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. [R.]
Ultimate (v. t. & i.) To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
Compare: Analysis
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to {synthesis}.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called {qualitative}, and the latter {quantitative analysis}.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Analysis (n.; pl. {Analyses}) (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
{Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc.
Ultimate (a.) Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" [ant: {proximate}].
Ultimate (a.) Being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable".
Ultimate (n.) The finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury".
Ultimately (adv.) As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
Ultimately (adv.) As the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" [syn: {ultimately}, {finally}, {in the end}, {at last}, {at long last}].
Ultimation (n.) State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum. [R.] -- Swift.
Ultimatums (n. pl. ) of Ultimatum
Ultimata (n. pl. ) of Ultimatum
Ultimatum (n.) [C] 最後通牒；最後結論；基本原理 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.
Ultimatum (n.) A final demand, the rejection of which may lead to a resort to force or other compelling action by the party presenting the ultimatum. In international diplomacy, an ultimatum may be used as by the demanding country as a signal to other countries that it gave the other country a seemingly reasonable opportunity to avoid a war; in this way, the demanding country may seek to avoid responsibility for starting a war.
Ultimatum (n.) A final peremptory demand.
ULTIMATUM. () The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.
Ultimatum (n.) In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it.
"O servant of the Prophet," said the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk to the Mamoosh of the Invincible Army, "how many unconquerable soldiers have we in arms?"
"Upholder of the Faith," that dignitary replied after examining his memoranda, "they are in numbers as the leaves of the forest!"
"And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy.
"Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they are as the waves of the ocean, the sands of the desert and the stars of Heaven!"
For eight hours the broad brow of the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was calculating the chances of war. Then, "Sons of angels," he said, "the die is cast! I shall suggest to the Ulema of the Imperial Ear that he advise inaction. In the name of Allah, the council is adjourned."
Ultime (a.) Ultimate; final. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Ultimity (n.) The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Ultimo () In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.
Ultimo (a.) In or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult" [syn: ultimo, ult].
Ultion (n.) The act of taking vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
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. -- Brougham.
Ultraconservatism (n.) See ultraconservative.
Ultraconservative (a.) 極端保守主義的 Extremely conservative in political or religious beliefs.
Ultraconservative (a.) A person who is extremely conservative in politics or religion.
Ultraconservative (a.) Extremely conservative.
Ultraconservative (n.) 極端保守主義者 An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism [syn: {reactionary}, {ultraconservative}, {extreme right-winger}].
Ultraconservative, () Ultrakonservativ [Adjective]
Ultraconservative (a.) Conservative to an extreme, especially in political beliefs; reactionary.
Ultraconservative (n.) One who is extremely conservative.
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.
Ultramarathon (n.) 超馬拉松賽 A long-distance running race that is longer than a marathon (which is strictly 26 miles 385 yards/ 42.195 km).
‘The race was his third ultramarathon of 100 miles or more in six weeks.’
Ultramodern (a.) 超現代的 Extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art".
Ultramontane () Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.
Note: This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.
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.
Ultramontane (a.) Of or relating to ultramontanism.
Ultramontane (a.) On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university" [syn: transalpine, ultramontane].
Ultramontane (a.) On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: cisalpine, ultramontane].
Ultramontane (n.) A Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline).
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.
Ultramontanism (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope.
Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.
Ultramundane (a.) Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. -- Boyle.
Ultrared (a.) (Physics) 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.) (Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its blue-violet end; -- said of light more refrangible (i. e. having a shorter wavelength) than the extreme violet rays of the visible spectrum. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than those of ultrviolet light are not usually considered as light waves, but are classified differently. The ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum is generally considered as comprising those electromagnetic emissions with wavelengths lying between those of visible light and those of X-rays, i. e. between 4000 Angstroms and 100 Angstroms.
Ultraviolet (a.) Having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; "ultraviolet radiation"; "an ultraviolet lamp".
Ultraviolet (n.) Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays [syn: ultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV].
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.) 啼，叫，鳴，悲泣 To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
Ululate (v.) To cry loudly.
Ululate (v. i.) Howl, wail.
Ululation (n.) Ululation is a howling or wailing sound. In many cultures, the sound of ululation is common at a funeral, while in others the mourners only sniffle quietly.
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.) 有傘狀花的，具傘形花序的，傘狀花科的 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.) 加州月桂；傘桂屬 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.) (Paint.) 【化】棕土（一種深棕色天然顏料）；棕土色，赭色；焦茶色 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. [Obs.]
Umber (n.) (Zool.) See {Grayling}, 1.
Umber (n.) (Zool.) 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}.
{Burnt umber} (Paint.), A pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown.
{Cologne umber}, or {German umber}, A brown pigment obtained from lignite. See {Cologne earth}.
Umber (a.) 棕土的；赭色的 Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush of waking day. -- J. R. Drake.
Umber (v. t.) To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face. -- B. Jonson.
Umber (a.) Of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments.
Umber (n.) An earth pigment.
Umber (n.) A medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: {chocolate}, {coffee}, {deep brown}, {umber}, {burnt umber}].
Umbery (a.) Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.
Umbilic (n.) The navel; the center. [Obs.] "The umbilic of the world." -- Sir T. Herbert.
Umbilic (n.) (Geom.) An umbilicus. See {Umbilicus}, 5 (b).
Umbilic (a.) (Anat.) See {Umbilical}, 1.
Umbilical (a.) (Anat.) 臍的；臍狀的；臍側的；中央的 Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
Umbilical (a.) Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] -- DeFoe.
{Umbilical cord} (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein through which blood circulates between the fetus and the placenta; the navel-string.
{Umbilical cord} (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also {funicular cord}.
{Umbilical hernia} (Med.), Hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus.
{Umbilical point} (Geom.), An umbilicus. See {Umbilicus}, 5.
{Umbilical region} (Anat.), The middle region of the abdomen, bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar regions.
{Umbilical vesicle} (Anat.), A saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix.
Umbilical (a.) Relating to or resembling the umbilicus; "umbilical cord".
Umbilical (n.) Membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta [syn: {umbilical cord}, {umbilical}].
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 (n. pl. ) of Umbo
Umbos (n. 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 (n. 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. Umbrage is derived from Latin umbra, "shade."
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.