; usury.
Usance (v. t.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
Usant (a.) Using; accustomed.
Usbegs (n. pl.) Alt. of Usbeks
Usbeks (n. pl.) A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.
Use (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
Use (v. t.) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
Use (v. t.) Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Use (v. t.) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
Use (v. t.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
Use (v. t.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
Use (v. t.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
Used (imp. & p. p.) of Use
Using (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Use
Use (v. t.) To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
Use (v. t.) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
Use (v. t.) To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
Use (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
Use (v. i.) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
Use (v. i.) To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.