Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 34
Utopist (n.) A Utopian.
Utopist, () A specification language for attribute grammars developed by E. Tyugu of the Academy of Science Estonia, Tallinn in 1983.
["Synthesis of a Semantic Processor from an Attribute Grammar", Prog and Comp Soft, 9(1):29-39, Jan 1983].
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Utraquist (n.) One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.
Utricle (n.) 小囊；小胞；【植】胞囊；【解】前列腺囊 A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
Utricle (n.) (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
Utricle (n.) (Bot.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot. -- Gray.
Utricle (n.) (Anat.) A utriculus.
Utricle (n.) A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open [syn: utricle, utriculus].
Utricular (a.) 像小囊的；像小胞狀的；小囊的；小胞的；子宮的 Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.
Utricular (a.) Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
Utricularia (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium.
Utricularia (n.) Bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: Utricularia, genus Utricularia].
Utriculate (a.) 像小囊的；像小胞的；具小囊的；具小胞的；腫脹的 Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. -- Dana.
Utriculoid (a.) Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. -- Dana.
Utriculus (n.) (Anat.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
Utriculus (n.) A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open [syn: utricle, utriculus].
Utro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.
Utter (a.) Outer. "Thine utter eyen." -- Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." -- Chapman.
As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. -- Spenser.
Utter (a.) Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.]
Through utter and through middle darkness borne. -- Milton.
The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich. -- Holinshed.
Utter (a.) [Z]完全的，徹底的，十足的；無條件的，絕對的 Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. -- Atterbury.
Utter (a.) Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. -- Clarendon.
Utter bar (Law), The whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.]
Utter barrister (Law), One recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] -- Cowell.
Uttered (imp. & p. p.) of Utter.
Uttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Utter.
Utter (v. t.) To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]
How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. -- Spenser.
Utter (v. t.) To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]
Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. -- Shak.
They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. -- Abp. Abbot.
Utter (v. t.) Hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.
The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. -- Swift.
Utter (v. t.) 發出（聲音等）；說，講；表達；使流通；使用（尤指偽幣） To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy." -- Milton.
The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. -- Shak.
And the last words he uttered called me cruel. -- Addison.
Syn: To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See Deliver.
Utter (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated].
Utter (a.) Complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" [syn: dead(a), utter].
Utter (v.) Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to].
Utter (v.) Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" [syn: utter, emit, let out, let loose].
Utter (v.) Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise].
Utter (v.) Put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency."
Utterable (a.) Capable of being uttered.
Utterable (a.) Capable of being uttered in words or sentences [syn: speakable, utterable].
Utterance (n.) The act of uttering. Specifically:
Utterance (n.) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Utterance (n.) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
Utterance (n.) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
At length gave utterance to these words. -- Milton.
Utterance (n.) Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -- Acts ii. 4.
O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! -- Keats.
Utterance (n.) The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]
Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. -- Holland.
Utterance (n.) The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn: utterance, vocalization].
Utterer (n.) One who utters. -- Spenser.
Utterer (n.) An organism that can utter vocal sounds; "an utterer of foul oaths"; "is the giraffe a vocalizer?" [syn: utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser].
Utterer (n.) Someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins.
Utterer (n.) Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser].
Utterest (a.) Uttermost.
To the utterest proof of her courage. -- Chaucer.
Utterless (a.) Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]
A clamoring debate of utterless things. -- Milton.
Utterly (adv.) 完全地；徹底地；十足地 In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
Utterly (adv.) Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" [syn: absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead].
Uttermore (a.) Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] -- Holland.
Uttermost (a.) Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." -- Milton.
Uttermost (n.) The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent. -- Tennyson.
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him. -- Heb. vii. 25.
He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the uttermost we can do, we must. -- Hooker.
Uttermost (a.) Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress" [syn: extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a)].
Uttermost (a.) (Comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" [syn: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost].
Uttermost (n.) The greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best].
Utterness (n.) The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]
Utterness (n.) The quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness].
Uva (n.) (Bot.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.
Uvate (n.) A conserve made of grapes.
Uva-ursi (n.) (Bot.) The bearberry.
Uvea (n.) (Anat.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
Uvea (n.) The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
Uveous (a.) Resembling a grape.
Uveous (a.) Of or relating to the uvea of the eye [syn: uveal, uveous].
Uvic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.
Uvitic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.
Uvitonic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.
Uvrou (n.) See Euphroe.
Compare: Euphroe
Euphroe (n.) [Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] -- Knight.
Uvula (n.) (Anat.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
Note: The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the inner surface of the neck of the bladder.
Uvula (n.) A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
Uvular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a uvula.
Uvular (a.) Of or relating to or associated with the uvula; "the uvular r".
Uvulatome (n.) (Surg.) An instrument for removing the uvula.
Uvulatomy (n.) (Surg.) The operation of removing the uvula.
Uwarowite (n.) (Min.) Ouvarovite.
Uxorial (a.) Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]
The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. -- Geddes.
Uxorial (a.) Befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly].
Uxoricidal (a.) Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.
Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
Uxoricide (n.) One who murders his wife.
Uxoricide (n.) A husband who murders his wife.
Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
Uxorious (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. "Uxorious magistrates." -- Milton.
How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! -- Milton. -- Ux*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.
Uxorious (a.) Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.
Uzema (n.) A Burman measure of twelve miles.