An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.
Unguentary
(Un"guen*ta*ry) a. [L. unguentarius.] Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.
Unguentous
(Un*guen"tous) a. Unguentary.
Unguestlike
(Un*guest"like) adv. In a manner not becoming to a guest. [R.] Milton.
Unguical
(Un"guic*al) a. [L. unguis a nail or claw. Cf. Ungual.] Ungual.
Unguicular
(Un*guic"u*lar) a. [L. unguiculus, dim. of unguis a nail.] Of or pertaining to a claw or a
nail; ungual.
Unguiculata
(||Un*guic`u*la"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. unguiculus a finger nail.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division
of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals
Unguiculate
(Un*guic"u*late) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Unguiculata.
Unguiculate
(Un*guic"u*late, Un*guic"u*la`ted) a.
1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.
Unguiferous
(Un*guif"er*ous) a. [L. unguis nail or claw + -ferous.] Producing, having, or supporting
nails or claws.
Unguiform
(Un"gui*form) a. [L. unguis a nail or claw + -form.] Having the form of a claw or claws.
Unguinous
(Un"gui*nous) a. [L. unguinosus, fr. unguen, -inis, fat, ointment.] Consisting of, or resembling,
fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous.
Unguis
(||Un"guis) n.; pl. Ungues [L., nail, claw, or hoof.]
1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
3. (Bot.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
Ungula
(||Un"gu*la) n.; pl. Ungulæ [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. (Geom.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique
to the base; — so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
3. (Bot.) Same as Unguis, 3.
Spherical ungula (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and
by a line of the surface of the sphere.
Ungular
(Un"gu*lar) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.
Ungulata
(||Un`gu*la"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ungula hoof.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of mammals including
all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
