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Ultime (ŭltĭm), a. Ultimate; final. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Ultimity (ŭltĭmĭt�), n. [LL. ultimitus extremity, fr. L. ultimus the last.] The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Ultimo. [L. ultimo (mense) in the last month.] In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. .
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Ultion (?), n. [L. ultio.] The act of taking vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Ultra- (?), a. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see ), 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.
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Ultra, a. [See .] Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
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Ultra, n. One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. Brougham.
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Ultragaseous (?), a. [Pref. ultra + gaseous.] (Physics) Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under this condition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, is sometimes called radiant matter.
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Ultrage (?), n. Outrage. [Obs.]
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Ultraism (ŭltrȧĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. ultraïsme. See .] The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More.
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Ultraist, n. One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.
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Ultramarine (ŭltrȧmȧrēn), a. [Pref. ultra- + marine.] Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke.
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Ultramarine, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.) 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.
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Coloq. Green ultramarine , a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. -- Coloq. Ultramarine ash or Coloq. Ultramarine ashes (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray than that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. Fairholt.
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Ultramontane (?), a. [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See , and .] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.
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☞ 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.
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Ultramontane, n. 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner.
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2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See .
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Ultramontanism (?), n. [Cf. F. ultramontanisme.] 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. .
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Ultramontanist (?), n. One who upholds ultramontanism.
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Ultramundane (?), a. [L. ultramundanus. See , and .] Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.
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Ultrared (?), a. [Pref. ultra- + red.] (Physics) Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.
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Ultratropical (?), a. [Pref. ultra- + tropical.] Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.
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Ultraviolet (?), a. [Pref. ultra- + violet.] (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.
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Ultra vires (?), [Law Latin, from L. prep. ultra beyond + vires, pl. of. vis strength.] Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
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Ultrazodiacal (?), a. [Pref. ultra- + zodiacal.] (Astron.) 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.
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Ultroneous (?), a. [L. ultroneus, from ultro to the further side, on his part, of one's own accord. See .] Spontaneous; voluntary. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Ultroneously, adv. [Obs.] -- Ultroneousness, n. [Obs.]
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Ulula (?), prop. n. [L., a screech owl.] (Zoöl.) A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of .
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Ululant (?), a. Howling; wailing.
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Ululate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ululated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ululating.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl, yell, shriek.] To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.
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Ululation (?), n. [L. ululatio.] A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
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He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.
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Ulva (?), prop. n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
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Umbe (?), prep. [AS. ymbe; akin to OHG. umbi, G. um. Cf. .] About. [Obs.] Layamon.
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Umbecast (?), v. i. [Umbe + cast.] To cast about; to consider; to ponder. [Obs.] Sir T. Malory.
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Umbel (?), n. [L. umbella a little shadow, umbrella, dim. of umbra shade. See .] (Bot.) 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.
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Umbellar (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
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{ Umbellate (?), Umbellated (?), } a. [NL. umbellatus.] (Bot.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.
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Umbellet (?), n. (Bot.) A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.
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Umbellic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.
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Coloq. Umbellic acid . (Chem.) (a) Anisic acid. [Obs.] (b) A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone.
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Umbellifer (?), n. [NL. See .] (Bot.) A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
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Umbelliferone (?), n. (Chem.) 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 Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in analytical biochemistry, as, for exmple, to detect phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.
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Umbelliferous (?), a. [Umbel + -ferous: cf. F. ombellifère.] (Bot.) (a) Producing umbels. (b) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferæ) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.
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Umbellularia (?), prop. n. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Umbellule (?), n. [NL. umbellula, dim. of umbella: cf. F. ombellule.] (Bot.) An umbellet.
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Umber (?), n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d'ombre, It. terra d'ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. , 3 & 4, .] 1. (Paint.) 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.
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2. An umbrere. [Obs.]
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3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zoöl.) See , 1.
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4. [Cf. NL. scopus umbretta, F. ombrette; probably fr. L. umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See a pigment.] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Cologne umber , or Coloq. German umber , a brown pigment obtained from lignite. See .
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Umber, a. Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
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Their harps are of the umber shade
That hides the blush of waking day. J. R. Drake.
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Umber, v. t. To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face. B. Jonson.
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Umbery (?), a. Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.
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Umbilic (?), n. [From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See .] 1. The navel; the center. [Obs.] “The umbilic of the world.” Sir T. Herbert.
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2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See , 5 (b).
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Umbilic (?), a. (Anat.) See , 1.
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Umbilical (?), a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See , n.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] DeFoe.
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Coloq. Umbilical cord . (a) (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. (b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord. -- Coloq. Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus. -- Coloq. Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See , 5. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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.
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{ Umbilicate (?), Umbilicated (?), } a. [L. umbilicatus. See .] (a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle. (b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
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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.
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Umbilicus (?), n. [L. See .] 1. (Anat.) 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; the belly button, in humans.
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2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith.
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3. (Bot.) The hilum.
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4. (Zoöl.) (a) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. (b) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
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5. (Geom.) (a) One of the foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [Obs.] (b) 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.
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Umble pie (?). A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under .
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Umbles (?), n. pl. [See .] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also humbles.] Johnson.
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Umbo (?), n.; pl. L. Umbones (#), E. Umbos (#). [L.] 1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
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2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.
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3. (Zoöl.) One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
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{ Umbonate (?), Umbonated (?), } a. [NL. umbonatus. See .] Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
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Umbra (?), n.; pl. Umbræ (#). [L., a shadow.] 1. (Astron.) (a) 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 . (b) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot. (c) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
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2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sciænoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (Umbrina cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine.
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Coloq. Umbra tree (Bot.), a tree (Phytolacca dioica) of the same genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves, and a somber aspect. The juice of its berries is used for coloring wine. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Umbraculiferous (ŭmbrăk�lĭfẽrŭs), a. [L. umbraculum umbrella (dim. of umbra shade) + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.
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Umbraculiform (ŭmbrăk�lĭfôrm), a. [L. umbraculum any thing that furnishes shade, a bower, umbrella (dim. of umbra a shade) + -form.] 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.
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