Chapter Utility to Uzema of U by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Utterness
(Ut"ter*ness), n. The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]

Uva
(||U"va) n. [L., a grape.] (Bot.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

Uvate
(U"vate) n. [L. uva grape.] A conserve made of grapes.

Uva-ursi
(||U`va-ur"si) n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape + ursus bear.] (Bot.) The bearberry.

Uvea
(||U"ve*a) n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape.] (Anat.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; — sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

Uveous
(U"ve*ous) a. [See Uvea.] Resembling a grape.

Uvic
(U"vic) a. [L. uva grape.] (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
(U*vit"ic) a. [From L. uva a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.] (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
(U`vi*ton"ic) 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
(U"vrou) n. See Euphroe.

Uvula
(||U"vu*la) n. [NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.] (Anat.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

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.

Uvular
(U"vu*lar) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a uvula.

Uvulatome
(U"vu*la*tome) n. [Uvula + Gr. to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for removing the uvula.

Uvulatomy
(U`vu*lat"o*my) n. (Surg.) The operation of removing the uvula.

Uwarowite
(U*wa"ro*wite) n. (Min.) Ouvarovite.

Uxorial
(Ux*o"ri*al) a. [See Uxorious.] 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.

Uxoricidal
(Ux*or"i*ci`dal) a. Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.

Uxoricide
(Ux*or"i*cide) n. [L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]

1. The murder of a wife by her husband.

2. One who murders his wife.