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U is the twenty first letter and the fifth vowel in the English Alphabet. The sound seems to be nearly that of eu, shortened and blended. This sound however is not precisely that of eu or yu, except in a few words, as in unite, union, uniform; the sound does not begin with the distinct sound of e, nor end in the distinct sound of oo, unless when prolonged. It cannot be well expressed in letters. This sound is heard in the unaffected pronunciation of annuity, numerate, brute, mute, dispute, duke, true, truth, rule, prudence, opportunity, infusion. NWAD U.1

Some modern writers make a distinction between the sound of u, when it follows r, as in rude, truth, and its sound when it follows other letters, as in mute, duke; making the former sound equivalent to oo; rood, trooth; and the latter a diphthong equivalent to eu or yu. This is a mischievous innovation, and not authorized by any general usage either in England or the United States. The difference, very nice indeed, between the sound of u in mute, and in rude, is owing entirely to the articulation which precedes that letter. For example, when a labial precedes u, we enter on its sound with the lips closed, and in opening them to the position required for uttering u, there is almost necessarily a slight sound of e formed before we arrive at the proper sound of u. When r precedes u, the mouth is open before the sound of u is commenced. But in both cases, u is to be considered as having the same sound. NWAD U.2

In some words, as in bull, full, pull, the sound of u is that of the Italian u, the French ou, but shortened. This is a vowel. NWAD U.3

U has another short sound, as in tun, run, sun, turn, rub. This also is a vowel. NWAD U.4

UBEROUS, a. [L. uber.] Fruitful; copious. [Little used.] NWAD UBEROUS.1

UBERTY, n. [L. ubertas, from uber, fruitful or copious.] Abundance; fruitfulness. [Little used.] NWAD UBERTY.1

UBICATION, UBIETY, n. [L. ubi, where.] The state of being in a place; local relation. [Not much used.] NWAD UBICATION.1

UBIQUITARINESS, n. Existence every where. [Little used.] NWAD UBIQUITARINESS.1

UBIQUITARY, a. [L. ubique, from ubi. where.] NWAD UBIQUITARY.1

Existing every where, or in all places. NWAD UBIQUITARY.2

UBIQUITARY, n. [supra.] One that exists every where. NWAD UBIQUITARY.3

UBIQUITY, n. [L. ubique, every where.] Existence in all places or every where at the same time; omnipresence. The ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence. NWAD UBIQUITY.1

UDDER, n. [Gr.] NWAD UDDER.1

The breast of a female; but the word is applied chiefly or wholly to the glandular organ of female breasts, in which the milk is secreted and retained for the nourishment of their young, commonly called the bag, in cows and other quadrupeds. NWAD UDDER.2

UDDERED, a. Furnished with udders. NWAD UDDERED.1

UGLILY, adv. In an ugly manner; with deformity. NWAD UGLILY.1

UGLINESS, n. [from ugly.] NWAD UGLINESS.1

1. Total want of beauty; deformity of person; as old age and ugliness. NWAD UGLINESS.2

2. Turpitude of mind; moral depravity; lothesomeness. NWAD UGLINESS.3

Their dull ribaldry must be offensive to any one who does not, for the sake of the sin, pardon the ugliness of its circumstances. NWAD UGLINESS.4

UGLY, a. [See Hack.] NWAD UGLY.1

Deformed; offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; hateful; as an ugly person; an ugly face. NWAD UGLY.2

O I have pass’d a miserable night, so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. NWAD UGLY.3

Fellow, begone; I cannot bear thy sight; this news hath made thee a most ugly man. NWAD UGLY.4

UKASE, n. In Russia, a proclamation or imperial order published. NWAD UKASE.1

ULCER, n. [L. ulcus; Gr.] NWAD ULCER.1

A sore; a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, attend with a secretion of pus or some kind of discharge. Ulcers on the lungs are seldom healed. NWAD ULCER.2

ULCERATE, v.i. To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous. NWAD ULCERATE.1

ULCERATE, v.t. [L. ulcero.] To affect with an ulcer or with ulcers. NWAD ULCERATE.2

ULCERATED, pp. Affected with ulcers. NWAD ULCERATED.1

ULCERATING, ppr. Turning to an ulcer; generating ulcers. NWAD ULCERATING.1

ULCERATION, n. [L. ulceratio.] NWAD ULCERATION.1

1. The process of forming into an ulcer, or the process of becoming ulcerous. NWAD ULCERATION.2

2. An ulcer; a morbid sore that discharges pus or other fluid. NWAD ULCERATION.3

ULCERED, a. Having become an ulcer. NWAD ULCERED.1

ULCEROUS, a. NWAD ULCEROUS.1

1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. NWAD ULCEROUS.2

2. Affected with an ulcer or with ulcers. NWAD ULCEROUS.3

ULCEROUSNESS, n. The state of being ulcerous. NWAD ULCEROUSNESS.1

ULCUSLE, n. [L. ulcusculum, from ulcus.] A little ulcer. NWAD ULCUSLE.1

ULE-TREE, n. In botany the Castilla, a genus of trees, whose milky juice yields that king of elastic gum, called by the Mexicans ule. NWAD ULE-TREE.1

ULIGINOUS, a. [L. uliginosus, from uligo, ooziness.] NWAD ULIGINOUS.1

Muddy; oozy; slimy. NWAD ULIGINOUS.2

ULLAGE, n. In commerce, the wantage of casks of liquor, or what a cask wants of being full. NWAD ULLAGE.1

ULMIN, n. [L. ulmus, elm.] A substance obtained from the elm tree, of very singular properties. It resembles gum, but is hard of a black color, and considerably bitter. In its original state it is soluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol or ether; but when nitric or oxymuriatic acid is poured into its solution, it changes into a resinous substance no longer soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol. NWAD ULMIN.1

A substance originally obtained in the state of an exsudation from the elm; but it is found to be a constituent of the bark of almost all trees. NWAD ULMIN.2

ULNAGE. [See Alnage, Aunage.] NWAD ULNAGE.1

ULNAR, a. [L. ulna.] Pertaining to the ulna or cubit; as the ulnar nerve. NWAD ULNAR.1

ULTERIOR, a. [L. comparative.] NWAD ULTERIOR.1

1. Further; as ulterior demands; ulterior propositions. What ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. NWAD ULTERIOR.2

2. In geography, being or situated beyond or on the further side of any line or boundary; opposed to citerior, or hither. NWAD ULTERIOR.3

ULTIMATE, a. [L. ultimus, furthest.] NWAD ULTIMATE.1

1. Furthest; most remote; extreme. We have not yet arrived at the ultimate point of progression. NWAD ULTIMATE.2

2. Final; being that to which all the rest is directed, as to the main object. The ultimate end of our actions should be the glory of God, or the display of his exalted excellence. The ultimate end and aim of men is to be happy, and to attain to this end, we must yield that obedience which will honor the law and character of God. NWAD ULTIMATE.3

3. Last in a train of consequences; intended in the last resort. NWAD ULTIMATE.4

Many actions apt to procure fame, are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. NWAD ULTIMATE.5

4. Last; terminating; being at the furthest point. NWAD ULTIMATE.6

5. The last into which a substance can be resolved; constituent. NWAD ULTIMATE.7

ULTIMATELY, adv. Finally; at last; in the end of last consequence. Afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings. NWAD ULTIMATELY.1

ULTIMATUM, n. [L.] NWAD ULTIMATUM.1

1. In diplomacy, the final propositions, conditions or terms offered as the basis of a treaty; the most favorable terms that a negotiator can offer, and the rejection of which usually puts an end to negotiation. It is sometimes used in the plural, ultimata. NWAD ULTIMATUM.2

2. Any final proposition or condition. NWAD ULTIMATUM.3

ULTIMITY, n. the last stage or consequence. [Little used.] NWAD ULTIMITY.1

ULTRAMARINE, a. [L. ultra, beyond, and marinus, marine.] NWAD ULTRAMARINE.1

Situated or being beyond the sea. NWAD ULTRAMARINE.2

ULTRAMARINE, n. [supra.] NWAD ULTRAMARINE.3

1. a beautiful and durable sky-blue; a color formed of the mineral called lapis lazuli, and consisting of little else than oxyd of iron. NWAD ULTRAMARINE.4

2. Azure-stone. NWAD ULTRAMARINE.5

Ultramarine ashes, a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli, after the ultramarine has been extracted. Their appearance is that of the ultramarine, a little tinged with red, and diluted with white. NWAD ULTRAMARINE.6

ULTRAMONTANE, a. [L. ultra and montanus, from mons, mountain.] NWAD ULTRAMONTANE.1

Being beyond the mountain. Thus France, with regard to Italy, is an ultramontane country. NWAD ULTRAMONTANE.2

Bouffin is the only ultramontane painter whom the Italians seem to envy. NWAD ULTRAMONTANE.3

ULTRAMUNDANE, a. [L. ultra and mundus, world.] NWAD ULTRAMUNDANE.1

Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. NWAD ULTRAMUNDANE.2

ULTRONEOUS, a. [L. ultro, of one’s own accord.] Spontaneous; voluntary. [Not used.] NWAD ULTRONEOUS.1

ULULATE, v.i. [L. ululo, to howl.] to how, as a dog or wolf. NWAD ULULATE.1

ULULATION, n. a howling, as of the wolf or dog. NWAD ULULATION.1

UMBEL, n. [L. umbella, a screen or fan.] NWAD UMBEL.1

In botany, a particular mode of inflorescence or flowering, which consists of a number of flower-stalks or rays, nearly equal in length, spreading from a common center, their summits forming a level, convex, or even globose surface, more rarely a concave one, as in the carrot. it is simple or compound; in the latter, each peduncle bears another little umbel, umbellet or umbellicle. NWAD UMBEL.2

Umbel is sometimes called a rundle, from its roundness. NWAD UMBEL.3

UMBELLAR, a. Pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel. NWAD UMBELLAR.1

UMBELLATE, UMBELLATED, a. Bearing umbels; consisting of an umbel; growing on an umbel; as umbellate plants or flowers. NWAD UMBELLATE.1

UMBELLET, UMBELLICLE, n. A little or partial umbel. NWAD UMBELLET.1

UMBELLIFEROUS, a. [L. umbella and fero, to bear.] NWAD UMBELLIFEROUS.1

Producing the inflorescence called an umbel; bearing umbels; as umbelliferous plants. NWAD UMBELLIFEROUS.2

UMBER, n. In natural history, an ore of iron, a fossil of a brown, yellowish, or blackish brown color, so called from Ombria in Italy, where it was first obtained. It is used in painting. A specimen from Cyprus afforded, of a hundred parts, 48 parts of oxyd of iron, 20 of oxyd of manganese, the remainder silex, alumin and water. NWAD UMBER.1

UMBER, n. A fowl of Africa, called the African crow. NWAD UMBER.2

The Scopus umbretta, a fowl of the grallic order, inhabiting Africa. NWAD UMBER.3

UMBER, n. A fish of the truttaceous kind, called the grayling, or thymallus; a fresh water fish of a fine taste. NWAD UMBER.4

UMBER, v.t. To color with umber; to shade or darken. NWAD UMBER.5

UMBERED, a. [L. umbra, a shade.] NWAD UMBERED.1

1. Shaded; clouded. NWAD UMBERED.2

2. [from umber.] Painted with umber. NWAD UMBERED.3

UMBILIC, n. [infra.] The navel; the center. NWAD UMBILIC.1

UMBILIC, UMBIL’ICAL, a. [L. umbilicus, the navel.] Pertaining to the navel; as umbilical vessels; umbilical region. NWAD UMBILIC.2

Umbilical points, in mathematics, the same as foci. NWAD UMBILIC.3

Umbilical vessels, in vegetables, are the small vessels which pass from the heart of the seed into the side seed-lobes, and are supposed to imbibe the saccharine, farinaceous or oily matter which is to support the new vegetable in its germination and infant growth. NWAD UMBILIC.4

UMBILICATE, UMBILICATED, a. Navel-shaped; formed in the middle like a navel; as a flower, fruit, or leaf. NWAD UMBILICATE.1

UMBLES, n. The entrails of a deer. [See also Humbles.] NWAD UMBLES.1

UMBO, n. [L.] The boss or protuberant part of a shield. NWAD UMBO.1

UMBOLDILITE, n. [from Humboldt.] A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral, whose primitive form is a right rectangular prism, with a square base, its color brown, inclining to yellowish or greenish yellow. NWAD UMBOLDILITE.1

UMBRA, n. A fish caught in the Mediterranean, generally about 12 or 14 inches long, but sometimes growing to the weight of 60 pounds. It is called also thromis and corvo. NWAD UMBRA.1

UMBRAGE, n. [L. umbra, a shade.] NWAD UMBRAGE.1

1. A shade; a screen of trees; as the umbrage of woods. NWAD UMBRAGE.2

2. Shadow; shade; slight appearance. NWAD UMBRAGE.3

The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. [See Shadow.] NWAD UMBRAGE.4

3. Suspicion of injury; offense; resentment. The court of France took umbrage at the conduct of spain. NWAD UMBRAGE.5

UMBRAGEOUS, a. NWAD UMBRAGEOUS.1

1. Shading; forming a shade; as umbrageous trees or foliage. NWAD UMBRAGEOUS.2

2. Shady; shaded; as an umbrageous grotto or garden. NWAD UMBRAGEOUS.3

Umbrageous grots, and caves of cool recess. NWAD UMBRAGEOUS.4

3. Obscure. NWAD UMBRAGEOUS.5

UMBRAGEOUSNESS, n. Shadiness; as the umbrageousness of a tree. NWAD UMBRAGEOUSNESS.1

UMBRATE, v.t. [L. umbro, to shade.] To shade; to shadow. [Little used.] NWAD UMBRATE.1

UMBRATED, pp. Shaded; shadowed. NWAD UMBRATED.1

UMBRATIC, UMBRATICAL, a. [L. umbraticus.] NWAD UMBRATIC.1

1. Shadowy; typical. NWAD UMBRATIC.2

2. Keeping in the shade or at home. NWAD UMBRATIC.3

UMBRATILE, a. [L. umbratilis.] NWAD UMBRATILE.1

1. Being in the shade. NWAD UMBRATILE.2

2. Unreal; unsubstantial. NWAD UMBRATILE.3

3. Being in retirement; secluded; as an umbratile life. [Little used.] NWAD UMBRATILE.4

UMBRATIOUS, a. [See Umbrage.] Suspicious; apt to distrust; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [Little used.] NWAD UMBRATIOUS.1

UMBREL, UMBRELLA, n. [from L. umbra, shade.] A shade, screen or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton or other cloth extended on strips of elastic whalebone, inserted in or fastened to a rod or stick. [See Parasol.] NWAD UMBREL.1

UMBRIERE, n. The visor of a helmet. NWAD UMBRIERE.1

UMBROSITY, n. [L. umbrosus.] Shadiness. [Little used.] NWAD UMBROSITY.1

UMPIRAGE, n. [from umpire.] NWAD UMPIRAGE.1

1. The power, right or authority of an umpire to decide. NWAD UMPIRAGE.2

2. The decision of an umpire. NWAD UMPIRAGE.3

UMPIRE, n. [L. imperium, contracted, as in empire.] NWAD UMPIRE.1

1. A third person called in to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators, when the arbitrators do not agree in opinion. NWAD UMPIRE.2

2. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred. Thus the emperor of Russia was constituted umpire between Great Britain and the United States, to decide the controversy respecting the slaves carried from the states by the British troops. NWAD UMPIRE.3

UMPIRE, v.t. To arbitrate; to decide as umpire; to settle, as a dispute. [Little used.] NWAD UMPIRE.4

UN, a prefix or inseparable preposition, un or on, usually un, an, is the same word as the L. in. It is a particle of negation, giving to words to which it is prefixed, a negative signification. We use un or in indifferently for this purpose; and the tendency of modern usage is to prefer the use of in, in some words, where un was formerly used. Un admits of no change of n into l, m or r, as in does, in illuminate, immense, irresolute. It is prefixed generally to adjectives and participles, and almost at pleasure. In a few instances, it is prefixed to verbs, as in unbend, unbind, unharness. As the compounds formed with un are so common and so well known, the composition is not noticed under the several words. For the etymologies, see the simple words. NWAD UN.1

UNABASED, a. Not abased; not humbled. NWAD UNABASED.1

UNABASHED, a. Not abashed; not confused with shame, or by modesty. NWAD UNABASHED.1

UNABATED, a. Not abated; not diminished in strength or violence. The fever remains unabated. NWAD UNABATED.1

UNABBREVIATED, a. Not abbreviated; not shortened. NWAD UNABBREVIATED.1

UNABETTED, a. Not abetted; not aided. NWAD UNABETTED.1

UNABILITY, UNABLENESS, n. Want of ability. [Not used. We use inability.] NWAD UNABILITY.1

UNABJURED, a. Not abjured; not renounced on oath. NWAD UNABJURED.1

UNABLE, a. NWAD UNABLE.1

1. Not able; not having sufficient strength or means; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance. A man is unable to rise when sick; he is unable to labor; he is unable to support his family or to purchase a farm; he is unable for a particular enterprise. NWAD UNABLE.2

2. Not having adequate knowledge or skill. A man is unable to paint a good likeness; he is unable to command a ship or an army. NWAD UNABLE.3

UNABOLISHABLE, a. Not abolishable; that may not be abolished, annulled or destroyed. NWAD UNABOLISHABLE.1

UNABOLISHED, a. Not abolished; not repealed or annulled; remaining in force. NWAD UNABOLISHED.1

UNABRIDGED, a. Not abridged; not shortened. NWAD UNABRIDGED.1

UNABROGATED, a. Not abrogated; not annulled. NWAD UNABROGATED.1

UNABSOLVED, a. s as z. Not absolved; not acquitted or forgiven. NWAD UNABSOLVED.1

UNABSORBABLE, a. Not absorbable; not capable of being absorbed. NWAD UNABSORBABLE.1

UNABSORBED, a. Not absorbed; not imbibed. NWAD UNABSORBED.1

UNACCELERATED, a. Not accelerated; not hastened. NWAD UNACCELERATED.1

UNACCENTED, a. Not accented; having no accent; as an unaccented syllable. NWAD UNACCENTED.1

UNACCEPTABLE, a. Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; not such as will be received with pleasure. NWAD UNACCEPTABLE.1

UNACCEPTABLENESS, n. The state of not pleasing. NWAD UNACCEPTABLENESS.1

UNACCEPTABLY, adv. In an unwelcome or unpleasing manner. NWAD UNACCEPTABLY.1

UNACCEPTED, a. Not accepted or received; rejected. NWAD UNACCEPTED.1

UNACCESSIBLE, a. Inaccessible. [This latter word is now used.] NWAD UNACCESSIBLE.1

UNACCESSIBLENESS, n. State of not being approachable; inaccessibleness. NWAD UNACCESSIBLENESS.1

[The latter is word now used.] NWAD UNACCESSIBLENESS.2

UNACCOMMODATED, a. NWAD UNACCOMMODATED.1

1. Not accommodated; not furnished with external conveniences. NWAD UNACCOMMODATED.2

2. Not fitted or adapted. NWAD UNACCOMMODATED.3

UNACCOMMODATING, a. Not accommodating; not ready to oblige; uncompliant. NWAD UNACCOMMODATING.1

UNACCOMPANIED, a. NWAD UNACCOMPANIED.1

1. Not attended; having no attendants, companions or followers. NWAD UNACCOMPANIED.2

2. Having no appendages. NWAD UNACCOMPANIED.3

UNACCOMPLISHED, a. NWAD UNACCOMPLISHED.1

1. Not accomplished; not finished; incomplete. NWAD UNACCOMPLISHED.2

2. Not refined in manners; not furnished with elegant literature or with polish of manners. NWAD UNACCOMPLISHED.3

UNACCOMPLISHMENT, n. Want of accomplishment or execution. NWAD UNACCOMPLISHMENT.1

UNACCORDING, a. Not according; not agreeing. NWAD UNACCORDING.1

UNACCOUNTABILITY, n. The state or quality of not being accountable; or the state of being unaccountable for. NWAD UNACCOUNTABILITY.1

UNACCOUNTABLE, a. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLE.1

1. Not to be accounted for. Such folly is unaccountable. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLE.2

2. Not explicable; not to be solved by reason or the light possessed; not reducible to rule. The union of soul and body is to us unaccountable. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLE.3

3. Not subject to account or control; not subject to answer; not responsible. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLE.4

UNACCOUNTABLENESS, n. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLENESS.1

1. Strangeness. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLENESS.2

2. Irresponsibility. NWAD UNACCOUNTABLENESS.3